In the first 6 months this year, in order to encourage the community to take part in energy saving programs, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation printed more than 1.8 million flyers, 21,000 energy conservation stickers promoting energy savings to households and over 2,500 posters and banners.

Besides, the Corporation implemented a propagation plan via mass media such as publishing reports, making videos to the home and community to raise energy efficiency awareness.

For businesses in the industrial areas, in collaboration with Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zone Authority (HEPZA), it propagated and encouraged giant companies using and saving energy efficiently. Additionally, to improve the effectiveness, the company deployed many programs such as fostering one’s belief, organizing staff training programs on energy efficiency management, promoting solar water heaters, implementing the model of energy saving routes. The company worked together with the local authority to propagate energy conservation through 411 neighborhoods, drawing a total of more than 13,000 participants, organize 32 local training courses on energy savings attracting the participation of over 5,100 trainees.

Many programs such as “Households saving energy”; “Hamlets saving energy”; “Energy saving routes” and “Schools saving energy” were implemented by the corporation in collaboration with the Women’s Union, the Youth Union, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Vietnam Veterans Association, the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association and Ho Chi Minh Energy Conservation Center, which achieved remarkable results in a very short time.

The program “Together we use energy safely and efficiently” was implemented in 10 schools in the District 8, BinhThach, PhuNhuan, and the District 2 with the participation of 1,520 students. The program “The energy savings routes”, which has been organized since April, 2013, brought changes to 25 routes in the city. A lot of propagation programs were set to encourage customers saving energy and reducing 50% advertising lights in rush hours. The program “The safe and efficient lighting source” tied to “Together the youth saving energy for a sustainable society” attracted 1409 union members and 864 households. The program “Energy Efficient Electrical Systems for city streets” organized by the Youth Union of the Corporation in cooperation with the Youth union of District 6 and BinhPhu Power Company first launched in the hamlet 157, Mai XuanThuong street, ward 4, district 6. Up to now, 472 meter of low voltage lines has been installed, includingbuilding 5 new electrical pillars, replacing 5 electrical pillars, relocating 15 pillars, constructing and renovating electric grids, installing electrometers and private lighting systems with 310 m length, removing 293 electrometers out of customers’ houses, removing banner ads on walls and energy pillars.

Besides, in order to achieve successfully the targets of the program “emulation families save energy in 2013”, the corporation cooperated with Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh city, the Women’s Union and the Youth Union to organize the training courses on energy conservation which appealed a thousand of trainees enrolling. Additionally, in April 2013 and May 2013, many power companies held propagation activities at 24 districts to encourage people saving energy at homes and offices, especially in the dry season. All customerswhose electric capacity consumption was 1 million kWh per year, would be received a notification. Specifically, 6,600 letters were sent to customers whose power consumption capacity was at least 50,000 kWh and 822 customers discussed the best solutions for reducing electricity consumption in rush hours, changing the work schedules and taking regulations on energy conservation into effect.

In the last six months, Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation will continue collaborating with power equipment manufacturers in producing energy conservation decals, making short videos of less than 30 seconds propagating energy efficiency. Furthermore, it also worked with the Department of Industry and Trade as well as HEPZA to examine and propagate enterprises participating in energy management training course, the international exhibition on technologies of green energy and energy saving products 2013 (ENERTECH EXPO 2013) in conjunction with the 6^th international exhibition of electrical technology and equipment 2013.

ThanhThao