On July 7th 2016, Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade organized Hanoi Energy Saving Peak Summer Season In 2016 conference attended by Mr. Trinh Quoc Vu, Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Energy Efficiency, General Department of Energy, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Mr. Dao Hong Thai, Director of the Energy Conservation Centre of Hanoi, representatives of EVN and EVN Hanoi, power saving propagandists and households in Thanh Xuan District, Hanoi. 

Speaking at the conference, Mr. Dao Hong Thai said that economical and efficient use of energy is to use energy sensibly, to reduce consumption of electricity, gas, oil, fuel, to reduce energy costs of energy-using devices and vehicles while meeting essential demands for living, transportation and services. 

The Energy Saving Household movement has been deployed widely in Hanoi for 5 years (from 2010 to 2015) leading to the following results: 17 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 15 billion saving in 2010, 25 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 27 billion saving in 2011, 28 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 30 billion saving in 2012, over 30 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 45 billion saving in 2013, over 32 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 50 billion in 2014 and 35 million kWh reduction equivalent to VND 63 billion in saving in 2015. 

It is the seventh time the Energy Saving Household movement has been organized in Hanoi. It has many contents renewed, focuses on electricity and energy saving skills, makes habit of efficient energy use and considers energy saving important to each household. 

The main tasks of this movement is to improve energy saving device use skills and awareness of high performance household equipment, equipment carrying energy efficiency label of households in Hanoi, to maintain and promote power saving habit of each citizen, to encourage households to reduce 40 million kWh in 2016. 

On the basis of such tasks, Hanoi Earth Hour Campaign was launched along with the Energy Saving Household movement in 2016 at the beginning of the year. EVN Hanoi coordinated with People's Committees at district level and commune level in organizing 210 power saving skill propaganda sessions under the Energy Saving Household movement. 

According to Mr. Dao Hong Thai, energy efficiency use of each citizen and household will contribute to energy consumption and environmental pollution reduction. 

Here are some pictures of the conference: 

Households listening with concentration to speeches of representatives 

Mr. Nguyen Toan Thang, General Director of Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC

Mr. Lai Hoang Duong, representative member of a household in Dong Da District, Hanoi introducing home solar power installation model 

Mr. Pham Hong Quang, Deputy head of Sales Department of EVN Hanoi 

Demonstration of Rang Dong Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC comparing its LEDs and other ones in the market 

Attendees watching carefully the demonstration of Rang Dong Company