(Image courtesy of UTM Corporate Office)
JOHOR BAHRU – A community service relation (CSR) project named as “Solar PV Installation for Raft Village Tanjung Surat, Johor”, led by IVAT staff, Dr. Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden, has been successfully officiated on 28 December 2021 by Tuan Mohd Muazzam Mohamed, Group Chief Executive Officer, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB) with the present of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Hamdan Bin Hj Ahmad, Chair of School of Electrical Engineering UTM, Prof Ir. Dr. Mohd Wazir Mustafa and Director of Centre of Community and Industry Network, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johari Surif. Representatives from the project’s collaborators – Director General of the Jabatan Tenaga Manusia, Directors of Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) Kepala Batas and ILP Pasir Gudang, Directors of Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan and Politeknik Port Dickson and Head of Program of Kolej Komuniti Segamat 2 – were also attended the ceremony.
The project, which is one of the CSR programs of UTM- BIMB through a crowdfunding platform called Sadaqa House Bank Islam, was started in March 2021, and successfully completed in early December 2021. A total of RM87,800 fund under the platform was utilized to supply off-grid solar PV system to a total of 13 raft houses at the village.
Previously, there was no continuous electricity supply in this village and some residents only made their own wiring of electricity supply from land that was farther away and without a safe electrical protection system. With full sponsorship from Sadaqa House Bank Islam and installation initiatives by UTM and its collaborators, the installed solar PV system enables residents to use a safe continuous electricity supply for 2 or 3 LED lights and a fan in each of the 13 houses. In fact, this village has become the only raft house village that uses solar renewable electricity supply in Malaysia.
In line with its one of the values; “Sustainability” and tagline; “Towards a sustainable excellence through integrity and synergy”, IVAT continues to support its staff contributing towards any sustainability-related projects.
More featured news in local media platforms on the project can be found here:
JOHOR BAHRU – A community service relation (CSR) project named as “Solar PV Installation for Raft Village Tanjung Surat, Johor”, led by IVAT staff, Dr. Zulkarnain Ahmad Noorden, has been successfully officiated on 28 December 2021 by Tuan Mohd Muazzam Mohamed, Group Chief Executive Officer, Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (BIMB) with the present of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Development) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Prof. Ts. Dr. Mohd Hamdan Bin Hj Ahmad, Chair of School of Electrical Engineering UTM, Prof Ir. Dr. Mohd Wazir Mustafa and Director of Centre of Community and Industry Network, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johari Surif. Representatives from the project’s collaborators – Director General of the Jabatan Tenaga Manusia, Directors of Institut Latihan Perindustrian (ILP) Kepala Batas and ILP Pasir Gudang, Directors of Politeknik Ibrahim Sultan and Politeknik Port Dickson and Head of Program of Kolej Komuniti Segamat 2 – were also attended the ceremony.
The project, which is one of the CSR programs of UTM- BIMB through a crowdfunding platform called Sadaqa House Bank Islam, was started in March 2021, and successfully completed in early December 2021. A total of RM87,800 fund under the platform was utilized to supply off-grid solar PV system to a total of 13 raft houses at the village.
Previously, there was no continuous electricity supply in this village and some residents only made their own wiring of electricity supply from land that was farther away and without a safe electrical protection system. With full sponsorship from Sadaqa House Bank Islam and installation initiatives by UTM and its collaborators, the installed solar PV system enables residents to use a safe continuous electricity supply for 2 or 3 LED lights and a fan in each of the 13 houses. In fact, this village has become the only raft house village that uses solar renewable electricity supply in Malaysia.
In line with its one of the values; “Sustainability” and tagline; “Towards a sustainable excellence through integrity and synergy”, IVAT continues to support its staff contributing towards any sustainability-related projects.
More featured news in local media platforms on the project can be found here:
https://www.nst.com.my/business/2021/12/759332/bank-islam-utm-complete-pv-solar-project-johor
https://www.utusan.com.my/ekonomi/2021/12/bimb-laksana-projek-sistem-tenaga-pv-di-johor/
https://news.utm.my/ms/2021/12/utm-lestarikan-rumah-rakit-di-tanjung-surat-dengan-teknologi-solar/
https://www.hmetro.com.my/amp/bisnes/2022/01/795663/kerjasama-strategik-bimb-utm
(Image courtesy of UTM Corporate Office)
(Image courtesy of UTM Corporate Office)