ENERGY EFFICIENCY PILOT IN JAMBI: HOSPITAL AUDIT TRAINING AND WALKTHROUGH
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From theory to hands-on practice
The series of activities began with an educational session given by Totok Sulistyanto as a Green Building Expert who discussed the issue of energy transition and its urgency for the health sector. Furthermore, participants were equipped with an understanding of the impact of energy efficiency, both in terms of the environment, operations, and sustainability of services, as well as various strategies for practical skills in carrying out simple energy audits and increasing their capabilities in carrying out Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) to formulate technical recommendations that can be applied in the hospital environment.
Not only at the theoretical level, this activity is also equipped with hands-on practice. Participants were given the opportunity to try using energy measurement tools to understand the real amount of energy consumption. In addition, participants also practiced direct energy audits at Abdul Manap Hospital as a case study for the application of energy efficiency in health facilities to collect primary data and assess energy efficiency opportunities.
Finally, participants were briefed on campaign strategies and education to relevant stakeholders. This aims to encourage consistent and wider implementation of energy efficiency in hospitals, while strengthening the role of the health sector in supporting the equitable energy transition agenda. After attending the training, participants felt that the relevance of the material was strong and the simple delivery helped them to understand more about energy efficiency and how it relates to issues they face in the real world. The results of this activity are expected to not only stop at capacity building, but also become the basis for real implementation of energy efficiency in each hospital.
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The Role of Civil Society Organizations
In addition to the active participation of participants from the health sector, civil society organizations (CSOs) also played an important role in this activity. CSOs act as a link between technical results in the field and policy encouragement at the local level. Thus, CSO involvement is expected to be not only participatory, but also strategic. Through the series of sessions that followed, CSOs gained capacity building that they can use to develop policy advocacy strategies related to energy efficiency at the local level, as well as oversee the implementation of energy efficiency efforts in the health sector to run optimally and sustainably.
CSO engagement is one of the main approaches in the EU-funded Enabling Civil Society project. Within this framework, local CSOs are seen as having great potential due to their familiarity with the local context and understanding of local social and policy dynamics. Their local knowledge and field experience are important assets in pushing the energy transition agenda to be more inclusive, participatory, and relevant to local needs.