Author: IEE

Believing in the role of the IEE Project in Egypt implemented by UNIDO and its remarkable achievements in industrial energy saving, the Energy Committee at the Federation of Egypitan Industries (FEI) invited the project on 16th November 2014 to present the provided services and trainings on energy efficiency. Eng. Gihan Bayoumi highlighted the importance of industrial energy efficiency and the ISO 50001 relevant trainings provided through the project. She highlighted success stories that some facilities achieved through the support and services provided by the project.

The mission of the FEI is motivating economic industrial growth on the national level and exports level too through employing an independent methodology characterized by sustainability and integration to foster global competitiveness along with balancing the needs of the relevant parties.

The IEE project offered this quarter two webinars that took place at UNIDO-IEE’s office on 9th October and 12th November 2014. These Webinars cover a range of issues and challenges currently faced by energy experts and reflects a healthy platform for national and international consultants to interact with energy experts through a video conference session to discuss different ways to overcome their challenges and implement an efficient energy management systems in the assigned facilities.

Under the auspices of Minister of Environment and Minister of Trade, Industry, small and medium interprises, HE Dr. Khaled Fahmy, Minister of Environment inaugurated INTERCEM Energy Forum for examining sustainable, environmentally secure energy options for cement production. This event took place from the 1st to 2nd of December 2014 at the Conrad hotel Cairo.

HE Dr. Khaled revealed that the environmental standards, regulations and terms for using coal in cement industry identified the period for coal usage from 2015 to 2030, while reviewing the international mechanism for its usage.

HE Fahmy revealed that the industrial sector is one of the largest and most important sectors of development in Egypt, and the development of this sector is a priority for the government which encourage a shift towards sustainable development. HE Fahmy highlighted that industry and environment are the two components for development, that’s why environmental considerations must be included within the priorities of industry.

This special forum gathered leading stakeholders from across the cement and energy sectors, government, and other interested parties, to provide a balanced and comprehensive discussion that explored all the energy options available during this transformational period in Egypt and the surrounding countries.

The IEE project in Egypt implemented by UNIDO participated in the event and Dr. Amr Osama Abdel-Aziz, IEE consultant presented “Energy Benchmarking Study for the Cement Sector in Egypt”, a study that has been prepared through the IEE project. Also the IEE project showed some promotional material to raise awareness of the project activities and services.

The cement industry is an extremely important contributor to the development of the Egyptian economy and it is vital that an economic and environmentally sustainable solution is found to fuelling it now, and in the future.

The IEE project participated in a meeting to discuss the challenges facing the cement sector in Egypt and the possible means to overcome it. The meeting was held on 26th November at the Cairo House.

Dr. Attwa Hussien, head of the environmental management sector organized this meeting. During the meeting Eng. Gihan Bayoumi, project coordinator, presented the activities and services provided by the project and highlighted the achievements made in saving energy in the industrial sector. Dr. Amr Osama, Project consultant presented “the benchmarking study for cement sector in Egypt”.

Cement industry is considered one of the most important industries that helps the economic development in Egypt. Accordingly the Ministry of Environment is attempting to apply the principles of clean industry through providing the necessary technical support for cement companies to reconcile their environmental status to reduce their emissions.

A seminar was held at the Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company (ECHEM) on the 6th of November. The seminar was attended by ECHEM management and representatives from Petrochemical companies.

During the seminar, Eng. Hany Abdel Aziz, Vice President for Quality, Safety, Occupational Health and Environment of ECHEM highlighted the importance of Energy Management Systems (EnMS) and its benefits in reducing production costs by utilizing energy efficiently.

Dr. Tamer Hikal, Assistant General Manager for Planning and Projects at ECHEM and IEE projct Steering Committee member highlighted the importance of energy savings in the industrial sector due to the energy challenge which is currently facing Egypt.

The IEE project introduced its training programmes on EnMS and standards targeted to industrial enterprises. Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Company (SIDPEC) is one of the enterprises who was enrolled in the training services provided by the IEE project and achieved good results.

Eng. Mohamed Ibrahim, SIDPEC Quality Control Sector Manager presented the energy savings achieved by applying EnMS and ensured that SIDPEC team has the sufficient capacity and expertise to take the lead in rolling out the EnMS training among its peers with the support of IEE project and Egyptian Pertrochimicals Holding Company in the Petrochemicals sector (ECHEM).

ECHEM was established to manage and develop the Petrochemicals industry in Egypt through new promising areas of investment. ECHEM priority is to enhance the growth of Petrochemical industry.

On the occasion of establishing the United Nations (UN) on 24th October 1945, the UN held a celebration event on the 25th October at Aquarium Grotto Garden, Zamalek.

During the day success stories and beneficiaries of the UN projects in Egypt were highlighted. The Industrial Energy Efficiency “IEE” Project implemented by UNIDO participated in this event. The project introduced the services it provide to improve energy efficiency in Egypt. Energy experts and representatives of the industrial sector participated to speak to the media and the public about industrial energy and how to rationalize it.

Egypt’s IEE project organized a three days training event on EnMS from 19-21 October 2014. This training is the 2nd part of the three training modules delivered by IEE project to the second training group of national experts. The national experts are receiving the training modules as well as troubleshooting any challenge they face during the implementation of EnMS at the factories through regular webinars. It is worth mentioning that this training module is delivered by one national expert and one international expert aiming to transfer the training experience from international consultants to national experts.

Egypt’s Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) project organized a 3 days training event on Energy Management Systems (EnMS) from 14-17 October 2014. The IEE project trained 20 national trainees representing government professionals, private sector consultants, engineers, as well as academic staff.

After 1 year of extensive training on the implementation of EnMS, the first group of trainees finished the 3rd and last module and completed their final exam in order to be qualified from UNIDO as Energy Management Experts.

There was a practical training on internal energy audit where the participants were divided into 2 groups and visited 2 factories. The national trainees were able to do a complete energy audit on a large scale enterprise and produce an energy audit report.

Now the national trainees of the first training cycle have gained the knowledgeable as well as technical expertise on energy managment system and will be certified as energy management local experts.

The IEE project in Egypt implemented by UNIDO held an awareness seminar on Energy Management System (EnMS) for the representatives of Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency’s (EEAA) Regional Brach Offices (RBOs) in Egypt on Sunday 12th October 2014 at Cairo House, the project held this awareness seminar to highlight the importance of EEAA RBOs role in responding to energy challenges facing the country.

In many countries the industrial sector represents a challenge for policy makers. It may be difficult to address energy efficiency requirements in the industrial sector, as it might influence the competiveness of the industry negatively. However, a well-planned and balanced IEE policy can reduce total costs and can improve quality and productivity.

IEE project is taking the lead with its partners to develop an IEE policy especially because Egypt is currently facing such challenges. The IEE policy mission took place from 28th to 30th September, 2014 at the IEE project to discuss the strategy framework and the next required steps.