TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1993
ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD STARTED A NUMBER OF PILOT ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES, INCLUDING THE APPOINTMENT OF ENERGY MANAGERS AND ENERGY AUDITING FOR REVENUE TOWER AND IMMIGRATION TOWER.
"THE RESULTS OF THESE SCHEMES WILL BE USED TO GUIDE US IN EXTENDING THEM TO OTHER PARTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
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MR EASON SAID THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD IDENTIFIED COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AS A MAJOR AREA FOR ACTION.
ADVISORY NOTES ON GOOD HOUSEKEEPING PRACTICES HAD BEEN PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED TO ALERT THESE BUILDINGS' USERS AND MANAGERS TO THE HUGE POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY SAVING THROUGH SIMPLE NO-COST MEASURES, HE SAID.
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SIMILAR NOTES ON ENERGY AUDITING WERE BEING PREPARED AND COMMITTEE WAS LOOKING INTO THE LAYING DOWN OF COMPREHENSIVE BUILDING ENERGY CODES.
ΤΟ PROMOTE THE DESIGN OF ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LAUNCH AN AWARD SCHEME IN EARLY 1994, HE ADDED.
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ON PROMOTING THE USE OF ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVES TRADITIONAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, THE GOVERNMENT HAD REQUIRED BIDDERS FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS SINCE MARCH THIS YEAR ΤΟ PROPOSE ALTERNATIVES TO HARDWOOD FOR SITE HOARDING, FALSE WORK AND SHORING OF TRENCHES AND PITS.
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A TECHNICAL CIRCULAR ON THE USE OF PULVERISED FUEL ASH (PFA) STRUCTURAL CONCRETE HAD ALSO BEEN ISSUED TO ENCOURAGE ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND CONSULTANTS TO CONSIDER THE USE OF PFA AS A CEMENT REPLACEMENT MATERIAL.
MR EASON NOTED THE INDISCRIMINATE DUMPING OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE AT LANDFILLS WAS A MAIN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN.
MUCH OF THIS WASTE COULD BE USED AS FILL MATERIAL FOR RECLAMATION IF PROPERLY SORTED, HE SAID, ADDING THAT DISPOSING ALL OF IT AT LANDFILLS WAS A WASTE OF LANDFILL RESOURCES AND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE SHORTAGE OF LANDFILL CAPACITY.
TO ENCOURAGE PROPER SORTING AND RECYCLING, THE GOVERNMENT HAD RELAXED THE CRITERIA FOR ACCEPTING CONSTRUCTION WASTE AT PUBLIC DUMPS AND WOULD PROVIDE MORE DUMPING SITES.
THE GOVERNMENT WAS STUDYING THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A PRIVATELY OPERATED INTERMEDIATE SORTING SITE TO HELP WASTE PRODUCERS WHO HAD DIFFICULTY IN ON-SITE WASTE SORTING.
CHARGES WOULD ALSO BE INTRODUCED FOR THE DISPOSAL OF PRIVATELY COLLECTED WASTE AT LANDFILLS AS AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE FOR WASTE PRODUCERS TO MINIMISE WASTE AND INVEST IN SORTING PROCEDURES.
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