PESHAWAR
\nThe project on \u201cDigital Municipal Energy Management System\u201d has been launched in collaboration with the Center for Intelligent System Network Research (CISNR) University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar, GIZ Pakistan, ADLG Association of Development of Local Government, political partner and eight public energy distribution companies.
\nThe project is funded by GIZ Pakistan at the cost of Euro 4 million, said a press release issued here on Wednesday.
\nThe project has three main functions including implementation of energy management system, implementation of digital methods for energy data management through CISNR, implementation of low\/no integrated energy efficiency methods and creating public awareness and advocacy for political dialogue through CISNR, UET Peshawar.
\nProf. Dr. Iftikhar Hussain, Vice Chancellor UET Peshawar said, need for monitoring system to evaluate the efficiency of energy system is critical for socio and economic development of Pakistan.
\nHe stressed for strong linkage among National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA), public energy corporations and academia to make joint efforts towards digitalization of municipalities that will help ensure net improvement in these systems.
\nIrshad Khan, GIZ Team Lead said, introduction of Municipal Energy Management System will mainstream energy-relevant tasks and processes in relevant departments of the partner institutions. Through this initiative, GIZ will pilot and institutionalize energy management in eight municipalities and address the SDG 7, 11 and 13 like \u201cAffordable and Clean Energy\u201d, \u201cSustainable Cities and Communities\u201d and \u201cClimate Action\u201d respectively.
\nDr. Gul Muhammad Khan, Project Director CISNR said, as a leading institution, CISNR is capable of offering flexible and innovative solutions to the energy sector. So far, \u201cCISNR has completed 25 R&D projects solving indigenous problems of Pakistan\u201d adding, \u201cUET Peshawar is the only public sector engineering university in Pakistan for having all five centers of excellence which are critical for a comprehensive digitization of various systems\u201d. Mr. Stephen Bitterling, GIZ and other senior officials from GIZ, PDA, CDA were also present on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The project on \u201cDigital Municipal Energy Management System\u201d has been launched in collaboration with the Center for Intelligent System Network Research (CISNR) University of Engineering Technology (UET) Peshawar, GIZ Pakistan, ADLG Association of Development of Local Government, political partner and eight public energy distribution companies. The project is funded by GIZ Pakistan at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301283,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[7677],"class_list":{"0":"post-301232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-peshawar","8":"tag-uet-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n