ISLAMABAD:The inaugural ceremony for the commissioning of “EnergEyer”- an intelligent Energy Monitoring and Management System (EMMS) was held at the MATCAST plant of Fazal Steel (Pvt) Ltd (FSL).
EnergEyer is a collaborative project of the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) and Fazal Steel under the active technical support of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
NUST Pro-Rector Research, Innovation and Commercialisation, Dr Rizwan Riaz, as a chief guest, unveiled the plaque at the ceremony attended by representatives of NUST, UNIDO, and the Fazal Group of Companies.
Expressing his views, the chief guest thanked FSL Group of Companies for investing in and facilitating the project that would help bring the advanced technology to the fore.
He also appreciated UNIDO and Fazal Steel for joining hands with NUST to successfully undertake this initiative of paramount significance.
He also looked forward to forging meaningful partnerships with FSL in the future.
The principal investigator of the project from NUST School of Chemical and Materials Engineering (SCME), Dr Iftikhar Ahmad said EnergEyer was specially developed by the NUST team for process industries by incorporating the concepts of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Wireless Communication, and Cloud Computing in the conventional Energy Management System (EMS), to manage the energy losses in the industry.
He particularly thanked project coordinator Jihad Salah Khan from SCME, and Co-Principal Investigator Dr Mian Ilyas Ahmad from NUST Research Centre for Modelling and Simulation (RCMS) for their value-adding contributions to the project, adding the EnergEyer was successfully tested and implemented in the MATCAST Plant of FSL.
National Project Manager Sustainable Energy REEE UNIDO, Masroor Ahmed Khan, speaking on behalf of Nadia Aftab, UNIDO Country Representative said, “UNIDO in Pakistan has an extensive and successful portfolio in industrial development cooperation. While UNIDO is providing technical support to Fazal Steel in its goal to achieve Energy Management System Certification ISO 50001, under one of its flagship projects on Energy Efficiency, it is heartening to see growing and effective collaboration between academia and the industry.”
Earlier, Saad Aziz Malik of Fazal Steel welcomed all participants and thanked NUST and UNIDO for their invaluable contributions to the project.
He said it is a huge step towards encouraging the industry-academia relationship that would help us become a self-reliant nation.