Best practices for scaling energy efficiency with energy service companies: Opportunities for ASEAN

 

Agenda

09:00 – 10:30 am (CET) / 15:00-16:30 (Jakarta Time) 

M.C. – Rosa Garcia, Energy Efficiency and Cooling Specialist, SEforALL 

9:00-9:05 am

Welcome and opening remarks by ASEAN Centre of Energy and SEforALL 

09:05-09:20 am

Bridging Southeast Asia’s USD 0.9 trillion Energy Efficiency Capital Gap through 2040 (Removing ESCO market barriers across Southeast Asia) 

Alexander Ablaza, founding convenor and co-chair, Asia-Pacific ESCO Industry Alliance (APEIA) 

09:20-10:00 am

Learnings from the field moderated by Septia Buntara, Manager of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Department of ASEAN Centre of Energy  

  • Key learnings from the Global ESCO Network 
    Dr. Søren Lütken, chair of Global ESCO Network  

  • Observations from Malaysia's ESCO market in the public sector 
    Zulkifli Zahari, president of Malaysia Association of Energy Service Companies MAESCO  

  • China's regulation of energy-intensive industry and the role of ESCOs 
    Dr. Xianli Zhu, Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency 

  • Revitalizing the ESCO Market in Japan, NDC perspectives 
    Tetsuya Maekawa, Vice President of Japan Association of Energy Service Companies (JAESCO) 

  • Thailand’s strategy in promoting ESCO to scaling-up the energy efficiency projects
    Wisaruth Meathasith, Energy Regulation and Conservation Division, Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), Thailand

10:00-10:25 am

Discussion – What can fit the ASEAN context?  
Moderated by Søren Lütken (Global ESCO Network) 

  • Jiwan Acharya, ADB

  • Cornelia Schenk, IEA 

10:25-10:30 am

Wrap-up and closing remarks by Alvin Jose, SEforALL 

Goal 7 target

SDG 7.3 - Energy efficiency

Programme

Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development

Cooling for All Training at the ECOWAS Regional Energy Forum and Training

National Cooling Action Plans

In this segment, existing cooling gaps and progress on policy action in the region were reviewed, with an emphasis on National Cooling Action Plans in service of the Kigali Amendment, Paris Agreement, and SDGs. This included a deep dive on the model Methodology for National Cooling Action Plans, recently completed by the Cool Coalition, as a tool to promote sustainable cooling in a holistic manner across a country. Download the presentation 

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Country

Benin

Goal 7 target

SDG 7.1 - Access to energySDG 7.3 - Energy efficiency

Programme

Cooling for All

24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Compact Workshops

 

Workshop for national and local governments – co-hosted by Iceland
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Goal 7 target

SDG 7.2 - Renewable energy

Programme

UN-Energy

Deep-dive workshop: Urban energy

Programme

UN-Energy
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