Extract from Punjab Government Gazette, dated the 17th March, 2006 — THE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT, 2001

. _ [Extract from Punjab Government Gazette, dated the 17th March, 2006] GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB . DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONME NT AND NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY Order The 20th January/6th February, 2006 No, 2/123/05-STE(@) \370. —In exercise of the power conferred .by Section 18 of the Energy No, 2/123/05- Conservation Act, 2001 (52 of 2001); the Governor of Punjab is pleased to issue the following directions Punjab namely : Conservation Act, for the efficient use of energy and its conservation in the. State of Punjab namely : J. Mandatory use of Solar Water Heating Systems ° _ 1. The use of BIS marked solar water Fee systems will. be mandatory in the following . categories of buildings, namely .: -. (i) Industries where hot water is 3 required for 'processing. Gi) Hospitals and Nursing Homes isicluding Government Hospitals. and Banquet Halls. . . Gi) Hospitals and Nursing (iii) “Hotels, Motels and Banquet Halls. (iv) Jail Barracks, Canteens. (v) Housing Complexes. set up by Group Hiqusing Socictios/Punjab Urban Development i Authority. s8 ; a i (vi) All residential buildings, built on.a plot, of size 2 500 square gees and above, falling within the limits of Municipal Committees/Corporations and Punjab Urban Planning veneer BG Development Aatat lace ty SeCeOr gc 2s th tee ental aes ccm == —— TP TAL Government buildings, ~Residential—Schools;—Educational ~ Colleges, Hostels; ~~ Technical/Vocational Education Institutes, District Institutes of Education and . ' Training, Tourism Complexes and Universitiés etc. 2, Punjab Energy Development Agency will act asan approved source for supply and installation optimally designed quatity 2, Punjab Energy Development Agency of solar water heating systems in the State to enstre the installation of. optimally designed quat