The Ghana Science Association is calling on the government to be firmed in phasing out overaged (10 years and over) energy inefficient electrical appliances to promote energy use efficiency in the country.
The association further tasked the government to facilitate the creation of industries for the local manufacturing of clean energy components as well as the private sector in order to invest in development and commercialisation of energy efficient technologies and solutions.
These were contained in a 14-point recommendation in a communique issued at the end of the 19th biennial workshop of the Ghana Science Association (GSA) held at the Regional Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, Bono Region.
The GSA is a national multidisciplinary group of Scientists, Technologists, Engineers, Mathematicians, and Industrialists that seeks to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country through scientific and technological research formulation and implementation of national policy in science, technology and innovation.