The Asian Regional Energy Initiative of the IEI

Information

In keeping with the IEI's efforts to facilitate energy analysis, the Asian REI tries to provide reliable information as required: for example, to consumers, on device efficiency and maintenance, to energy providers, on sources of energy such as non-conventional renewables, and to decision-makers and energy providers, on energy planning and policies.
 

• IEI-pamphlets/brochures:
  
  These were intended as "ready reckoners" for consumers, on options for device improvement. Although based on exhaustive studies, they are written at the popular level, with charts indicating costs incurred and the energy use avoided for specific efficiency measures. These include pamphlets on the efficient use of industrial equipment – motors, fans, pumps, compressors, and refrigerant compressors, on replacing electric water heaters with solar water heaters, and on improving the efficiency of domestic lighting through fluorescent and compact fluorescent lighting devices.
  
   
• IEI-Workshop reports:
  
  Several workshops have been conducted to acquaint people with and provide information on new approaches to energy planning, to non-conventional sources of energy and to an increased scope for energy efficiency. Course materials for these workshops were prepared in-house and include information on topics such as global trends in energy use, the current approach and resulting problems of electricity planning in India, least-cost power planning (with the examples of Karnataka and other regions), barriers to energy efficiency, and case-studies of decentralised electricity generation [Click here].
  
   
• Reference library:
  
  This library on energy issues located at the office of the Asian Regional Energy Initiative contains books, reports, papers, journals, as well as un-published reports prepared at the IEI.
  
   
• Energy for Sustainable Development:
  
  IEI's Regional Energy Initiative in Bangalore is involved in the processing, production, publishing, web site management, and circulation of  Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD), the journal of the International Energy Initiative (IEI). We publish ESD as a medium of information exchange, for conveying the results of analytical and training efforts and for sharing the lessons learnt from field projects. [Click here].