Abu Dhabi, UAE, 12 January 2012 – The Aga Khan Planning and Building Services’ (AKPBS) Building and Construction Improvement Programme (BACIP) is one the finalists of the 2012 Zayed Future Energy Prize. The prize, which will be announced later this month, recognizes and rewards outstanding work in renewable energy and sustainability. A prize of US$ 1.5 million will be awarded to the winner.
BACIP focuses on eight thermally efficient appliances and technologies that help people in poor and remote areas improve the quality of their lives while saving 100,000 tons of CO2 annually. The programme has produced over 50,000 fuel-efficient products, which have been installed in 27,000 households. The programme has benefitted 240,000 people in over 300 villages of the Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral provinces in northern Pakistan.
For more information about the BACIP programme, see the CNN interview with Hadi Husani, Chief Executive Officer of AKPBS Pakistan, as well as http://www.akdn.org/AKPBS and http://www.akdn.org/akpbs_pakistan.asp.
The Zayed Future Energy Prize is named after the late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the United Arab Emirates.
via General News: AKPBS Nominated for 2012 Zayed Energy Prize.
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