APEC Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation

1. Super-Efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) and Cooperative Assessment of Standards and Testing (CAST) APEC Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Sendai, Japan 14 September 2010

2. Directive from Ninth Meeting of APEC Energy Ministers for Cooperative Assessment of Standards and Testing • “Energy-efficient buildings and appliances are key to a sustainable future since the building sector accounts for two-fifths of energy use in the region. Net Zero Energy Buildings are being developed using energy-efficient appliances, components and systems. Trade and investment in energy efficient appliances can be encouraged through more harmonized standards and testing methods. We are therefore launching a Collaborative Assessment of Standards and Testing (CAST) for such appliances.” • “We instruct the EWG and EGEEC to strengthen the APEC Energy Standards Information System (ESIS) and to conduct a series of Collaborative Assessments of Standards and Testing (CAST) for the energy-intensive appliances identified by CEEDS in cooperation with the Renewables and Efficiency Deployment Initiative (Climate REDI) of the Major Economies Forum (MEF).”

3. The Major Economies Forum (MEF) that Energy Ministers noted has launched a Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) Representing: 80% of world energy use 4 billion people $50 trillion in GDP The CEM’s goal is action – policy and program collaboration, driven from the highest levels, to accelerate the world’s transition to clean energy technologies CEM 1 took place 19-20 July 2010, Washington, DC, USA. CEM 2 will take place in spring 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE. CEM 3 will take place in early 2012, London, UK.

4. The Climate REDI Initiative that Energy Ministers noted has merged into the 5-part CEM Global EE Challenge • Appliances: Super-efficient Equipment and Appliances Deployment (SEAD) initiative • Buildings and Industry: Global Superior Energy Performance (GSEP) Partnership • Smart Grids: International Smart Grid Action Network (ISGAN) • Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) • Capacity Building: Clean Energy Solution Centers (CESC)

5. The Appliance EE Challenge:Global appliance electricity consumption expected to double in 25 years Four appliance categories, each with major efficiency potential, constitute about two-fifths of residential consumption. TWh Source: LBNL, May 2010

6. The Appliance EE Opportunity:More than 1,300 Rosenfelds* potential in cost-effective measures by 2030 * 1 Rosenfeld = one 500 MW coal power plant (about 3 TWh/year). Source: McNeil et al. (2008)

7. The Appliance EE Opportunity:Growing demand is concentrated in major economies – many of whom are SEAD partners Five global suppliersproduce ~60% of televisions Fifteen global suppliers produce ~75% of major appliances Five global suppliers produce ~45% of room ACs Source: LBNL, June 2010

8. SEAD is a global market transformation initiative that aims to increase the benefits of appliance EE programs through coordination • “Raise the efficiency ceiling” by “pulling” super-efficient appliances and equipment into the market through cooperation on measures like incentives, procurement, awards, and R&D investments • “Raise the efficiency floor” by working together to bolster national or regional policies like minimum efficiency standards • “Strengthen the foundations” of efficiency programs by coordinating technical work to support these activities.

9. SEAD members as of CEM 1 (July 20, 2010) Australia European Commission Canada France Germany India Japan Korea Mexico Russia Sweden United Kingdom South Africa United States In cooperation with:

10. Interesting Overlap Between SEAD Initiative of CEM and APEC Collaborative Assessment of Standards and Testing • APEC Economies already participating in SEAD include Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, USA. • Other APEC economies in CEM – who might participate in SEAD through CEM – include China and Indonesia. • Additional APEC economies that might benefit through links between SEAD and EGEEC to carry out CAST as directed by EMM-9 include Brunei, Chile, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, PNG, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Viet Nam. • Some of these “extra” economies have extensive manufacturing and trade in energy efficient appliances, so their involvement can make a major contribution.

11. Accelerating and strengthening nationaland regional efficiency policies • A global effort to accelerate and strengthen equipment and appliance efficiency standards, test procedures, and labeling policies • Sharing standard-setting schedules • Sharing technical information to improve the pace, quality and scope of national standard setting and test procedure development activities • Harmonizing of efficiency test methods when appropriate • Comparative evaluation of the stringency of efficiency levels • Sharing product testing certification data. • Participants will develop multi-year schedules for standards and labeling programs and release them publicly by the end of 2010 As of July 2010:

12. Incentivizing super-efficient products • Initial focus for incentives efforts includes (but is not necessarily limited to) televisions and advanced lighting • Key technical work includes development of plans for globally-coordinated incentive programs and adaptation of these programs to national circumstances • Builds upon the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) model for coordinating efficiency incentive programs pioneered in the US and Canada • Utility, state, and provincial efficiency program members of CEE collectively spend an estimated US$6 billion per year for the benefit of the customers they serve • CEE will advise SEAD and participate in SEAD-led efforts • Will coordinate with India’s new Regulated Multi-State DSM Programme

13. Promoting procurement of efficient equipment • Participating partners will report on their efficient equipment procurement policies • SEAD will develop a procurement toolkit that draws upon lessons from these policies and private sector practices to facilitate adoption and implementation of efficient equipment procurement policies • SEAD will develop a Municipal Advanced Street Lighting Toolkit will draw upon the experience of cities like Kolkata, Seattle, and Toronto to guide policymakers deploying advanced street lighting As of July 2010:

14. SEAD Global Energy Efficiency Awards • A global awards scheme to recognize “best available” products currently sold and “best possible” products currently in prototype • Will provide concrete examples that can spur incentive and standards programs • Will foster public scrutiny of performance data and information sharing on monitoring, compliance, and test procedures • Will promote consistent/comparable efficiency metrics, so best to start with products such as television • Goal of launching first contest at CEM 2 (April 2011) – potential categories include televisions, lighting, computers, room A/C, refrigerators, clothes washers As of July 2010:

15. Next Steps and Goals for CEM 2 (April 2011, UAE) Pre-decisional • SEAD seeks to inform the Clean Energy Ministerial dialogue and provide a platform for global action on appliance and equipment efficiency. • Potential SEAD International Steering Committee meeting in October on margins of International Partnership for EE Cooperation (IPEEC). • Potential CEM 2 policy announcements include: • Specific accelerations of appliance efficiency standards rulemaking and specific efforts to make test procedures more compatible • Adoption of first round of incentive programs (likely televisions) • Criteria for round one of SEAD Global EE Awards

16. Support from Climate REDI and SEAD for Cooperative Assessment of Standards and Testing Methods (CAST) • SEAD has approved support for CAST in the order of $100K per year for five years, starting in 2011. Each year, CAST would focus on a different energy-intensive appliance. The projects would be administered by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. • The APEC Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) initiative has identified several appliance categories that are important for Asia-Pacific trade, such as LED lighting, air conditioners, refrigerators, motors and electronic standby. These categories overlap with those of high-priority in SEAD – lighting, room air conditioners, refrigerators, televisions and fans. • CAST can start with LED lighting in year 1 (2010-2011). If common product categories are chosen in subsequent years, SEAD technical resources may allow the CAST schedule to be accelerated.

17. Support from SEAD for the APEC Energy Standards Information System (APEC-ESIS) • SEAD has approved support for ESIS of $100K per year for 5 years, starting in 2011, to help CLASP expand and improve the database. • An APEC energy efficiency standards mapping exercise was proposed by Japan through the Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC) of the Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI), endorsed by EWG-38, and approved for 2010 APEC funding in March. • As part of the mapping exercise, EGEEC has asked its members to update ESIS information from their respective economies. One of the goals is to identify gaps in ESIS which we might help to fill. This information can also feed back and support SEAD data efforts. Conversely, SEAD is developing a database of standards and labeling programs – product coverage, requirements, test procedures and schedules – which can inform ESIS. • ICF International has been selected as the project consultant. The ambitious schedule is to complete the mapping exercise in October. Results would then be reported to EGEEC and EWG, and a meeting will be held with CLASP to discuss the best ESIS support strategy.