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11-22-2007, 01:30 PM
Industry and Commerce Minister Melanio Paredes says that 90% of lighting systems in schools, hospitals and administrative offices will be changed as part of President Leonel Fernandez's energy saving plan. According to the minister, this will save the government RD$1.6 billion per year. Paredes did not specify when the replacement process would be launched but said that the Commission that will oversee the energy saving plan will begin work in the next few months. Paredes added that changing the culture of energy wastage in the country would be one of its prerogatives. National Energy Commission director Aristides Fernandez Zucco said that 300 of the country's 5,000 public buildings consume 90% of the total Dominican state's demand. Paredes said that the state would save 30% of the total cost on energy in these 300 institutions. Parades estimated that the proposed measures could save the country RD$46 million per month.
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