Session on Energy Conservation
14th December 2021
Every Bit of Conserved Energy
Can Make a Big Difference
Institution's Innovation Council (IIC), Ministry of Education (MoE) together with NSS Wing Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida organized a session on “National Energy Conservation Day” on 14th December, 2021. It was attended by 80 students.
Prof. (Dr.) K. K. Saini ( Director, DGI) started the session and emphasized the importance of the energy in day to day life. He quoted “Saving Energy is Making Energy”. He added, without energy, there is no possibility of life on earth. He said, the energy on earth is not in unlimited supply. Energy can take plenty of time to regenerate. Hence it is essential to conserve energy.
He said that the world is looking for energy efficient solutions. He also mentioned that in big refineries fast rate shift from fossil fuel towards renewable energy has been observed in recent times. He mentioned that for a fast growing economy and industrialization, excess consumption and excess waste generation need to be stopped.
He expressed that the global atmospheric temperature is rising due to CO2 increase which needs to be curtailed. Energy conservation is the decision and practice of using less energy, use of adaptive and mitigation strategies, mechanisms like switching to 100% green power, saving energy, optimises diet, avoid plastic, shrink your digital footprint, avoid flying, make sustainable investments, protect forests and plant more trees etc.
In the end he said that focus should be on saving each unit of energy. Overall, it was an enriching and learning experience for the students.