Minister of Water and Electricity Engineer Abdullah bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Hussein opened here today the Saudi Conference on "Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning 2013" and the accompanying exhibition. The event is organized by Ministry of Water and Electricity in cooperation with The Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency (SCEE). Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Assistant Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for Petroleum Affairs and Chairman of the Subcommittee of the National Programme to rationalize and raise the efficiency of energy consumption, said that the creation of the Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency came as an initiative to address the growing consumption of energy. Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made the remarks in a speech during the opening session of the conference.