A public lighting project to promote the efficient use of energy hashelped Vietnam save at least 674 million KWh and reduce 0.29million tonnes of carbon emissions over the last five years.
Nguyen Khoa Son, director of the Vietnam Energy Efficient PublicLighting project (VEEPL), was speaking at meetings in Hanoi onJune 14 to announce the results of the project, which was sponsoredby the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP). He went on to emphasise that changes tothe legal framework including the Law on Energy Using Efficiency andDecision 79/2009/ND – CP on urban lighting management were its biggestsuccesses.
The five-component project with funding of over15.3 million USD, 3 million USD of which came from the GEF, also helpedprovide technical and financial support to develop energy efficientpublic lighting in Vietnam and improved awareness of energy efficientconsumption and production
Since 2006, 15 energy-savingpublic lighting models have been installed in Hanoi , HCM Cityand Quy Nhon, saving 14.9 million KWh and 6,400 tonnes of carbonemissions, prompting other localities to follow suit.
Professor Dang Vu Minh, chairman of the National Assembly's Committee onScience, Technology and the Environment, said the exceptional resultswere due to improved public awareness.
"I see the use ofenergy saving devices on both new constructions and existing households.There is a real wind of change sweeping Vietnamese consumer habits," hesaid.
This is shown by changes on the market. Last year,more than 46.3 million energy efficient lights were produced inVietnam , compared to 500,000 in 2006.
UNDPrepresentative Do Thi Huyen said that the good results did not solelylie in the amount of power saved or carbon reduced but also on theimpacts to the environment, especially in the context of global climatechange.
Tran Trong Hue, director of the HCM City PublicLighting Company, said that overlapping management had been a problemfor the lighting sector.
Nguyen Quoc Khanh, a projectexpert, said that the implementation of policies and legal regulationsin the lighting sector was still limited due to human and financialshortages and poor awareness of both authorities and enterprises.
"Energy consumption limits are still not compulsory for enterprises, soif people continue to buy products that consume a lot of energy,enterprises will continue to produce them," he said.
Lighting accounts for about 25 per cent of all electricity consumed inVietnam, and public lighting makes up nearly one-tenth of that./.
Nguyen Khoa Son, director of the Vietnam Energy Efficient PublicLighting project (VEEPL), was speaking at meetings in Hanoi onJune 14 to announce the results of the project, which was sponsoredby the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP). He went on to emphasise that changes tothe legal framework including the Law on Energy Using Efficiency andDecision 79/2009/ND – CP on urban lighting management were its biggestsuccesses.
The five-component project with funding of over15.3 million USD, 3 million USD of which came from the GEF, also helpedprovide technical and financial support to develop energy efficientpublic lighting in Vietnam and improved awareness of energy efficientconsumption and production
Since 2006, 15 energy-savingpublic lighting models have been installed in Hanoi , HCM Cityand Quy Nhon, saving 14.9 million KWh and 6,400 tonnes of carbonemissions, prompting other localities to follow suit.
Professor Dang Vu Minh, chairman of the National Assembly's Committee onScience, Technology and the Environment, said the exceptional resultswere due to improved public awareness.
"I see the use ofenergy saving devices on both new constructions and existing households.There is a real wind of change sweeping Vietnamese consumer habits," hesaid.
This is shown by changes on the market. Last year,more than 46.3 million energy efficient lights were produced inVietnam , compared to 500,000 in 2006.
UNDPrepresentative Do Thi Huyen said that the good results did not solelylie in the amount of power saved or carbon reduced but also on theimpacts to the environment, especially in the context of global climatechange.
Tran Trong Hue, director of the HCM City PublicLighting Company, said that overlapping management had been a problemfor the lighting sector.
Nguyen Quoc Khanh, a projectexpert, said that the implementation of policies and legal regulationsin the lighting sector was still limited due to human and financialshortages and poor awareness of both authorities and enterprises.
"Energy consumption limits are still not compulsory for enterprises, soif people continue to buy products that consume a lot of energy,enterprises will continue to produce them," he said.
Lighting accounts for about 25 per cent of all electricity consumed inVietnam, and public lighting makes up nearly one-tenth of that./.
