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Regional project to reduce greenhouse gases

Environment ministers from Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal have made a final review of a regional project to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through improved energy efficiency in buildings, PANA reported on Saturday. “The reduction or stabilisation of greenhouse gas emissions, coupled with thermal electricity generation in West Africa, through large-scale implementation of energy efficiency measures in building, is a long-term effort,” PANA reported Senegalese Environment Minister Lamine Ba as saying. The project, launched in 1996, aims to encourage the construction of energy efficient buildings through integrated planning with the energy sector. Ba said that the amount of electricity needed to operate buildings could be cut by 15 percent to 35 percent and significant reductions of carbon dioxide emissions could be obtained, PANA reported. The project provides training for architects and engineers to ensure the design of buildings maximizes energy efficiency.

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