PIND COMMISSIONS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION CENTRE IN DELTA STATE.
Energy consumption in Nigeria is currently in high demand and at a high frequency as a result, Partnership Initiative in Niger Delta (PIND) has been working very hard to provide technologies that reduce energy consumption, recycle waste and provide alternatives to the grid and traditional power sources in the Niger Delta region. To successfully achieve this goal, PIND opened its Appropriate Technology Demonstration Centre (ATED) in Egbokodo, Delta state.
At this glamorous occasion, the Executive Director of PIND, Mr Sam Diabo, described the ATED centre as an innovation that uses large overhangs and a unique roof structure which allows the wind to blow through the eaves, roof cavity and vent at the top. This technology helps to keep the building cooler than normal with its insulation, air tight windows, air handling systems, inverter type ACs for uninterrupted power outage and a bio digester for human and other organic waste creating bio fuel and fertilizer.
Mr Diabo noted that PIND has been able to build a wonderful relationship with its host communities through different programs over the years and that the ATED centre was also conceived to demonstrate appropriate technology in terms of efficient building of houses in the Niger Delta region in particular and Nigeria as a whole. He further encouraged private individuals, NGOs, concerned Nigerians and the government at all levels to partner with the centre to enable it achieve its mission.
The ATED manager, Nancy Gilbert, said the centre is an example of how climate change threat can be tackled through appropriate technology available to us pointing out that everyone has something to do which will ensure that the effect of climate change is minimised.
The representative of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr Alfred Mulade, commended PIND for the laudable project and called on all stakeholders in the region to come together and harness their strength to develop the region.
The field project manager for PIND, Mr Sylvester Okoh, said that appropriate technologies have helped the method of crop harvesting, crop processing and food processing, thereby making life easier for people.
SOURCE: NATIONAL REFORMER.
