LETTER TO EDITOR 18th JUNE 2013 Regulate Energy intensive Industry Strictly According to US Department of Energy, the energy intensive industries are related to aluminium, metal casting, chemicals, mining, forest products, petroleum refining, glass and steel. Based on Malaysian Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement Project (MIEEIP), there are 8 energy intensive industrial sub-sectors namely, iron & steel, cement, wood, food, glass, pulp & paper, ceramics and rubber. The study later introduced 3 additional sub-sectors which are oleo-chemical, plastics and textiles. According to National.... Read More..

29 MAY 2013 (WEDNESDAY) MEMORANDUM ON WATER AND ENERGY SECURITY FOR MALAYSIA to                        > Newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) > Newly elected State Assemblymen (ADUNs) > State Governments > Federal Government > Members of Media 1.         INTRODUCTION   Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER) has always engaged with various stakeholders on issues related to water, energy and the.... Read More..

AWER has responded to the misleading statistics published by KeTTHA officers to mislead the public and YB Minister in his blog at http://peterchin.my . The email response is attached as below: -------------------------------------------------------   Dear YB Dato’ Sri,   Good day.   I have some statistics to share to justify AWER’s press statement as correct as well as the statistics that was churned out by KeTTHA(20,000GWh). I’m afraid the ‘lighting expert’ in the meeting with KETTHA KSU on 11th December 2012 has misled and messed up a lot.  .... Read More..

PRESS RELEASE - DATE: 3rd DECEMBER 2012 (MONDAY)   MALAYSIA MUST NOT 'KOWTOW' TO GREEN LIES Climate change has set a new stage for the world to display a new breed of technologies that are claimed to be environmentally friendly or more commonly as 'green'. Do these products actually live up to their claims or consumers in Malaysia are being shortchanged? Are we forced to 'kowtow' to green lies? Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER) has concluded a study for lighting products in Malaysia focusing on the phase-out of incandescent (filament).... Read More..

LETTER TO EDITOR - 26th November 2012 MINIMUM ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARD (MEPS) CAN ASSIST MALAYSIANS TO BE ENERGY EFFICIENT Energy efficiency is where we use lesser energy to carry out similar or more work without jeoparising the comfort or actual desired output. Based on 2009 Energy Commission report, a total of 92753 GWh (GigaWatthour) of electricity was sold in Malaysia. The domestic sector accounts almost 20% of the overall consumption and emits 11.7 million tonnes of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide). Therefore, a 20% increase in energy efficiency in domestic sector will be able to reduce more than.... Read More..