SYNOPSIS

The Energy Audit Conditional Grant (EACG) project was initiated by the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA) under the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (RMK-11). The project will be implemented for three years, starting from 2016 to 2018. Malaysian Green Technology Cooperation (MGTC) has been appointed as Implementing Agency to manage and monitor the project for industrial sectors, whilst the commercial sector will be managed by SEDA. The main purpose of the project is to promote energy efficiency practices and to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emission.

Objectives :

•    To create awareness on the importance of energy auditing that is a part of energy efficiency and conservation;
•    To provide the fund for industries to implement energy audit to assess their electrical energy usage and establishing a baseline
•    To reduce the energy consumption of the industrial sector thus reducing their operational cost
•    To reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from energy consumption
•    To enhance capacity building in the field of energy auditing


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Akmal Rahimi is an Associate Consultant with Malaysian Green Technology Corporation (MGTC), an agency under the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water. Ir. Akmal earned his Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Bristol UK on 1996. He has served in Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad and a few other companies, and has held positions as Engineering Manager, Project Manager, Consultant and General Manager. Throughout his career, Ir. Akmal has been involved in power generation, power distribution, district cooling, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. His experience included business development, design & engineering, project management, construction and commissioning of those systems. Ir. Akmal holds a Competent Electrical Engineer certificate from the Energy Commission (EC), Malaysia. Other than that, he is also an Industry Advisor Panel member for UKM, Bangi and UTHM, Batu Pahat, where he provides industry inputs for the undergraduate and post-graduate engineering programmes at these universities.