OREANDA-NEWS. As a part of the National Energy Conservation day celebrations, a new portal named “Energy Savers” will be launched. National Energy Conservation day is celebrated to reach out to homes, offices and industries with strong messages to influence their energy consumption behavior.

Shri. Piyush Goyal,  Minister of State (I/C) Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy will  present the National Energy Conservation Awards to industries, buildings and appliance manufacturers who have achieved the best energy performance during the past year and National level Awards to school children for energy conservation painting competitions held across the country. The National Energy Conservation Day function will be held in New Delhi on Sunday, the 14, December 2014.

The new portal is proposed to stimulate schoolchildren to start taking energy-conservation actions in their homes, schools, and neighbourhoods, reinforced by school-level activities. The main features of Web Portal are :

·       To create mass awareness and outreach among school children across all segments of the society .

·       At the "going live" of the web portal, at-least 1 school in each state of the country will be connected and directly communicate with the school children / teachers.

·       This portal will support the spread of a culture of energy efficiency among members of the school community, and help them in carrying out energy-conservation activities themselves, and to engage with their immediate environment including parents, teachers, friends and neighbors.

·       The portal will enable interaction amongst school children through:

?  Creation of Energy Clubs.

?  Competitions based on Energy Audits and savings in their schools.

?  Essay Competitions etc.

·       Children who achieve success in the competitions and tasks would be recognized for their achievement and awarded BUSS-labeled products, and assigned titles that recognize their progressive achievements.

·       The portal will be subsequently developed in vernacular languages so as to maximize outreach among children all over the country.

·       The portal will eventually connect with approximately 50,000 schools across the country and create mass awareness on the need for Energy Conservation and Energy Efficiency.

·       A category of best performing schools/high-achieving children could be included in the National Energy Conservation Awards in the subsequent years.

This year the response for  National Energy Conservation Awards from the industrial and commercial units was very encouraging as is evident from the increasing participation level (from 123 in 1999 to 1010 in 2014). In the current year award scheme, three new sectors have also been introduced (Universities and Engineering Institution Buildings, Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOMs) and State Road Transport Corporation & Undertakings) The Award Committee this year has selected 41 units for First prize,37 units for Second Prize and 44 units for Certificate of Merit.

Overwhelming response was also received for the National level Awards to school children for energy conservation paintings competitions . This year, 60.17 lakh students from 1.01 lakh schools participated in the school-level competitions across the country (compared to 45.07 lakhs in 2013, from 90,000 schools). Of these, 3,700 students (100 in each state) participated in the state-level competitions, and the best three from each state (in the 4th to 6th standard category) will participate in the national-level competition. Each prize-winning student is presented with a Certificate and a cash prize.