Policies to promote energy efficiency:
What policies should governments be
implementing … and are they?
Nigel Jollands
Head, Energy Efficiency Unit
International Energy Agency
To RFF/IETA side event 6 Dec 2010
COP-16, Cancun, Mexico
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Contents
 IEA 25 energy efficiency recommendations
 Evaluating country actions
 Two projects to assist with implementation
 Policy Pathways
 Energy efficiency governance
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Implementing energy efficiency
policies: are IEA member
countries on track?
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Are we on track?
 Lots of energy efficiency policy action
but…
 even most proactive countries not
achieving maximum energy efficiency
savings potential…
 especially in the transport sector!
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How does implementation compare
across countries – all recommendations?
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Not implemented
Implementation underway or planned
Full and substantial implementation
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No country has ‘fully” or “substantially” implemented more than
57% of the relevant recommendations.
Implementing energy efficiency
policies for buildings
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Not implemented
Plan to implement
40%
Implementation underway
Substantial implementation
30%
Fully implemented
20%
10%
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
0%
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Few countries have strong enough policies to capture the huge
energy efficiency potential in buildings.
Implementing energy efficiency
policies for transport
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Not implemented
Plan to implement
40%
Implementation underway
30%
Substantial implementation
20%
Fully implemented
10%
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Korea
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Slovak Republic
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
0%
All countries need to devote more attention to improving the
energy efficiency of their transport fleet.
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Implementing energy efficiency policies
for appliances and equipment
Good coverage of policies for
set-top boxes and standby
power in all IEA countries.
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Policies for TVSPs very
limited. More policy
attention needed on
maintaining stringency of
MEPS
Implementing energy efficiency
policies for industry
Generally good policy
support for energy audits
and information provision to
SMEs
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Policies for energy efficiency
standards for electric motors
need implementing
Other sectors
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Lighting
More policy attention needed for
energy efficiency in non-residential
lighting in all countries.
Utilities
All countries need to continue to
consider how to incentivize utilities to
promote energy efficiency.
Cross-sectoral
All countries need to increase
enforcement, compliance and
evaluation efforts and expand energy
efficiency financing.
W.I.N. or LOSE?
 Challenges
• still barriers
• financial crisis tested political
commitment but also created
opportunities.
 Further action needed across seven
sectors
 What will it be? W.I.N or lose the
opportunity?
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Fuel efficient tyres
14
%
14
%
11
%
Labelling on tyre
rolling resistance
75
%
86
%
11
%
3%
4%
14
%
Tyre pressure
monitoring systems
82
%
March 2009
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11
%
3%
4%
68
%
May 2010
 EU adopted regulations for TPMS, tyre rolling
resistance and labelling
 Japan started voluntary tyre labelling scheme
Fuel efficiency standards for
LDV
7%
7%
4%
4% 7%
4%
14%
82%
March 2009
71%
May 2010
 EU adopted a regulation for CO2 emission for
passenger cars
 US tightened CAFE standards for MY 2012–2016
 Canada changed voluntary scheme to mandatory
 Australia plans to introduce mandatory targets
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Aims & objectives
 Aim is to assist governments to
implement energy efficiency policy
effectively
 Objective is to identify, analyse and
communicate to all governments
innovative policy pathways (steps and
milestones) for implementing energy
efficiency
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Policy Pathway series
 Schedule of work
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Policy Pathways
→
→
→
→
Appliances monitoring, verification and enforcement (Oct 2010)
Buildings certification (November 2010)
Industrial energy management (March 2011)
Public-private partnerships for energy efficiency finance (June
2011)
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New Energy efficiency roadmaps:
→
→
→
Advanced windows for buildings (October 2011): roadmap
Solid state lighting (2011): roadmap
Vehicle efficiency (2011/12)
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Equipment energy efficiency
programmes
Standards & labels (S&L) programmes are a common policy tool for
promoting energy efficiency in equipment
“ … having a compliance regime is not only about good governance, but also happens to be one of
the most cost-effective ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions.”
Mark Ellis, quoted in Bright Spark, Efficient Electrical End-use Equipment Implementing
Agreement
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The equipment MVE Policy
Pathway
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Governance definition:
The combination of
legislative frameworks and
funding mechanisms,
institutional arrangements,
and co- ordination
mechanisms, which work
together to support
implementation of energy
efficiency strategies,
policies and programmes.
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Summary
 IEA 25 energy efficiency recommendations
 Evaluating country actions
 Two projects to assist with implementation
 Policy Pathways
 Energy efficiency governance
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Thank you!
Nigel Jollands
Nigel.jollands@iea.org
http://www.iea.org/efficiency/index.asp
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