July-August, 2020 | @green
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Investment Grade Audit for Lighting System &
Sustainable Energy Management System Development
Kick-Off Meeting at Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi
Bandaraya Pelancongan on July 16, 2020.
where they will advise and monitor the
implementation of LCCF & GGP
Finally, the Energy Services Companies
(ESCOs) undertake the Investment Grade
Audit for lighting system and develop a
Sustainable Energy Management System.
The four local authorities which were
selected for the demonstration project are
Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh, Majlis Perbandaran
Pasir Gudang, Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi
Bandaraya Pelancongan and Majlis Daerah
Hulu Selangor.
Challenges
One of the first challenges faced by the
project was during the selection of four local
authorities that were committed to implementing
the plan.
“We received considerable interest from
local authorities throughout Malaysia to
participate in the pilot project and had to
assess them thoroughly for selection.
“After selecting the four local authorities,
there was a need to streamline the project
timeline with a lighting retrofit plan by the
selected local authorities,” said Shamsul.
Shamsul also noted the pandemic had
affected the project and posed a challenge to
meet the project outcomes on time, as this is
a fast track project that was to be completed
by December 2020.
Due to the Covid-19 outbreak and the
movement control order (MCO) enforcement
by the Malaysian Government which caused
most premises to be closed or to operate via
work-from-home, some activities requiring
large gatherings such as training, workshops
and seminars were postponed.
“They might need to be held online
through a virtual meeting platform,” he
added.
All on-site activities such as Investment
Grade Audit, Measurement and Verification,
and Sustainable Energy Management System
development were also affected and needed
to be rescheduled.
Another hurdle was to convince the
local authorities on other options on the
financing mechanism such as EPCand
leasing because most of them believed
the traditional self-financing mechanism
was the best way. After all, they have full
control.
Educating the Local
Authorities on the GGP
MGTC will conduct GGP training for the four
selected local authorities, which includes
life cycle costing analysis. The training also
includes technical challenges such as Contract
Performance clauses, Selection Criteria
/Award Criteria (core and comprehensive)
and possibilities of verification mechanisms
in the GGP.
The four selected local authorities will
also be facilitated on the contracting and
procurement process such as assisting in
preparing tender specification or Request
for Proposal (RFP) from the local suppliers
or ESCOs for leasing or EPC mechanism and
reviewing and evaluating the submission
proposal from suppliers and contractors.
Apart from that, the GGP training for
all local authorities by region will also be
conducted.
“The project will focus on GGP for lighting
as a start for GGP implementation by the
local authorities before they expand to other
products and services.”
The project, which started on Oct 1, 2019,
is expected to be completed by Dec 31, 2020.
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MyRelamp Project Workshop on Viable Financing
Mechanism for Lighting Retrofit, Government Green
Procurement and City Data Management held at
Putrajaya Marriott Hotel on Feb 27, 2020.
Memorandum of Understanding exchange between
MGTC and the 4 selected pilot local authorities; Majlis
Daerah Hulu Selangor, Majlis Perbandaran Pasir
Gudang, Majlis Perbandaran Langkawi Bandaraya
Pelancongan and Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh.
green products and services.
“We identify green verified products and
services and list them into the directory. The
government will refer to it and purchase only
from those contained in it.
“We are looking into specific regulations
to ensure that it will be mandatory that any
government procurement is from MyHIJAU.
“We are working on a State-wide Green
Zone programme with Johore,” added
Shamsul.
MGTC will be involved in procuring electric
buses to transport about 7,000 workforces
for the Rapid-2 project. It will involve a unique
scheme, where investors will lease buses to the
Johore government. We are talking about 40 to
100 electric buses.”
MGTC goes beyond facilitating the green
initiatives, whereby it embraces green practices
in its building and offices. The MGTC building
has a rainwater harvesting system, rooftop
solar panels and other energy-efficient
equipment.
“The Building Energy Index (BEI) for MGTC
is 24kWh/m2 per year, and we are trying
to reduce it to zero by the end of this year,”
Shamsul shared, adding that the BEI for any
other building is about 200kWh/m2.