(MENAFN- The Peninsula) By Sanaullah Ataullah | The Peninsula
Doha: Fahad Saud Al Hanzab, Head of Monitoring section at Conservation and Energy Efficiency Department at Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has said that leaving outdoor lights switched on during the day is among most common violations of the conservation law.
He said that the Department recorded about 3,000 violations and warning of the Law No. 20 of 2015 for the conservation of electricity and water consumption during the last two years.
Leaving outdoor lights switched on from 7am to until 4:30pm is against the conservation law. Al Hanzab said that most of the violators were issued warning to rectify the situation by using photocells or timers to control outdoor lights, repairing water leakage and fixing other errors.
He said that the conservation law was amended two years ago which increased the fine for violation of wasting water QR20,000 which is reduced with reconciliation QR10,000. 'The fine for the wastage of electricity is QR10,000 which is reduced with reconciliation QR5,000 and fine for not fixing water leakage is QR10,000 and with reconciliation, it reached QR5,000,
'The violations with a majority of warnings reached about 25,000 over past seven years, since the launch of the National Program for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) by Kahramaa in April 2012, said Al Hanzab.
According to a report released by Kahramaa recently, the violations and warnings reached 892 and 910 for wastage of water and electricity respectively in 2018.
Al Hanzab said that the Department dedicated 15 inspectors who with the inspectors of other departments and tips off call center visit households across the country to catch the violations and create awareness.
'Speaking about the actions of the Department to curb the violation, Al Hanzab said: Tarsheed SMS initiative run under Tarsheed has emerged as most effective tools to deter the wastage of electricity and water, said Al Hanzab.
He said that SMS initiative helped increased the awareness about 60 percent among the users as it was noted that the majority of the violations were committed due to the lack of knowledge about the law and punishments.
'There is pretty good response by the users for the Tarsheed SMS initiative. The SMS initiative was launched in July 2016 to inform all customers with the highest consumption in the residential sector with their monthly consumption of electricity and water and the value of the relevant invoice., said Al Hanzab.
According to a report released by Kahramaa recently, the most effective initiatives in 2018 was ‘Tarsheed SMS' which helped save about QR45m by reducing 850.43 MCF natural gas consumption through conservation the uses of electricity by over 84 Gwh.
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