Ajman chamber organises session on energy efficiency

AJMAN / WAM

Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has organised an introductory session entitled “Energy Efficiency and its Impact on Operational Costs and Increased Production” in cooperation with the Etihad Energy Services Company (Etihad Esco), with the aim of highlighting the environmental impact and the positive economic return of taking energy rationalisation measures and investing in clean energy sources.
The session was in line with the exerted efforts to raise awareness about best practices and innovative technologies in the field of rationalisation of energy consumption and encourage private sector establishments to rely on clean and alternative energy solutions.
The session was attended by Nasser Al-Dhafri, Executive Director of the Member Support and Innovation section in ACCI, Dr Waleed Al Nuaimi, CEO of Etihad Esco, business owners, and officials of the companies and factories operating in Ajman and interested in rationalising energy consumption and adopting sustainable energy solutions.
At the beginning of the session, Al Dhafri welcomed the attendees and emphasised the importance of the introductory workshop and its educational role by guiding private sector establishments towards adopting best innovative practices in the field of reducing energy consumption and benefiting from renewable energy sources, intending to reduce operational costs, enhance productivity, and thus business growth and increasing facility revenues, which reflects the efforts of the ACCI in keeping pace with the UAE’s directions and achieving its goals in the “Year of Sustainability” and preparing to host COP 28.
Al Dhafri stressed that the session comes within the ACCI’s efforts to achieve its strategic objectives in line with Ajman’s directions, aimed at encouraging economic establishments to adopt social responsibility, standards and requirements of sustainable development, the green economy, promotion of financial sustainability and consolidation of an institutional culture based on leadership, innovation, and excellence.
The session dealt with an overview of the services of Etihad Esco and the modern products and technologies it provides to private sector facilities in the fields of rationalisation of energy consumption and the development of alternative energy resources. During the session, the Esco reviewed a wide range of its implemented projects and their direct results in reducing operational costs and increasing production.