AKPBS,P's BACIP, eying Ashden award

Eight sustainable energy pioneers from the African continent, India and Pakistan have been selected as finalists for the prestigious Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2011. The Pakistani project is The Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan’s (AKPBS,P) innovative programme BACIP (Building and Construction Improvement Programme) that has been selected as one of the finalists for the Ashden Awards 2011. BACIP is providing families in remote mountain villages with access to affordable, energy efficient technologies which insulate their homes, heat their water and reduce their consumption of fuel wood. The programme tackles deforestation and climate change by saving 100,000 tonnes of wood a year and preventing emissions of around 160,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year. AKPBS,P aims to extend this approach to other Himalayan countries, which face similar challenges and reach another 17,000 homes by 2014.. --Rizwan Jamil,.AKDN Karachi,18 May 2011