This document outlines an international cooperation project between developed and developing countries to promote building energy efficiency. It discusses establishing partnerships between organizations like the IEA and UNDP to analyze energy efficiency projects, develop common tools and training, and ultimately coordinate on urban planning and transportation initiatives. The goals are to remove market barriers to energy efficiency, include more countries in energy statistics and policy reviews, and hold regional workshops to promote successful programs.

1. International Cooperation Project for
Developed and Developing Countries on
the issue of Building Energy Efficiency
Thomas Guéret,
Global Energy Efficiency Strategy Advisor
UNDP/BDP/EEG/EITT
IEA Building Envelope Workshop
Paris, November 18th 2011

2. Scope
 Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector
 Building Codes
 Refurbishment
 Appliances (energy label, MEPS*)
 Training, Methods and Tools
 Foreseen extension to Urban Planning and
Transportation
*MEPS: Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

3. Developed countries
and developing countries
Developed Countries Developing Countries
Technology and High – Products Lower
payment capacities available, innovation Market or financial barriers…
Fair
Policy capacities To be developed
Still to be improved
Energy statistics Available Poorly available
A concern for low income Massive needs
Basic Energy Access
households only Poor payment capacity
Buildings and
A lot are already in place Still to be developed
infrastructure
Improve EE of buildings Introduce service and comfort
Refurbishment
with existing systems in an efficient manner

4. An alliance of developed and
developing countries: Why?
Developed Countries Developing Countries
IEA – progressive UNDP – its mandate covers
Organization in charge inclusion of emerging developing and transition
countries economy countries only
Type of international Technology and Policy Basic policy developments
initiatives reviews and analysis (capacity building, B. codes...)
Contribute/initiate a
Include more developing
Suggested extension worldwide EE cooperation to
countries or regions
foster 2 ways exchanges
Improve – harmonize
Energy statistics Build or develop capacities
Introduce EE indicators
Follow-up over the long term
Include more countries
Develop E-training solutions on specific technical issues
Training (e.g. address envelope air leakage reduction) based on
specific regional expertise and languages

5. Market barriers
and empowerment
 Market barriers are the principal problems
to energy efficiency:
 Lack of information and standards
 Products are often not available on the
market (esp. in developing countries)
 Lack of investment capacity induces higher
expenses (and higher pollution) over the life
time of an (or a non-)investment

6. Least Life Cycle Cost
and the Market Theory
1400
Life-Cycle Costs
1200 LLCC
Life-Cycle Cost
1000 Subsidy
800 Purchase Price
600
400 Saved Cost on Energy
200 Life-Time Running Costs
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Energy Savings in kWh/year

7. Least Life Cycle Cost
and Market barriers
1400
Life-Cycle Costs
1200 LLCC
Life-Cycle Cost €
1000 Money waste
800 Purchase Price
600
400 Energy waste
200 Market barrier Life-Time Running Costs
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Energy Savings in kWh/year

8. US 1985-2000 LLCC Standard Action
1400
Life-Cycle Costs
1200 LLCC
Life-Cycle Cost
1000 $ savings
800 Purchase Price
600
Additional investment Energy savings
600$/home
400
Life-Time Running Costs
200 150$/home
0
0 50 100 150Savings 250
Energy 200 300 350 400
Total DOE Programme Cost: 2$/home

9. IEA-UNDP Partnership
 Analysis of UNDP GEF EE projects
 Include Developing and Transition Economy
Countries:
 in Global Energy Statistics
 In Public Policy analysis and review
 Develop common tools
 “Peer to peer” Web-based Training Tools
 Dynamic models for thermal performance (software)
 Common Publications
 Ultimately work on Urban Planning and
Transportation

10. Global partnership
 UNDP
 IEA
 UNEP - SBCI
 GBPN Global Buildings Performance Network
 Wuppertal Institute BigEE project
 CLASP
 WBCSD
 Regionally based organisations: e.g. UfM (Union
for Mediterranean), EU...

11. Regional workshops to promote EE
 Organised with global and regional partners
 Objectives:
 Raise the profile of EE in national policies
 Convene the community of EE specialists,
corporations and policy makers
 Promote successful initiatives, develop common tools,
regional trainings...
 Projects: China and India (Spring 2012), maybe
Morocco...

12. Global Agenda 2012 for EE
 Regional workshops
 Rio+20
 Possible high level political meeting
 2012: Sustainable Energy for All Year
 Promote the 3 x 30
 Universal acces to modern and sustainable energy by 2030
 30% improvement of Global EE by 2030
 30% of Renewable Energy Sources by 2030
 International agreement on EE actions?