The Sustainable Energy and Environment Division (SEED) today proudly announced that TECOM Investments has won the prestigious Emirates Energy Award 2008 in the Private Sector category and Jayakumar C M, Sustainable Development Engineer with SEED, has won in the Energy Engineer category.
Between January to November 2008, TECOM’s Energy and Water Conservation Programme has saved us AED 5.957 million in electricity and water costs as well as reduced our carbon emissions by 11,733 Tons. This has been achieved through efficient optimization of our electro-mechanical equipment, aggressive implementation of conservation projects like installation of water restrictors in all buildings at Site A, DIAC & DOZ and Gradual Halogen Phase out in all buildings and several other projects that require negligible investments. All members of the TECOM family as well as several business partners (like IBM, Microsoft, UOWD, KHDA etc.) have actively participated in this initiative by pro-actively turning equipment OFF when not needed, at their work areas. These measures are jointly implemented by SEED and relevant Campus Managers.
Ali bin Towaih, Executive Director of SEED & Enpark and Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council, said “this award bears testimony not only to the tremendous hard work put in by SEED team, the Campus Managers and IDAMA’s technicians, but also the fantastic savings achieved. We have, together as a team, proved repeatedly that sustainability makes business sense and benefits the society and the environment at the same time.”
Jayakumar joined SEED in February 2007 and is leading the implementation of Energy & Water conservation programmes. He is a Mechanical Engineer and has been working in Dubai for the last 9 years. While he has been involved with many energy conservation projects, it is at TECOM that he has achieved tremendous success, having achieved the highest amount of savings in such a short time.
Sougata Nandi, Director – Sustainable Development of SEED & Enpark said, “we are proud of our team members for the efforts they are putting in, not only in achieving results, but also in building relationships with all stakeholders. It is critical that we work together as a TECOM team, synergizing our efforts, so that the whole is bigger than the sum of the parts.”
In 2009, SEED targets to achieve even better results in Energy and Water savings through increased efforts and smart execution of select projects.
Home
Mulk Holdings in Dh450m expansion deal with Mideast and Indian firms