Solar-Powered Emergency Shelter Solutions (SPESS): Energy Resilience for Natural Disaster Relief in APEC Community

1. Developing Solar-Powered Emergency Shelter Solutions (SPESS) as an Energy-Resilience Tool for Natural Disaster Relief in APEC Community （EWG22–2015A）

2. Introduction to SPESS Project Catastrophesin our region — such as • 2005 Hurricane Katrina, • 2008 Earthquake in China's Sichuan province, • 2010–11 Queensland Australia floods & 2011 Thailand floods, • 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, • 2012 Superstorm Sandy in US, • 2013 Super Typhoon “Haiyan” hitting eastern Philippines, — are important reminders of the severe situation APEC community faces. Accounting for 70 percent of all natural disasters, the Asia Pacific is highly prone to climate change impact. One of APEC 2015’s priority areas was “Building Sustainable and Resilient Communities”, and this project aims to foster cooperative efforts to strengthen APEC community’s energy-resilience and sustainability affected by natural disasters.

3. Objectives 1)To promote low-carbon energy technology innovation in APEC, through advancing the integration of solar energy and emergency shelter technologies in the development of SPESS;  2)To improve capacity of APEC stakeholders (especially those from developing members) in adopting science-based approaches for emergency preparedness and post-disaster response, through harnessing an innovative, low-carbon, energy-resilient technology of SPESS; 3)To develop Recommendations on deploying SPESS that responds to the varying climatic, economic and cultural conditions of APEC member economies, helping bring low-carbon energy measures into the mainstream of APEC’s science-based Disaster Management framework.

4. Milestone SPESS Project Start-up phase Workshop A Development phase Workshop B Finalization phase Apr.-Jul. 2016 Jul. 2016 Jul.-Sep./Oct. 2016 Sep./Oct. 2016 Sep./Oct.-Dec.2016 Project Progress • Literature Survey on the current practice of emergency sheltering and its energy supply in APEC as well as available technologies/solutions in this field has been launched and the draft has been completed. • Workshop A is in course of preparation. • Website for SPESS is to be set up.

5. Literature Survey Objectives 1. To provide the status quo assessment on the current practice of emergency sheltering and its energy supply in APEC economics. 2. To provide candidate technology catalogue of the available/potential technologies/ solutions relevant to the field of SPESS. 3. To provide the list of recommended stakeholders to be involved in SPESS project. • Neil Greet Collaborative Outcomes Innovation Building Resilience www.collaborativeoutcomes.com.au ++61 (0)450451118 neil.greet@collaborativeoutcomes.com.au US$7,500 for literature survey Scope of the Task Status Quo Assessment on the current practice of post-disaster emergency sheltering and its energy supply in 10 APEC economies Candidate Technology Catalogue of available/ potential technologies/ solutions relevant to the field of SPESS List of Recommended Stakeholders to be involved in SPESS project

6. Thanks for your attention! “Joining Hands Toward Sustainable Energy Development in the Asia-Pacific Region.”