LAHORE - The Energy Manager Training Programme, initiated by Small & Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in collaboration with All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for the industry professionals concluded here at University of Management and Technology campus. The concluding ceremony was attended by the senior officials of SMEDA, APTMA, GTZ & UMT. Mr. Fayyaz A. Riaz, Dy. General Manager, SMEDA while addressing the ceremony said that efficient use of energy had brought very positive implications at macro level of the general economy. He said that the objective of this training programme was to upgrade the existing silks and knowledge of energy managers to carry out energy conservation activities on continuous basis on their own. He informed that SMEDA, in collaboration with other trade associations, will broaden the scope of Energy Manager Training Programme to other industrial sectors of the economy. He disclosed that training programme on remaining modules like Power Generation & Distribution, Electric Motors, Compressors, HVAC & CDM would be held in second week of August 2010. Anis-ul-Haq, Secretary, APTMA, expressing his views on this occasion, said that Textile Industry had realized the importance of the elimination of the wasteful component in energy consumption. He said that textile sector consumed around 1500MW of electricity, while in-house gas based power generation systems were supplying 70pc of this power. Bernhard Meyhoefer, Principal Advisor, GTZ, in his address, highlighted the objective of the energy management initiative. He said that the initiative was undertaken to build capacities/capabilities of the public and private sector to implement measures of energy efficiency in SMEs as well as at institutions level to have strategies for increasing energy efficiency. Hassan Sohaib Murad, Rector, UMT, while commenting on the need of energy management training program, said that country was facing heavy electricity shortfall and energy conservation could be the only immediate solution to avoid difficulties. The faculty members of engineering institutions including University of Engineering and Technology (UET), National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and University of Management and Technology (UMT) also attended the training session.