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IRADe organized a special session on “Opportunities
for Energy Efficiency and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Cement
and Building Materials on Feb 13, 2004 at Pragati Maidan during
the 1st International Exhibition on Building Materials". The
workshop was financed by the Institute for Global Environmental
Strategies, Japan.
Objectives
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The objectives of the workshop
were:
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Assess the demand for cement
under various scenarios.
- Analyze suitable opportunities for energy saving
and associated greenhouse gas.
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Encourage substitute of cement
by less GHG intensive materials
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- Invite national and international viewpoints
on CDM project from cement production.
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Discuss methodological issues
for CDM projects such as, baseline determination, estimating energy and
carbon savings, calculation of cost and price of savings and problems associated
with issuing CERs.
Professor Kirit Parikh chaired
the session. Dr.Pradipto Ghosh, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and
Forests (MOEF), inaugurated the session. More than 250 participants participated
in this workshop. Keynote papers prepared by Dr. J. Parikh and Mr.
B.S. Roy highlighted the potential growth on cement industries and the
emissions of Green House Gasses, major possibilities to improve energy
efficiency and opportunities for technology change. The opportunities for
CDM projects in the sector were also discussed. Shri S Jagadeeshan, Joint
Secretary , Ministry of Commerce and Industry also gave thematic address.
Shri R K Sethi, MOEF and Shri Pamposh Bhat, GTZ-India elaborated on CDM
strategy for India.
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