Notes Richard Whitfield the Author of the article (previous post) regularly writes on Green Issues in the Macau Daily Times and is an Engineer.
Richard Whitfield PhD. Pro-Rector for Organization Development. Dean, School of Intelligent Systems and Technology also runs the local Solar Challenge http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/times-lab/26587-the-2011-macau-solar-challenge.html?
also as they are in the building phase this article may result in some important changes...
"Macau aims to improve energy efficiency by 30pct in 8 years" (pdf link sorry) http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=macau%20aims%20to%20improve%20energy&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CC8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.macaudailytimes.com.mo%2Ffiles.php%3Fforce%26file%3Dpdf2013%2F2013_02_04_1754_218835554.pdf&ei=HxsPUeWFHISQiAeP74GIDw&usg=AFQjCNFOLOz80UaTqfdCujLM_cKAK86eXQ&bvm=bv.41867550,d.dGY Sum Choi In order to build itself as a world tourism and leisure center Macau is striving to push for a green economy by improving its energy efficiency, with an objective of cutting the energy consumed for each MOP 100m of GDP growth from 12 terajoules currently to about 8.5 terajoules in 2020. In a seminar held at the Macau Science Museum last Friday environmental experts from Macau, Hong Kong and the mainland were present to share their green innovations with local entrepreneurs, hoping to help them create better economic returns with less power consumption. At the event organized by the Macau Properties and Facilities Management Association, president of the Association Ma Chi Ngai illustrated the importance of a green economy by talking about the recent air conditions in the mainland including Beijing. “Macau needs blue sky for its orientation as a tourism hub, and this needs not only the planning by government but also requires action by enterprises and the citizens.” In her keynote speech during the seminar, Deputy Director of Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA), Vong Man Hung, said Macau subscribed to the Kyoto Protocol on 14th January 2008. As a participant of the inter- Macau aims to improve energy efficiency by 30pct in 8 years national initiative in emission reduction, the city has been striving to achieve sustainable growth by balancing economic growth with environmental protection, which has shown initial results in recent years. “Despite a significant rise in GDP and number of visitors in the recent years, the greenhouse gas emission growth is staying at much lower level,” the official said, “Macau’s greenhouse gases was mainly emitted by power plants and vehicles in the past; while emission by power plants dropped by 33.9 percent in 2009/2010, those by vehicles rose 7.9 percent in the same period, showing the importance of emission control on cars.” She mentioned the government’s plans to encourage more environmental public and private vehicles to help the transportation sector operate in a cleaner manner. For the business sector as a whole, she said energy efficiency is one of the main concerns in addition to water-saving. According to the official, Macau consumed 17.0 TJs in 2009 for every MOP100m of GDP production, in 2012 it’s been greatly improved to 12.0 TJs, and the government aims to bring it further down to 12.0 TJs in 2015, and then 8.5 TJs in 2020. For temperature changes, the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau’s statistics showed between 1961- 1990, the city’s average temperature was 22.3 degree Celsius, and it rose to 22.6 degree Celsius in 1981 – 2010. During the seminar, a representative from the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency presented their ISO50001 Energy Management System that helps business operators use power in a more efficient way. AirStar Air Conditioning Technology Group (HK) also presented their REC system in energy-saving air-conditioning for offices.
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