IEA Energy Efficiency Training Week for Southeast Asia 2019

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The International Energy Agency and Thailand’s Ministry of Energy co-hosted the third Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Training Week for Southeast Asia this week, with more than 170 energy efficiency professionals attended from government institutions, industry, academia and supporting organisations across the region. The four-day event supported Thailand’s chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, which set energy efficiency in the region as one of its priorities.

The Training Week consisted of five parallel courses on energy efficiency policy in: buildings; appliances and equipment; industry; urban planning; and indicators & evaluation. Each course offered a mix of lectures, interactive discussions and practical exercises. The programme also includes joint sessions on assessing the potential for energy efficiency, tracking progress and communication campaigns as well as a special focus on measuring the social and economic benefits of energy efficiency measures.

Day 1 presentations

• Energy Efficiency Trends and Opportunities - Keisuke Sadamori, IEA
• The Future of Energy Efficiency in Thailand - Wisaruth Maethasith, DEDE Ministry of Energy Thailand
• Company Presentation - Stanley Ng, New Energy Nexus Southeast Asia
• Sustainability Presentation - Joseph Joshua Garcia, Six Senses Hotels Resorts and Spa
• Energy Efficient Prosperity - Brian Dean, IEA
• The Week Ahead - Emily McQualter, IEA

Stream 1: Buildings

• Introductory Roundtable
• Where to start: Energy Use in Buildings
• Where to start: Energy efficiency potential in buildings
• Toolkit: Energy efficient building design
• Efficient building design example: Cutting direct and diffuse solar radiation
• Toolkit: Energy efficient building technologies
• Special Session: IEA's Technology Collaboration Programmes
• Toolkit: Energy efficiency policies and target setting
• What are the steps? Enabling investment with energy efficiency policies
• What are the steps? Implementing codes and standards
• What are the steps? Building operations and procurement
• Special session: The multiple benefits of energy efficiency in buildings
• Did it work? Evaluation and energy efficiency indicators
• Special Session: International and regional initiatives that can help
• Buildings Videos

Stream 2: Appliances & Equipment

• Introductory Roundtable
• Where to start: Planning energy efficiency programmes
• Group Exercise
• Where to start: Assessing current performance and setting MEPS
• What are the steps: Industry transformation
• What are the steps? Stakeholder involvement and communication
• Toolkit: The relationship between product efficiency and prices
• Toolkit: Modernising Energy Efficiency Through Digitilisation
• Toolkit: Insights into energy labels
• Toolkit: Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement
• Did it Work? Monitoring and evaluating policies and programmes (Part 1)
• Did it Work? Monitoring and evaluating policies and programmes (Part 2)
• Group Exercise

Guest Presentation:

• Regional Harmonization: ASEAN Shine Initiative

Stream 3: Industry

• Introductory Roundtable
• Where to start: Making the case for industrial energy efficiency policy
• Review: What we learned yesterday and questions (Day 2)
• Toolkit: Selecting Energy Efficiency Programme Measures
• Review: What we learned yesterday and questions (Day 3)
• Toolkit: Financing Energy Efficiency
• Toolkit: Implementing programmes
• What are the Steps? Programme design scenario exercise
• Did it Work? Indicators, evaluating and scaling up programmes
• Review: Roundtable discussion on application challenges and the development of action plans

Guest Presentations

• Energy Management Systems
• Digitalisation case study
• Financing energy efficiency

Stream 4: Urban Planning

• Introductory Roundtable
• Where to start: Energy use and potential in urban systems
• Toolkit: Energy efficient urban planning
• Review: What we learned yesterday and questions (Day 2)
• Toolkit: Urban transport – shift to more efficient modes
• Toolkit: Urban Transport - improving efficiency of transport services
• Toolkit: Utilities – Water Management
• Toolkit: Utilities – Lighting and other urban services
• Review: What we learned yesterday and questions (Day 3)
• Toolkit: Smart Cities
• What are the steps? Financing of programmes
• Did it work? Evaluation and energy efficiency indicators
• Review: Urban Systems

Stream 5: Indicators & Evaluation

• Where to start: Introduction to key monitoring and evaluation concepts
• Where to start: Using indicators and evaluation in national policy
• Toolkit: Energy balances as a first tool for informing policies
• Toolkit: Data for efficiency indicators
• What are the steps: Main data sources for developing efficiency indicators
• What are the steps: Efficiency effect and other drivers of energy demand (Part 1)
• What are the steps: Efficiency effect and other drivers of energy demand (Part 2)
• Activity: Developing a monitoring and evaluation plan
• What to do next? Roundtable discussion and feedback on course

Guest Presentations

• ADB Energy Efficiency Indicators
• UNESCAP Portal

Day 4 presentations

• Final day presentations and activities

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