Da Nang launched the Calculator Viet Nam 2050 project in energy management with technical and financial assistance by the United Kingdom in a ceremony on Wednesday.

A roof-top solar power system is installed on a trading centre in Da Nang. The city has launched a pilot project in energy management, the Calculator 2050 with funding from the UK. — VNS Photo Minh Vu

The project will help to support the city as it build up it strategic policy and plans for sustainable energy management that aims to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to reach a green growth target.

The project will help local engineers calculate energy consumption with a data system and calculation formula featuring Excel and Webtool versions.

Da Nang was selected as the first city in Viet Nam to implement the pilot project in energy management.

The city is aiming to inaugurate its ‘green city’ status by 2025.

Local businesses have been called on to develop their environmentally friendly technologies to help reduce GHG emissions by 5% by 2020.

According to a survey of 20 businesses in the Lien Chieu Industrial Zone in Da Nang, energy-based production activities including that of cement, rubber and steel, emitted 27,800 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2013, accounting for 78% of GHG emissions at the IZ.

The city aims to reduce emissions to 25,300 tonnes by 2020, and power consumption at IZs will be limited to 45.2 million KW/h by 2020.

In 2012, Da Nang was one of the 20 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) cities chosen to carry out a Low-Carbon Model Town Project involving smart grids and renewable power generation.

The city had already cut 12,000 tonnes of carbon emissions through a pilot project in the 2008 - 2011 period.

(Source: VNS/ DA NANG Today)