Call to impose standard energy rating on imported fridge, AC

Speakers at a seminar have emphasised the need for manufacturing environment-friendly and energy-saving products, aiming to reduce carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
Standard energy rating should be imposed on imported products because these products with harmful refrigerants can badly affect the environment, with no benefits for the local brands, they said.
The seminar titled 'Global warming challenges and achievements of Bangladesh's electronics appliance sector' was held at the conference room of Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center at Purbachal on Monday.
Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC jointly organised the seminar maintaining health guidelines, says a press release.
EPB Vice-chairman AHM Ahsan presided over the function.
The seminar was told that electronics giant Walton has already stopped using harmful CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and HFCs (hydrofluorocarbons) refrigerants in refrigerator, AC and compressor to build an eco-friendly Bangladesh.
UNDP Bangladesh's Project Manager Satya Ranjan Bhattacharya presented the keynote paper while Chief of Walton Hi-Tech's Research and Innovation Tapash Kumar Mojumder, Elite Hi-tech Industries Limited Deputy Managing Director Noor A Alam and Prof Dr Ali Ahmad Shawkat Chowdhury from Mechanical Engineering Department of BUET were among the discussants.
Azizul Hakim, senior executive director of Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited, moderated the function.
Walton's Deputy Managing Director Humayun Kabir, and Director of 'Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2022' Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury also joined the seminar, among others.