GCU all set to become energy-efficient

The varsity will be the first institute chosen for PEECA programme

LAHORE: Government College University (GCU) Lahore will become the first varsity in Punjab to shift onto energy-efficient appliances.

The 153-year-old institution was chosen by the Punjab Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (PEECA) for the pilot project of its Energy Efficiency and Conservation Programme. GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Hassan Amir Shah and PEECA Managing Director Adnan Mudassar signed a 15-point pilot project agreement on Thursday.



According to it, the agency would retrofit the university’s energy inefficient appliances and replace them. Speaking on the occasion, the PEECA MD said the agency had conducted a detailed energy audit of the varsity and the replacement of energy inefficient lights, fans and air-conditioners would substantially reduce its energy consumption.

He said that in the second phase, PEECA was planning to install solar panels on the public buildings of Punjab and GCU Lahore was their top priority for this project.

Mudassar believed that these PEECA projects were aimed at promoting energy conservation, reducing the burden on the national grid and developing energy audit culture in the province of Punjab. Under the pilot project, PEECA would replace 6,500 lights, 440 ACs, and 2,400 fans on the main campus of GCU.



The GCU vice chancellor appreciated PEECA initiatives, saying that the retrofitting of old appliances with the energy ones would reduce the university’s electricity bill and generator fuel expenses.

He said GCU Lahore would share a monthly progress report with PEECA, illustrating energy savings of the project and energy performance for the period of next two years so that the success of the project could be evaluated.

GCU Registrar Saboor Ahmad Khan, Director Planning and Development Syed Yasir Mahmood Gillani and PEECA Programme Manager Abdur Rahman also attended the agreement signing ceremony at the University’s Syndicate Committee Room.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2017.