Vice-rector on science and international cooperation - Oleg Gavrilenko in EKSTU took part in the signing of the memorandum on mutual cooperation on the implementation and improvement of energy saving between Akimat of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Government Department "Department of Energy and municipal housing economy in East-Kazakhstan region", "Kazakhstan USAID program to restrain climate change " and the group of AES companies in Kazakhstan.

As a part of the memorandum, the cooperation of the participants will be directed to the introduction of advanced international methods and practices in the area of energy saving. Particular attention will be paid for improving training of the specialists in the area of energy saving and energy management. In this regard, D. Serikbayev EKSTU jointly with the group of AES companies in Kazakhstan will provide practical support to the project by providing scientific and technical basis for its implementation.

For now three teams of students and undergraduates of specialties "Thermal Engineering" and "Electric power industry" were organized in D.Serikbayev EKSTU. Instructors of the teams were named representatives of the group of AES companies in Kazakhstan, as well as the lecturers of sub-department "Industrial power".
For students and undergraduates this project is attractive because of concrete practical research skills for conduction of energy investigations. For teachers is interesting because of leading methods and practical approaches in the area of energy saving on international level. Project provides an opportunity for enterprises to assess their potential for energy saving, find ways to improve energy efficiency, not providing financial assets which usually spent on the completion of the procedure of energy works and energy audits.

As the outcome of the project is organization of industrial energy audit center on the basis of D.Serikbayev EKSTU.