New logo for SEASL

Wasantha Ramanayake

The new logo and the new information system of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Sri Lanka (SEASL) were launched in Colombo recently.

SEASL Chairman Dr. Krishan Deheragoda said an official logo for the SEASL has been strongly felt since its inception on October 1, 2007.

The new logo attempts to illustrate the identity of the SEASL, symbolizing the two main facets of the Authority - renewable energy and energy efficiency. Dr. Deheragoda said that the SEASL envisions energy security of the country through the dual approach of developing renewable energy and improving energy efficiency.

According to an SEA official the logo has focused on the basic elements of existence as told in the oriental philosophy.

He explained that the wave would represent the ‘ever flowing nature’ of energy, which cannot be either created or destroyed is symbolized by the element Aapo, in the form of a body of fluid in motion, while blue hemisphere symbolized energy efficiency and life-sustaining air or Vaayo.

He added that the green hemisphere while representing sustainability and clean energy would further indicate renewable energy development and also symbolizes the resilience and sustainability of the biosphere of Earth, Patavi.

The space beyond the circle symbolizes the nothingness of the universe, representing the element Okasa and the Spiral symbolizes the massive energy radiating from the Sun to the space as depicted by the element, Thejo - the area of interest of the Authority.