Role of financial managers In Energy Management
By Monica Ngage Financial managers play a key role in any organization. This revolves around allocating the scarce resources among many competing needs of to enable the organization run well. Basically they oversee the financial health of an organization by monitoring...
Eagles Measurement and Verification
By Martin Ochieng Measurement and Verification (M&V) of energy efficiency and improvement projects is a crucial tool developed by energy professionals towards verifying the effect of efficiency and improvement projects. This process is data intensive and aims...
Breakthrough for Energy Awareness- Tips for Energy Awareness on Social Media
By Emily Gitonga In the recent past social media has been the highest used medium to pass across information and building virtual networks across the world. It could be through platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn or WhatsApp where all sort of...
Youth in Kenya Champion Energy and Water Efficiency in the Agri-food Industry
By Linda Manyala The implementation of Energy Conservation Measures (ECM’s) as a means of improving energy efficiency in Kenya has been an uphill journey for most facilities due to the financial constraint and lack of resources limiting the ability to implement the...
CLEAN COOKING
BY ELEEN KORIR Clean cooking involves the use of fuels that does not cause indoor air pollution and whose emissions meet the WHO guidelines mainly at the point if use. Some of the options that are clean at point-of-use include electricity, gas, ethanol, solar, and the...
ESCO IN A LAYMAN’S LANGUAGE
BY KAREN THURANIRA What is an ESCO and how does it work? An Energy service company (ESCO) is an organization that develops, designs, builds, and arranges financing for projects that save energy, reduce energy costs, and decrease operations and maintenance costs at...
HOW CAN WE INVOLVE THE YOUTH IN THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY AGENDA?
BY RUTH CAROL ATIENO The youth of today will be the champions of tomorrow. We must involve them fully in the march towards a cleaner and greener planet. The good thing is that the youth in the energy sector these days are very eager and willing to be informed and to...
THE INAUGURAL ENERGY PROFESSIONALS AWARDS 2021
BY EMILY GITONGA For the longest time industries have been celebrated for making great impact in the energy industry, however specific individual recognition has not been embraced much. World Energy Day Foundation has taken the initiative to incorporate the...
MY YEEP INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT KENCHIC-THIKA
By Cindy Muriithi Favored and blessed to take part of Youth in Energy Empowerment Program the experience so far is nothing short of awesome. I went back to the basics of thermal and electrical systems whose usage of electrical power is very high and are always in...
TALES FROM TAMUWA
By Sephan Ogola Finally it came to our view, just across the railway line lay an ancient looking building with the words Tamuwa boldly painted across its wall by the black gate. Few kilometers behind it lay a breathtaking view of an imposing array of hills which I...
ENERGY INCLUSION – ARE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES ENERGY EFFICIENT?
By Emily Gitonga Sustainable development goals highlight the need for the Inclusion of all vulnerable groups including persons with disabilities. Inclusion should involve all sectors of the economy to ensure that no one is left behind in the development agenda....
MY YEEP INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE AT EENOVATORS LIMITED
By Albert Kibiwott The YEEP Program has been a great learning experience. As the first cohort of the program, we have been privileged to get an opportunity to acquire energy audit and energy management knowledge and experience that will enable us to further develop...