Demand-side energy efficiency can be as valuable as controlling energy from its supply end. These could consist of both technological and behavioural change leading to savings in energy consumption without reducing consumer needs and level of comfort. In this, the government's role is crucial for setting up the appropriate policies, programs, and incentive mechanisms to create a conducive environment that will encourage utilities, consumers, and other market players to increase their demand-side energy efficiency efforts. Measures such as managing the demand curve by utilities, like load shifting to level-off peak demand, and many new innovative technologies, solutions, and business models for energy efficiency in buildings, residences, among others are already available. These may be adopted by both the public and private sectors given the right investment conditions.
This track will discuss the challenges of energy efficiency and how to create an enabling framework for promoting efficiency gains on the demand-side to save costs, reduce air pollution and curtail carbon footprint, by way of advanced clean technologies and solutions and the use of innovative business models and financing instruments. Jointly organised by Asian Development Bank (ADB), Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), and The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ).
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Oct 27, 2021
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM (GMT+8)