Katara, Kahramaa sign cooperation agreement for Conservation and Energy Efficiency

The Cultural Village Foundation Katara and Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) represented in its National Program for Conservation and Energy Efficiency (Tarsheed) signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU). 
The MoU aims at achieving cooperation between Kahramaa and Katara in the fields of awareness, experience exchange, joint activities, events and competitions between Katara and Kahramaa, that contribute to spreading the culture of conserving the vital resources and familiarise the public with the correct practices of the optimal use of water and electricity.
Addressing a press conference, General Manager of Katara, Dr. Khaled bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti said that the agreement will contribute to open up the prospects for fruitful cooperation between Katara and Kahramaa in order to raise awareness and education in the Qatari community the right practices to preserve natural resources, leading to a healthy environment for current and future generations, by holding events, activities, competitions and workshops related to the technologies helping to conserve energy.
Dr. Al Sulaiti pointed out that the agreement came to complement Katara’s continuous efforts in building effective and fruitful partnerships with various institutions and organisations.
For his part, President of Kahramaa, Eng. Essa bin Hilal Al Kuwari stressed that the memorandum symbolizes Kahramaa and Katara’s keenness to achieve productive cooperation between them and society, especially the activities and techniques of conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy to promote sustainability. 
Al Kuwari explained that the memo reflects Kahramaa’s keenness in reaching and cooperating with all state institutions in the field of sustainability in line with the goals of Qatar’s 2030 environmental, social, economic and humanitarian vision and through the national program Tarsheed which celebrates its eighth anniversary soon, where it managed to reduce 12 million tonnes of harmful carbon emissions so far.
According to the latest statistics issued by the Kahramaa, the number of Tarsheed partners who signed MoUs reached over 70 different parties, under  cooperation agreements and memoranda initiative.
Community partnership is an integral part of the scope of the national program of Tarsheed which is represented in different sectors of the State, whether government or private.  MoUs include several aspects of the conservation, whether for implementing regulations or reviewing the energy of buildings or on raising awareness, conservation technologies, energy efficiency or renewable energy.