Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certifications Scheme
Ministry of State (I/C) for Power and New & Renewable Energy and Ministry of State for Skill Development &Entrepreneurship recently launched "Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certifications Programme for Brick manufacturing Sector" in order to kick-start a series of events from Ministry of Power, Government of India under 'AzadiKaAmritMahotsav'.
What is Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certification Programme?
Energy Efficient Enterprise (E3) Certification is an initiative to recognize burnt clay brick manufacturers who adopt energy-efficient manufacturing and encourage customers to source bricks from such E3 certified manufacturing units.
Aim of Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certification Programme
The Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certification Programme aims to recognise burnt clay brick manufacturers for adopting energy-efficient manufacturing. Furthermore, it encourages customers to source bricks from such E3 certified manufacturing units.
Significance of Energy Efficiency Enterprise (E3) Certification Programme
- The burnt clay brick sector has immense potential for energy efficiency and the proposed E3 Certification Scheme is aimed at tapping huge energy efficacy potential in this sector.
- The programme will help the brick industry shift towards more efficient technologies. Such energy-efficient bricks will be useful in complying with the requirements of the Energy Conservation Buildings Code (ECBC).
- The adoption of the E3 certification programme may save energy of about 7 Million Tonnes of oil equivalent(MTOE) per year. The savings will be about 25 Million Tonnes by 2030.
Bricks Sector in India
- India is the second-largest producer of bricks in World. This demand is expected to multiply three to four times over the next 20 years.
- Bricks Sector Contributesnearly 0.7% to the country’s GDP. Furthermore, it offers seasonal employment generation to over 1 crore workers and is important for sectors such as transportation and construction.
- Brick manufacturing industry consumesabout 45-50 million tonnes of coal equivalent annually. It amounts to 5-15% of the total energy consumption in the country.
- Bihar needs over 7500 million bricks over the next five years just to meet the rural housing gap of 1.1 million dwellings per year.
- Orissa is poised to be a major hub for manufacturing industries, which will lead to the generation of enormous quantities of industrial wastes.