The Minister of Water and Electricity Engineer Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Husayyin opened here today Saudi Forum and Exhibition for Energy Efficiency 2014. The three-day Forum and Exhibition organized by Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. Addressing the opening session, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee for the preparation of the Saudi program for energy efficiency said that the Kingdom has seen during the past decades rapid economic growth leading to increased domestic consumption of energy at high rates, more than their counterparts in the countries of the world, noting that the rate of domestic demand growth for energy amounted to nearly 5 % annually so that the level of consumption will be doubled the current level by 2030 , unless action is taken about it. The Prince pointed out that this growth is attributed to the increase in population and economic growth, but a large part of it has been resulted in a lack of efficiency in consumption which led to a waste of energy. The Prince attributed the establishment of the Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency to the state's interest in finding practical solutions to cope with growing consumption, which set a national program to rationalize and raise the efficiency of energy consumption and plans to do so in coordination and cooperation between all concerned parties including the private sector, while maintaining the interest of citizens and continued economic growth. Minister of Water and Electricity opens Saudi Forum and Exhibition for Energy Efficiency 2014, 2 Riyadh Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz indicated that the program works with technical teams including more than 120 specialists and hundreds of participants in a partial way of more than 20 concerned parties for the development and implementation of sub-programs aimed at improving the efficiency of energy consumption in the sectors of buildings, ground transportation, and industry, which consume 92% of total energy consumption in addition to preparation of 35 sub-programs so far in this regard.
