Vidulka Energy Week

First ever National Energy Exhibition in Sri Lanka:

The Vidulka Energy Week, the first ever National Energy Exhibition in Sri Lanka would be hosted from today August 3 to 8, 2010 at the BMICH. The event would be inaugurated today by President Mahinda Rajapaksa amidst a distinguished gathering on invitation of Power and Energy Minister Patalie Champika Ranawaka.

Vidulka is organised by the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) in collaboration with Power and Energy Ministry. The goal of the event is to provide publicity to energy activities taking place at the SLSEA, to provide publicity to energy industries and to function as a focal point to network all stakeholders including energy professionals, energy industries, academia, general public and the student populations.

Energy Week

This program is structured to have three components, namely, the National Energy Efficiency Award, the Energy Exhibition and the Energy Symposium. The former would span a single day, while the latter two will span five days.

Sri Lanka National Energy Efficiency Award (SLNEEA)

The National Energy Efficiency Award recognises organizations that have achieved substantial savings through the implementation of energy efficiency practices. Prestigious awards will be presented to selected organizations in the service sector, manufacturing sector and healthcare, under the categories large medium and small. The service sector includes hotels, commercial buildings and State sector office buildings.

Energy exhibition

This will be the first ever national exhibition dedicated for energy and promises to attract crowds in thousands. The exhibition will include more than 100 commercial and institutional stalls, giving a wide coverage to energy information, technologies, products, services, etc.

School students, engineers, technocrats, industrialists, architects, investors, policy makers and the general public are expected as target audiences.

Energy symposium

The Vidulka Energy Symposium promises to be a one of a kind event, attracting people from all walks of life.

The symposium has been structured under five themes as follows. Each theme would be featured on a different day parallel to the Exhibition.

1) Future Energy Managers - for schools

School children are the most important target group to disseminate knowledge and good practices on energy. Future Energy Managers will provide the opportunity for school children to present innovative ideas in the pipeline and successful projects implemented at school or household level.

Future Energy Managers will include three components, i.e., 10 student presentations, inter provincial energy quizzes and a keynote address by a school student to be delivered today (August 3). The preparatory activities will be carried out in collaboration with Education Ministry.

2) An Energy Conscious

Nation Creating floor for different stakeholders related to the area of energy efficiency, “An energy conscious nation” will be the seminar window for the Energy management activities of SLSEA. Case studies on energy efficiency improvement activities carried out by Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), presentations on the role and experience of investors, activities under JICA project and other donor agency support for future programs. Energy labelling schemes and other regulatory interventions of the SLSEA too will be covered under this theme.

3) Towards an Energy Secure Sri Lanka

This is the highest academic component of the symposium. University academia and senior researchers would share their knowledge and experiences with peers.

4)A Greener Sri Lanka

This would explore the realms of clean energy technologies in Sri Lanka. Services extended by the SLSEA on renewable energy resource development including best practice projects, the Geographical Information System (GIS) will receive priority. Further, the role of project developers, their experiences, investment windows...etc will be covered under this theme.

5)Efficient lighting

Lighting has been identified as the most promising subject area especially for reducing the peak electricity demand. The Regional Centre for Lighting - South Asia, fostered within the SLSEA, would cover this theme, showcasing some of the latest technological developments in the lighting industry. ESCOs and lighting designer companies will provide resource personnel for this event.

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