Chandigarh/New Delhi, December 14:
Exemplary efforts of the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann led Punjab Government in the arena of energy efficiency and conservation has earned national recognition to the Punjab with the state bagging second Award in the State Performance Category of the National Energy Conservation Awards -2025.
Punjab New and Renewable Energy Resources Minister Mr. Aman Arora received the coveted award from the President of India Droupadi Murmu at the National Energy Conservation Awards 2025 ceremony held today at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Interacting with media after the award ceremony, Mr. Arora said that with the winning of this prestigious award the state of Punjab has stood among the top performers in the country in the field of energy efficiency. Pointing out towards the initiatives and steps taken by the state government led by Punjab Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann for upgrading the infrastructure, he added, “We have installed 18000 solar tube-well pumps in the agriculture sector and efforts are on to increase the numbers. Besides these 185 Energy efficient motors have also been installed in MSME sector including Verka Plants. Stepping further the state government has also successfully installed rooftop projects of 35MW capacity in the Government buildings in the state.”
Mr Aman Arora stated that energy efficiency in the buildings is one of the key areas to save energy in commercial sector by adopting energy efficient design, building material and using Energy Conservation Building Code.
He added that apart from this, Punjab has taken the lead to develop and notify Punjab Energy Conservation Building Code by amending National Energy Conservation Building Code for the composite climate zone applicable in the state. The implementation has started by incorporating the building bye‑laws. So far 850 buildings have been put under compliance of the ECBC rules.
Appreciating the efforts of PEDA authorities and officials for taking initiatives in the field of Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency, Mr. Arora revealed that due to all these efforts 12000 million units have been saved so far.
Emphasising that with the expansion of industry and need of more infrastructure, the demand of power is on the rise and shifting from conventional power generation to renewal energy sources such as solar, hydel and biomass is the need of the time that will pay in many ways for energy efficiency and conservation and most importantly to save our environment.
On the occasion CEO PEDA Ms. Neelima, Administrative Secretary New and Renewable Resources Dr. Basant Garg, Additional Director PEDA Jaspal Singh and Project Engineer Sharad Sharma were also present.
