ASSIST Project Energy-Efficiency Project LEAP Indonesia Hosts Review Forum

July 29, 2012 - PRLog -- To ensure that the project is moving forward, beneficiaries are implementing the required controls per schedule and objectives are fully met, the LEAP Indonesia  implementers Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) and PT TUV NORD Indonesia held a review forum last June 26 and 28 in Jakarta’s Hotel IBIS and Medan’s Hotel Aryaduta, respectively.

LEAP Indonesia or Leapfrog towards Efficiency And Progress through Low Carbon Economy Indonesia is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project designed to help the businesses from five sectors (Cement, Iron and Steel, Textile, Power Plant and Palm Oil) 1) reduce their Green House Gas emissions, 2) become more energy-efficient and 3) contribute to the national plans of the government towards low-carbon economy.

Led by ASSIST Partnerships and Network Management Director Kamesh Ganeson, TUV Nord Jakarta‘s Eva Pitterling and TUV Nord Medan‘s Ellys Simamora, the review forum covered the project activities since the initial Training of Trainers session in April.

The participants, which included ASSIST local consultants  Tommy Julius, Sahrial Hakim and Harris Salleh engaged in an assessment using the 5D (Discover, Define, Document, Deploy and Determine) cycle. Among the factors evaluated were the provision of management support, training and propagation of the ISO 50001 (Energy Management System).

Further, the event served as a venue for providing technical support for the initial Energy Review and Base-lining that the beneficiary companies were supposed to do.

For instance, company representatives needed to understand the process  of energy audit, leading them how to track electricity wastage.

The Project Team also revisited the commitments of the company beneficiary with respect to reducing their energy consumption and improving energy performance especially under the ISO 50001.

Based on the review findings, the project team discussed the next steps to take, as well as the measures needed to be in place to ensure smooth project flow.

The LEAP Indonesia initiative is co-financed by PT TUV NORD Indonesia and German development bank DEG. ASSIST offers technical expertise, training and technical assistance to local companies for this project.

It is in line with the Indonesian government‘s mandate that Critical National Infrastructures supporting the electricity generation and distribution reduce the carbon dioxide footprint of energy generation using fossil fuel.

ASSIST is an international non-profit organization focused on capacity-building. It seeks to promote sustainable practices to address social problems in the developing world, with focus on Asia and Africa. It takes pride in its process-oriented approach to capacity building towards social improvement and sustainable transformation. Its goal is to empower its target groups to make them resilient to the social, economic, and environmental challenges.

It is presently based in Makati City, but also has operations in India and Vietnam and manages projects in over 10 countries. Through its Partner to Progress philosophy, it has successfully implemented such projects in collaboration with the European Union, United Nation Environment Program (UNEP), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), USAID, International Finance Corporation (IFC), GIZ, and DEG/ KFW amongst other organizations. #