Clarion Int’l hosts workshop to introduce world-class energy efficient technology
Clarion International Ltd (brand name Clarion Energy) has been in the forefront of Green technology offering energy saving solutions to over 1,300 leading Sri Lankan companies for almost three decades.
It has contributed towards saving billions of rupees for those companies in the process.
Clarion Energy partnered with ABB, pioneering world technology leader employing over 120,000 globally, to conduct the ‘It’s all about saving your money’ workshop at the BMICH recently. ABB is the world’s number one in VSDS (Variable Speed Drives) for various applications to achieve optimum power saving and most flexible operation to suit most applications with minimum external components.
The BMICH workshop was attended by around 65 personnel comprising CEOS, senior managers, senior engineers, and factory managers in a cross section of 42 local companies that deal in varied businesses.
The workshop emphasised on four main areas; energy efficiency, operation and maintenance, energy conservation and renewable energy.
ABB Assistant Sales Manager Lakmal Silva and ABB Engineer Kashunjith Amarasiri explained the products at the workshop. They did demonstrations to show the participants and stated that only 30 percent of business entities and factories in Sri Lanka currently make use of VSDS to save and conserve energy at their businesses, though it can be easy installed.
Clarion Energy currently offers energy saving solutions to over 50 percent of the ‘Top 1,000’ Sri Lankan companies.
They include Sampath Bank, Brandix, MAS Holdings, Central Bank, Ceylon Cold Stores, Aitken Spence, Hayleys, Richard Peiris, Kandalama, Taj Samudra and Fortress hotels, Nestle, Unilever, Ansel Lanka and Asiri, Central, CECB, Nawaloka, Hemas, Durdens hospitals and over 100 plantation factories.
Clarion Energy COO Kishow Mahendran said that Clarion Energy has contributed towards saving energy worth billions of rupees for over 1,300 leading Sri Lankan companies for more than three decades.
“We have a world-class VSD and other latest energy saving and conservation technologies from ABB the world leader in innovation for you to save money,” he said.
“Energy conservation solutions can be adopted in stages to reduce the burden on the company’s budget. Also Clarion Energy has now launched a programme to save the huge costs spent on energy audits too: A flexible and an affordable ‘model’ where consultancy costs would be zero. The benefits of adopting these solutions are; company increases its profits and derives respect from the international market as a ‘Green company’. Further, ‘Greening Process’ makes your products more attractive to foreign buyers who are becoming more demanding in environmental friendly production methods. Also the share value of the company will improve,” he added.
Clarion International Ltd Senior Specialist Engineer Mayuran Nityanandam said: “At a time when total costs in business increase daily and become a real burden and a survival issue, cutting the cost of energy consumption is the need of the day and will help companies not only become ‘green’ but also profitable. Most local companies are not aware of the latest technical innovations that can cut energy costs and save energy whereas these technologies are widely used in all industrialised countries. We have organised this workshop to create awareness amongst industry and business of such innovations in energy conservation technology.”
Lightning Protection and Surge Protection systems for Ruwanweliseya, Abhayagiriya and Jethawanaramaya stupas in Anuradhapura too have been installed by the Clarion International Ltd.
Clarion Energy imports equipment only from specialised global leaders such as; ABB - a multinational for VSDS, Frako - Germany for power capacitors and energy management systems, Weg - Brazil for high energy efficiency motors, Hakel - Czech republic, Europe for surge protection, Benedict - Austria for power control components, Luvata - Malaysia for earthing networks and bus-bars and Franklin France in France for lighting protection.