Background on CEEDS.

Phase 2 of the APEC Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) project, organized by the Asia Pacific Economic Research Centre (APERC), focused on building energy codes and energy labeling for construction materials and whole buildings. The previous CEEDS Phase 1 addressed appliance energy standards and labeling (S&L). Both appliance S&L and building energy codes are among the high-performance policies identified as having potential to help APEC economies achieve the energy savings goals adopted by APEC leaders in 2007.

For each phase of CEEDS, APERC invited APEC economies to participate in a series of two workshops. At the first workshop, each economy drew on a policy template provided by APERC to identify the current status of policies and programs, along with barriers and possible solutions to advancing appliance S&L (Phase 1) and building energy codes and labeling (Phase 2). Comments by invited international experts and from the other participating economies helped the delegates from each economy identify proposed next steps. Each delegate shared the workshop findings and proposed next steps with colleagues in the relevant ministries and agencies of that economy. At a second, follow-on workshop, the representatives from each economy reported back on progress in implementing the planned actions and any new issues or opportunities identified. Discussions among the economies and invited experts helped each economy refine its plan of action and the implementation steps and timetable to follow the second workshop.

Participation in workshops.

For CEEDS Phase 2 on Building Energy Codes and Labeling, the first workshop was held in Bangkok, Thailand, on 8-10 September 2010. The workshop was organized by the Asia-Pacific Energy Research Center (APERC) and co-hosted by Thailand and by Hong Kong, China. (The agenda for “CEEDS Workshop #3” is shown in Appendix 1a.) The second workshop of CEEDS Phase 2, with the same co-hosts, was held in Hong Kong China on 26-28 January 2011. (The agenda for “CEEDS Workshop #4 is shown in Appendix 1b.)

Six economies participated in person at the CEEDS Phase 2 workshop: the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Chile was unable to participate as planned, but was able to join the follow-up workshop by videoconference. Of these participating economies, all but Indonesia and Mexico had also participated in the CEEDS Phase 1 workshops on appliance S&L. Two other APEC economies, Thailand and Hong Kong China offered to host the Phase 2 workshops, and provided special briefings on the implementation of building energy codes, labeling, and related programs in their economies. All together, more than fifty people attended one or both of the CEEDS Phase 2 workshops, including delegates from the participating economies, invited international experts, and senior officials and invited observers from the two host economies. The Alliance to Save Energy, with additional support from the Office of Building Technologies, US Department of Energy, assisted APERC in preparing a policy framework for building energy codes and a self-assessment checklist as background material for the economies participating in CEEDS Phase 2.