side Energy Efficiency effort in the Kingdom with the mission to improve the domestic energy consumption efficiency and coordinate all related activities between government and non-government stakeholders. SEEC is composed of more than 20 entities from ministries, government entities and companies. The key objectives of SEEC are to: Develop a national Energy Efficiency program; Propose Energy Efficiency policies and regulations, and monitor their implementation; Promote awareness; Participate, as needed, in the implementation of pilot projects. In 2012, SEEC launched the Saudi Energy Efficiency Program (SEEP) with the objectives to improve the Kingdom's Energy Efficiency by designing and implementing initiatives and their enablers," Eng. Al-Naimi said. "Since its inception, the Program has been a consensus based inter-government effort involving all government, semi-government and private stakeholders through regular engagements and detailed technical research and studies. In addition, partnerships and collaboration were established with foreign government entities and experts to benefit from their experience," the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources added. "The program has currently 35 Energy Efficiency initiatives at different stages of planning or implementation in buildings, industry, funding and ESCOs, cooling, transport, urban planning, and awareness," Eng. Al-Naimi concluded.
