13. Powers and functions of Bureau.—(1) The Bureau shall, effectively co-ordinate with designated
consumers, designated agencies and other agencies, recognise and utilise the existing resources and
infrastructure, in performing the functions assigned to it by or under this Act.
(2) The Bureau may perform such functions and exercise such powers as may be assigned to it by or
under this Act and in particular, such functions and powers include the function and power to—
(a) recommend to the Central Government the norms for processes and energy consumption
standards required to be notified under clause (a) of section 14 1
[and other standards required to be
prescribed under other provisions of this Act];
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[(aa) recommend to the Central Government for issuing of the energy savings certificate under
section 14A;]
(b) recommend to the Central Government the particulars required to be displayed on label on
equipment or on appliances and manner of their display under clause (d) of section 14;
(c) recommend to the Central Government for notifying any user or class of users of energy as a
designated consumer under clause (e) of section 14;
(d) take suitable steps to prescribe guidelines for 3
[energy conservation and sustainable building
codes] under clause (p) of section 14;
(e) take all measures necessary to create awareness and disseminate information for efficient use
of energy and its conservation;
(f) arrange and organise training of personnel and specialists in the techniques for efficient use of
energy and its conservation;
(g) strengthen consultancy services in the field of energy conservation;
(h) promote 4
[or undertake] research and development in the field of energy conservation;
(i) develop testing and certification procedure and promote testing facilities for certification and
testing for energy consumption of equipment and appliances;
(j) formulate and facilitate implementation of pilot projects and demonstration projects for
promotion of efficient use of energy and its conservation;
(k) promote use of energy efficient processes, equipment, devices and systems;
(l) promote innovative financing of energy efficiency projects;
1. Ins. by Act 19 of 2022, s. 4, (w.e.f. 1-1-2023).
2. Ins. by Act 28 of 2010, s. 5 (w.e.f. 24-8-2010).
3. Subs. by Act 19 of 2022, s. 4, for “energy conservation building codes” (w.e.f. 1-1-2023).
4. Ins. by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-2023).
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(m) give financial assistance to institutions for promoting efficient use of energy and its
conservation;
(n) levy fee, as may be determined by regulations, for services provided for promoting efficient
use of energy and its conservation;
(o) maintain a list of accredited energy auditors as may be specified by regulations;
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[(p) specify, by regulations, the qualifications, criteria and conditions subject to which a person
may be accredited as an energy auditor and the procedure for such accreditation;]
(q) specify, by regulations, the manner and intervals of time in which the energy audit shall be
conducted;
(r) specify, by regulations, certification procedures for 2
[energy auditors and energy managers] to
be designated or appointed by designated consumers;
(s) prepare educational curriculum on efficient use of energy and its conservation for educational
institutions, boards, universities or autonomous bodies and coordinate with them for inclusion of such
curriculum in their syllabus;
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[(sa) conduct examination for capacity building and strengthening of services in the field of
energy conservation including certification of energy managers and energy auditors;]
(t) implement international co-operation programmes relating to efficient use of energy and its
conservation as may be assigned to it by the Central Government;
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[(ta) collaborate with any international institution or organisation or to obtain membership of
bodies having similar objectives as that of the Bureau, in consultation with the Central Government;
(tb) authorise any agency in the country or outside the country to carry out any of the functions of
the Bureau, for such purposes, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be specified by
regulations;
(tc) undertake, or authorise any other body which meets with such technical qualifications, as
may be specified by regulations, to test samples for purposes other than those specified in section 14;
(td) empanel technical experts to promote energy efficiency and carbon credit trading activities
undertaken to meet the objectives of the Act;
(te) recommend to the Central Government on the requirements to be specified in the carbon
credit trading scheme to be notified under clause (w) of section 14;
(tf) recommend minimum share of consumption of non-fossil sources by designated consumers as
energy or feedstock;]
(u) perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
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[13A. Prohibition of use of deceptive name, etc.—(1) No person shall, without previous
permission of the Bureau, use any name which so nearly resembles the name of the Bureau as to deceive
or likely to deceive the public.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no registering
authority shall register any company, firm or other body of persons which bears any name or mark
resembling the name of the Bureau.]