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BEE Launches Home Energy Audit Certification Course

Bureau of Energy Efficiency’s new certification course will help in reduction of energy bills and carbon footprint of consumers, says BEE Secretary R. K. Rai
December 10, 2021
Bureau of Energy Efficiency

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has virtually launched Certification Course on Home Energy Audit (HEA) during the National Energy Conservation Week: 8-14 December 2021. The certification programme will create awareness on the importance and benefits of energy audit and energy efficiency and conservation among students from engineering/diploma colleges. The course will increase employability in energy efficiency, climate change mitigation and sustainability.

Energy Management Centre, Kerala has been identified as Mentor SDA for the initiative. Other 11 SDAs, namely Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Sikkim and Telangana, have expressed their willingness to run the certification course for respective stakeholders in their states. On successful completion of the certification course, the SDA will offer the certificate to qualifying students/personnel.

The welcome address and programme brief were presented by R. K. Rai, Secretary, Bureau of Energy Efficiency and Abhishek Sharma, Joint Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, followed by an inaugural address by Shri Abhay Bakre, Director General, Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

Dr. R. Harikumar, Director, Energy Management Centre, Kerala, gave a presentation on Overview and Way Forward for Certification Course on Home Energy Audit. The launch event was also attended by Vice-Chancellors, Chairpersons, Managing Directors, faculties and students from various engineering/diploma colleges and officials of all SDAs across the country. More than 300 students from 50 colleges/institutes across the country participated in the webinar.

A Home Energy Audit (HEA) enables appropriate accounting, quantification, verification, monitoring, and analysis of energy use of various energy-consuming equipment and appliances in a house and the submission of a technical report with feasible solutions and recommendations for improving energy efficiency, with a cost-benefit analysis and action plan to reduce energy consumption. This would ultimately lead to a reduction in energy bills and the carbon footprint of the consumer.

The certification course would enable the creation of a pool of professionals to perform home energy audits based on the needs of the consumer(s); domestic consumers to get home energy audit carried out through respective SDA-certified home energy auditor(s); and dissemination of information and raising awareness among engineering/diploma/ITI students, energy professionals, and industry partners about the importance and benefits of energy auditing, energy efficiency, and conservation.