1. PROMOTION OF RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND
CLEANER PRODUCTION (RECP) IN KENYA
INDUSTRIES
Jane Nyakang’o
Director
Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC)
P.O. Box 1360-00200 City Square, Nairobi
Tel. 254-20-6004870/1
Fax: 254-20-6004871
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2. RIO+20 outcome text: “The future we want”
 The goal is inclusive green growth
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Green growth (GG)...”enabling sustainable growth
and creating prosperity by taking a holistic
approach to development—valuing human,
social and natural capital, efficiently and
sustainably producing goods and services and
building resilience
 Sustainable consumption & production is a tool to
transit to a Green Economy (GE).
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◦ Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production at micro level
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Kenyan economy reliant on its natural resource base –
tourism and agricultural sectors.
Vision 2030...10% growth over horizon
Means ensuring economic growth, creating green jobs
and developing green technologies in order to maintain or
restore environmental quality and ecological integrity
2012: Gvt +UNEP produced a draft GE Scoping Study that
identifies opportunities/challenges towards GG...already ongoing GE activities, needs mainstreaming & scale-up
2013: AfDB+UNEP+WWF to assist Kenya to develop a GG
strategy & roadmap to switch to business “unusual”..policy &
institutional reforms, other necessary conditions
Initial 4 sectors: agriculture, energy, transport & industry,
later water, natural resource management, building and
construction.
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All economic sectors must define and implement key actions
that promote and accelerate an inclusive and effective
transition to a Green Economy.
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The resulting actions, instruments and policy reforms must
be embodied within the country’s strategic documents..
Medium Term Plan (MTP) for 2013-2017 and,
ultimately, Vision 2030.
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Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC) a nodal
agency by promoting application of SCP and RECP
Centre’s activities goal: zero waste (i.e. source reduction,
efficient & sustainable consumption of resources)
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5. 1.
Training
i. Climate Change and CDM
ii. Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production
(Energy Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Materials
management)
iii. Waste Prevention & Management
iv. Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit
Target trainees: Consultants, industry &
businesses, industry associations, academia
etc)
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6. 2. Assisting businesses & organisations to adopt
Resource Efficient & Cleaner Production (RECP)
technologies & techniques
“G reening Businesses ”…..Cleaner Enterprise Program
(CEP)
Focus on sustainable consumption of resources & pollution
prevention:
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Energy productivity
Water productivity
Material productivity
Pollution intensity
3-6 month learning by-doing in-plant Resource Efficient and
pollution prevention assessments
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7. Over 400 companies KNCPC has assisted in
last 10 years:
 Energy
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 30-40% reduction in energy consumption with no- and low-cost
technology (delamping, efficient lighting, occupancy and/or motion
sensors, good housekeeping, preventive maintenance etc)
 20% energy savings on new technology (high efficiency boilers,
VSD, economisers, fuel switch etc)
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Water
 25-35 water efficiency with a few retrofits (push taps, preventive
maintenance, motion sensors, recirculation, good housekeeping etc)
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Materials
◦ 15-20% material use reduction (quality, production
scheduling, employee skills, good housekeeping, etc)
Waste
◦ 25% waste reduction (source reduction, good
housekeeping, recycling, recovery, attitudinal changes,
employee skills)
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Some of these RECP measures are potential CDM projects
and even if not, contribute towards both adaptation and
mitigation in climate change.
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RECP an integral part of our climate change mitigation and
adaptation programs
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