BEWARE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

Last week I read in the news about the untimely death of 3 people in Port Harcourt due to carbon monoxide poisoning and I was sorely grieved for the loss that resulted from their ignorance of placing a running generator in the kitchen and then going to sleep. It turned out to be their sleep of death. It’s a fairly common occurrence in Nigeria – a country with more than 90 million gasoline generators and the time is NOW to sensitive Nigerians about the danger of inhaling fumes of a gasoline generator.

Gasoline generator expels its waste in the form of carbon monoxide (CO) - a colourless, tasteless, odourless gas that is termed “Silent Killer” because its effect is not easily detectable while it is dangerous. If this terrible gas is not well ventilated and allowed to build up in a closed space, it can cause headache, fatigue, brain damage and death in a matter of minutes for those unfortunate to inhale it. As a matter of fact, carbon monoxide poisoning is among the leading causes of accidental deaths in Nigeria; mostly resulting from lack of awareness and power infrastructure deficit that necessitates mass use of gasoline/diesel generators.

How is this silent killer avoided? Simply by placing our running generators (gasoline/diesel) in an open space where the effluent gases are allowed to escape into the atmosphere. NO ONE SHOULD PLACE RUNNING GENERATORS INSIDE THE HOUSE! Not in the corridor, the kitchen, garage, bathroom or even on balcony that is enclosed. Generators are made to be placed outside in the open, not INSIDE the house. Even if it raining outside, NEVER place generator inside to avoid it from being rain soaked. Switch it off until the rain stops, please. Your life is more important than TV program or whatever temporary comfort that should warrant putting a running generator inside the house.

Kindly spread this message in the spirit of Negawatt Revolution and save a life from the fatal clutch of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning. Believe me when I tell you that Renewable Energy is the natural solution to end the scourge of carbon monoxide poisoning. With time and through RE innovations being cooked in our labs at Zeus Energy Limited, we will never be grieved by untimely death caused by the Silent Killer again. God accenting to our aspirations!

See you soon.

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ISO50001 CERTIFICATION IN NIGERIAN INDUSTRIES

I am positively excited and proud to announce to you the conclusion of Energy Management Systems in Industries in Nigeria (EnMSIN), the first in Sub Sahara Africa, as facilitated by GFA Consulting Group (Germany) under the sponsorship of GIZ and Nigerian Energy Support Program (NESP). In 2015 when it kicked off, two Nigerian manufacturers from Steel and Chemical industries were selected as pilot industries to demonstrate the sustainability and cost saving economics obtainable from enforcing energy efficiency standards in Nigerian industries in line with ISO50001.

Our company, Zeus Energy Limited, participated as a local resource company in the certification process that required us to supply energy meters by efergy used in the energy audit of the two industries,  plus rendering sundry services. As a premier energy management company in Nigeria with corporate experience in demand side management, GFA contracted our company to complement their energy specialists who conducted the critical checks and audits on the selected industries.

For the august project, our company successfully supplied energy data such as readings from smart energy meters and thermal images taken by our lead consultant and other important information that aggregated to form the report that eventually was used by GFA, partnering with AENOR, Spanish certification body, to award the ISO50001 certificate to the two successful Nigerians industries. By this award, Nigeria just entered into comity of industrialized nations with energy efficiency standard in industries.

I must also add that Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Nigerian agency charged with enforcing standards in goods meant for Nigerian consumption, also participated in this historic venture and would henceforth uphold energy efficiency standards for Nigerian industries. The essence of institutionalizing ISO 50001 in Nigerian industries leads to improvement in energy performance, promotes competitiveness, generates job and leads to grid improvement. From environmental perspective, It will result in reduced non-productive energy consumption which leads to negawatt and reduced green house gases.

Here is to congratulate Aarti Steels located in Ota and Grand Cereals Limited as awardees of ISO50001 in Nigeria. More industries are already enrolled in the extension of the project being executed by GFA and NESP and we at ZEL are very happy and proud to associate with the success story.

Share with your friends. ISO50001 is in Naija industries! Cheers!!

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