Abstract
An innovative and cooperative effort by the Kenyan government to involve practicing engineers in Kenya in the evolving developments in energy consdervation is described. The effort resulted from the question of how to moderate oil imports and yet maintain growth in a growing industrial sector. As part of a broad program on energy use, the Ministry of Energy and Regionl Development, in a cooperative effort with a U.S. base organization, initiated a program to further the understanding of energy conservation in Kenyan industry and government. The project described here had four interconnected components:
The identification of key energy users in Kenya, A seminar series of energy conservation to engineers and managers from industry and government, The formation of a specialized energy audit team to analyze ten cooperating companies and institutions and provide explanations and recommendations with regard to energy conservation, and The introduction of special courses and curriculum modification at Kenya Polytechnic Institute to highlight energy conservation and energy auditing for post graduates as well as for current students.
The paper concludes with a synthesis of these components and an analysis of how the effort may be interpreted as an innovative effort in engineering education. In addition, the paper looks at domestic energy consumption supplied mainly by wood and its conservation and regeneration measures.
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