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2 nd International E NERGY S TAR Meeting Update on E NERGY S TAR & Standby Power Activities in Australia Allison Purnell Program Manager. E NERGY S TAR & Standby Activities in Australia: an Update. What’s been happening in Australia? Scope and Partners Marketing and Communications
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2nd International ENERGY STAR Meeting Update on ENERGY STAR & Standby Power Activities in Australia Allison Purnell Program Manager
ENERGY STAR & Standby Activities in Australia:an Update • What’s been happening in Australia? • Scope and Partners • Marketing and Communications • Future Plans
Australian Context • Australia’s Kyoto stance • Standby and miscellaneous electricity approximately 5.3 Mt CO2-e • Estimated to be increasing by 8% per annum • Government endorsed one watt target to tackle the standby power issue • 10 year Strategy – Discussion Paper to be released later this year
ENERGY STAR Program • Will form one of the major voluntary mechanisms of Ten Year Standby Power Strategy • Currently 24 office equipment and 9 home electronics Partners • Beginning to recruit local Australian manufacturers • Currently investigating the addition of several more product groups
Marketing & Communications Activities • National Communications Strategy • Aims to raise awareness & understanding of the logo amongst product retailers and consumers • Promotion run through two exclusive retailers • Offer retailers an excellent selling tool and marketing opportunities • Retailers can get involved by publicising it to staff and customers, via website & mailing lists
Marketing & Communications Activities • National Communications Strategy cont… • Meetings, briefings & liaison with retailers & stakeholders • Information kit distribution to retailers & stakeholders • Media relations (supported by advertising) • Consumer competition/retailer incentive • Postcards – targeted distribution & point-of-sale • Events (e.g. The Home Show)
Marketing & Communications Activities • Retailer CDRom • Marketing Kit • Advertising (“Is your office equipment getting enough sleep?”) • “Green Office Guide” • Website
Market Research • Lack of good data on the office equipment and home electronics markets • Earlier research was not able to determine an accurate baseline and rigorous KPIs for assessing the Program • Study recommends a series of steps to collect and utilise more effective data • Results and process will aid information collection for products database
Future Plans • Rollout of Communications Strategy • Data collection for baseline, market research and database • Possible expansion of Program to include more ENERGY STAR product groups – currently working with US EPA
2nd International ENERGY STAR Meeting Update on ENERGY STAR & Standby Power Activities in New Zealand (Allison Purnell on behalf of) David Cogan NZ Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority
ENERGY STAR & Standby Activities in New Zealand:an Update • New Zealand’s “National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy” includes action on standby power. • New Zealand has been leading the development of a system to exchange information on energy standards, including specifications for standby power
Energy Standards Information System • The alignment of mandatory energy efficiency standards is a long term goal of APEC Energy Ministers • It will make best use of energy resources, have economic and environmental benefits while helping protect the environment • Exchanging information effectively, as the first step, is a vital ingredient
Energy Standards Information System • The APEC Energy Standards Information Development Project is setting up a system that: • Advises all members of proposed energy efficiency initiatives that use standards • Is an information resource on all existing energy efficiency standards • Provides a forum for making APEC input into “international” standards
Energy Standards Information System This is the initial Draft home page for APEC ESIS
Energy Standards Information System It provides updates on new developments within APEC
Energy Standards Information System This is a sample listing for all ballast standards in APEC
Need More Information? • Contact: • David.Cogan@eeca.govt.nz • Website: • www.apec-esis.org