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Transcript of WFES 2010 Ramboll/TERI roundtable
January 2010
Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change
mitigation: Building energy initiatives’, at the
World Future Energy Summit, 19 January 2010,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Project Report No. 2009BS11
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© The Energy and Resources Institute 2010
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T E R I. 2010
Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change mitigation:
Building energy initiatives’, at the World Future Energy
Summit, 19 January 2010, Abu Dhabi, UAE
New Delhi: The Energy and Resources Institute.
[Project Report No. 2009BS11]
For more information Project Monitoring Cell
T E R I Tel. 2468 2100 or 2468 2111
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Table of content
Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change mitigation: Building energy initiatives’ ..............1
Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1
Proceedings of the Conclave...................................................................................................2
(i) Inaugural session ............................................................................................................2
(ii) Round table discussions................................................................................................4
Session 1: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future.............................5
Session 2: Climate change and built environment: National initiatives..................8
Participants..............................................................................................................................10
Annexure 1: Agenda ..............................................................................................................11
Annexure 2: List of participants...........................................................................................13
Annexure 3: Minutes of inaugural session .........................................................................15
List of Figures
Figure 1: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, Dr. R.K.Pachauri, HE Dr. Farooq
Abdullah and Dr. Tayeb Kamali at the inaugural session ................................2
Figure 2: HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Dr. Tayeb Kamali and Dr. R K Pachauri ................3
Figure 3: Mr. Deepak Gupta delivering the address .........................................................3
Figure 4: Mr. Peyman Mohajer delivering the vote of thanks...........................................4
Figure 5: Round table discussion: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for
future.........................................................................................................................6
Figure 6: Ms. Gauri Singh and Dr. Leena Srivastava during the second round table
discussion .................................................................................................................8
Figure 7: Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany and Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann...............................10
T E R I Report No. 2009BS11
Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change mitigation: Building
energy initiatives’
Introduction
It is widely recognized that buildings are responsible for
substantial quantities of total energy use and associated
greenhouse gas emissions globally. The building sector can
contribute to mitigating impacts of climate change by delivering
significant greenhouse gas emission reductions; and energy,
resource, and cost savings through action oriented policy
initiatives.
In association with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Government of India, Ramboll and Centre of Excellence for
Applied Research and Training (CERT) - UAE, TERI hosted a
conclave titled ‘Climate change mitigation: Building energy
initiatives’, on 19th January 2010 at the World Future Energy
Summit (WFES), Abu Dhabi to provide an international
exposure to India’s Solar Energy Mission and to identify future
areas of research and policy development in the buildings sector
of the UAE.
This conclave brought together important stakeholders from
national and international arenas to a common platform,
facilitating interaction and dialogue on green building initiatives
for existing buildings and policy frameworks to facilitate better
understanding and usher in partnerships that will benefit not
only the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the whole region.
The agenda of the conclave is attached as Annexure 1.
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Proceedings of the Conclave
(i) Inaugural session The inaugural session, attended by senior diplomats, policy
makers and professionals from the building and energy sector
urged for cooperation on issues of energy security and building
energy efficiency between India and the UAE.
Dr. R.K.Pachauri, Director General TERI, encouraged institutes
in the UAE and India to usher partnerships and work together to
address the issue of green house gas emissions from the
buildings sector. Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Group CEO, CERT, and Vice-
Chancellor, HCT highlighted activities being undertaken at
Higher Colleges of Technology in this field and hoped that
initiatives on energy and green building retrofits towards a
common framework are undertaken as a result of the conclave.
Figure 1: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, Dr. R.K.Pachauri, HE Dr. Farooq
Abdullah and Dr. Tayeb Kamali at the inaugural session
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Figure 2: HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Dr. Tayeb Kamali and Dr. R K Pachauri
Figure 3: Mr. Deepak Gupta delivering the address
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HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, said
that the issue of energy security offers a huge scope of co-
operation between India and the UAE, which requires working
together of the financial, technological and human resources.
HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister of New and Renewable
Energy (MNRE), Government of India, expressed the need for
technological developments and co-operation between nations
for India to meet the ambitious target of installing 20,000 MW
of solar power by 2022.
Mr. Deepak Gupta, Secretary MNRE, also emphasized the
potential of joint initiatives to minimize emissions from the
buildings sector.
Figure 4: Mr. Peyman Mohajer delivering the vote of thanks
Mr. Peyman Mohajer, Managing Director Ramboll, mentioned
that energy efficiency in new buildings is being addressed
through various green buildings rating systems; however this
new building stock is outnumbered by the existing building stock
that needs attention. He announced a contribution of 300,000
AED towards research on existing buildings by Ramboll.
Minutes of the inaugural session have been attached as Annexure 3.
(ii) Round table discussions Through moderated round table discussions, sessions at the
forum provided an opportunity to exchange information on the
ongoing initiatives, share good practices from India and the UAE
and provide a platform to identify a future roadmap in this
direction.
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Session 1: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future In addition to energy-efficient new construction, existing
building stock also has a vast potential of reducing carbon
emissions. Retrofitting and energy management in existing
buildings are fast and financially feasible strategies towards
reducing emissions from the building sector.
Through a moderated round table discussion, Energy Cheque:
Transforming the existing for future highlighted and sought
views on enhancement of existing initiatives towards lowering
emissions from the existing building stock.
The session on existing buildings was moderated by Mr. Heath
Anderson Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll and
Ms. Mili Majumdar Associate Director, Sustainable Building
Science, TERI. A presentation by Ramboll and TERI provided a
backdrop to discussions and inputs from the panelists.
Presentation by moderators
An overview of the present status of energy efficiency in existing
buildings in India was presented. India is experiencing rampant
energy inefficiency with a large use of electricity by the
commercial sector. The government of India has undertaken the
following initiatives for retrofitting of existing building stock:
• Bureau of energy efficiency has an ambitious energy
efficiency retrofit programme for existing buildings in
government sector through performance contract.
• A star rating programme for existing commercial
buildings based on actual performance of the building
has been launched by Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
• Several important government buildings have been
retrofitted with significant savings in electricity use.
• The President’s estate has recorded 23% energy savings.
• 35 energy saving companies have been empanelled.
TERI’s experience so far comprises:
• Energy efficiency studies/audits of over 100 buildings to
enable retrofit in many achieving average savings of 20%.
• Technical partners to Clinton Climate Initiative in Energy
Efficiency Building Retrofit Programme.
• Enabling retrofit of 100 government buildings in the
National Capital Territory of Delhi.
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Figure 5: Round table discussion: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future
Ramboll presented the UAE perspective on energy consumption
by residential and commercial existing buildings and highlighted
the need for a consistent roadmap for successful implementation
of initiatives to achieve energy efficiency in the existing building
sector. The drivers to facilitate this change include:
• Introduction of minimum energy performance
regulations for new and existing buildings
• Market and developer acceptance of international rating
systems
• Establishment of local rating system
• Continued education of the industry as a whole
The barriers to implementation are:
• Emerging market lacks clear and consistent policy
• The initiative is not yet market driven
• Very few owner operated buildings, hence no incentive to
become more energy efficient for owners.
Discussions
• Since energy consumption accounts for 10% of building
operation costs, it is important to establish mechanisms
for implementing financial incentives for large scale
adoption of energy efficiency in the building sector.
• In addition to targeting energy efficiency at individual
building levels, the UAE could consider providing clean
energy to the grid and thus being carbon neutral.
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• Through the Masdar Initiative the government of Abu
Dhabi has spearheaded a transfer of the UAE from being
a fuel economy towards being a knowledge economy.
However, huge knowledge gaps still exist at various
levels.
• Abu Dhabi has committed for 7% renewable energy till
2020 and to initiate a change in mindset, the Masdar
Initiative has introduced solar roofs as an integral design
feature in the upcoming development.
• Regulation and policy for new and existing buildings is
coming in play in Abu Dhabi. The codes have been
developed by adapting international codes such as
‘International Energy Conservation Code’ to the region.
Successful implementation of the strategy may be
achieved by highlighting the business case, return on
investment and subsidized tariffs. Banks are working in
collaboration with the government and developers to
encourage demand side management in existing
buildings.
• Extensive capacity building even at the level of school
children is going on to promote energy efficiency in
buildings.
• Abu Dhabi is looking at empowering the local industry
through designating “Building inspectors” and regulating
through the public private partnership model.
• Awareness generation and bridging of knowledge gap is
most important.
• TECOM being a major developer of free zones has taken
an independent decision to adopt green building design
principles, setting an example for others to follow who
are waiting for policy initiatives.
• Integration of energy efficiency has benefited utilities like
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) by
allowing them to install lesser number of substations
corresponding to a reduced capital investment.
• Considering that there is a cap on supply of electricity for
any upcoming development, integration of energy
efficiency has allowed developers to construct more
building units within the given electricity supply limit,
and hence benefit financially.
Outcomes
Roadmap to achieve energy efficiency to address:
1. Policy gaps: By integration of local and national
government policy with a common goal; establishing
clear and consistency targets and providing
incentives/penalties for compliance/ non-compliance.
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2. Identification of market trends: By demand creation (for
products, services and expertise) necessary to move
markets.
3. Knowledge gap: Amongst owners, designers, users,
developers and utilities.
Session 2: Climate change and built environment: National initiatives This session showcased national initiatives to combat climate
change and highlighted the actions taken by India and the UAE
at their national levels.
This session was moderated by Ms. Gauri Singh, Joint Secretary,
MNRE, GoI and Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability
of Masdar City, UAE. Presentations by the two moderators
provided a backdrop to further discussions on the topic.
Presentation by Moderators
Ms. Gauri Singh highlighted the National Action Plan on Climate
Change of India with a special emphasis on the Solar Energy
Mission. The aim, proposed target and the suggested road map
to achieve 20 GigaWatt goal by 2022, was shared with the
audience.
Figure 6: Ms. Gauri Singh and Dr. Leena Srivastava during the second round table discussion
The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission is to boost
solar power and enhance large scale solar power generation in
India. The mission aims to:
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• Achieve rapid and large scale diffusion of solar power
generation technologies;
• Building local manufacturing, R&D and human resource
capability.
• Reduction of cost to move towards grid parity.
• The proposed targets for 2022 are:
• 20,000 MW grid power installed capacity
• 2000 MW off-grid power
• 20 million sq.m. of thermal collectors
• The suggested road-map through phases 1,2 and 3 were
discussed with the following pathways to achieve the
goal:
• Innovative investor friendly single window mechanism
• Solar specific Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)
• Concessional Finance / subsidy for decentralized, off
grid systems
• Attractive feed in tariff for utility scale and rooftop solar
power plants
• Tariff based bidding for large solar thermal plants
• Emphasis on Industry led research projects
Other MNRE initiatives on solar/green buildings and solar cities
were also presented to the audience. India aspires to be one of
the world leaders in 2011 and targets to register 1000 green
buildings, accredit over 5000 professionals and facilitate green
building materials market of USD 40 billion by 2012.
Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany made a presentation on Masdar’s mission
and its business units including the Masdar Institute, Masdar
Sustainable Cities, Masdar Power and Masdar Carbon.
The Masdar city inspired from traditional Arabian cities shall be
powered by renewable energy, have integrated mobility with
personal rapid transport systems towards being a carbon neutral
city. The initiative has adopted a sustainable supply chain and
followed the triple bottom line to sustainability.
Discussions
• MNRE is assisting 60 cities in India in making there solar
master plan
• The main challenges for Masdar was to get
people/clients/owners to understand life cycle costs since
the upfront costs, higher by 8-10% shall be recoverable in
3-5 years.
• Awareness generation and regulations for existing and
new cities needs to be addresses. Energy efficiency in
street lighting is another aspect that can contribute
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significantly and hence, one could look beyond just
buildings and address issues at larger scale.
• The UAE is moving away from subsidies on gas and oil
based energy. There is a cap on the cost of energy that can
be charged to the consumers; therefore even though the
energy generated from renewable energy is very
expensive, the costs can not be transferred to the
consumers. There are no incentives on use of renewable
energy, but as in Europe, a penalty on emissions due to
use of electricity could be looked.
• It is the vision of UAE to be an energy exporter and not
just an oil exporter.
Participants The conclave was well attended and represented by senior
officers from the Masdar City Initiative- UAE, Department of
Municipal Affairs- Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ghm design- Abu
Dhabi, TECOM Investments, which is a developer of knowledge-
based business clusters and a subsidiary of Dubai Holding-
Dubai, Microsol International LL FZE- a leading manufacturer
and supplier of solar cells from the UAE, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology- Pakistan, Ramboll,
CERT, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of
India and TERI. In addition to the above, several journalists
from Khaleej Times, representatives from the Dubai Media City
and the Energy Press also attended the discussions.
Figure 7: Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany and Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann
A detailed list of participants is attached as Annexure 2 of the
report.
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Annexure 1: Agenda
13:30-14:00 Registration
14:00-15:00 Inaugural session 14:00-14:05 Welcome remarks by Fellow, TERI Gulf Centre: Ms. Meena Janardhan
14:05-14:15 Opening remarks by the Indian Ambassador to the UAE: HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed
14:15-14:25 Address by Group CEO CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT: Dr. Tayeb Kamali
14:25-14:40 Keynote Address by Director General, TERI, and Chairman, Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change Dr. R K Pachauri
14:40-15:00 Inaugural address by the Chief Guest and Union Minister of New and Renewable
Energy, India HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah
15:00-15:05 Remarks by Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of
India: Mr. Deepak Gupta
15:05-15:10 Remarks and vote of thanks by Managing Director, Ramboll, UAE: Mr. Peyman
Mohajer
15:10-15:30 Tea/ Coffee
15:30-16:15 Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future
Round table discussion, moderated by
• Mr Heath Andersen, Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll
• Ms. Mili Majumdar, Associate Director, Sustainable Building Science, TERI
16:15-17:15 Climate change and built environment: National initiatives
Lead speakers:
• Ms. Gauri Singh: Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
India.
• Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability of Masdar City, UAE
17:15-17:30 Summary and Vote of Thanks
• Mr Heath Andersen, Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll
• Ms. Mili Majumdar, Associate Director, Sustainable Building Science, TERI
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Annexure 2: List of participants
S.no. Name Organisation
1. HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah Union Minister of New and Renewable
Energy, India
2. HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed Indian Ambassador to the UAE
3. Dr. R K Pachauri Director General, TERI, and Chairman,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
4. Mr. Deepak Gupta Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy, India
5. Dr. Tayeb Kamali Chairman, CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT
6. Mr. Peyman Mohajer Managing Director, Ramboll, UAE
7. Mr Heath Andersen Director, Sustainability & Renewables,
Ramboll
8. Ms. Mili Majumdar Associate Director, Sustainable Building
Science, TERI
9. Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany Director of Sustainability of Masdar City,
UAE
10. Dr. Leena Srivastava Executive Director, TERI
11. Mr. Anjan Turlapati Microsol International LL FZE
12. Mr. Abdul Fattah Montasser Albayan Press
13. Dr. Imran Amin Dean Faculty, MEPIC
14. Dr. Faouzia Khan Dean Faculty, MEPIC
15. Mr. Milan Svatek Sr. Architect, G H M Design
16. Mr. Muneer Pandyala Siraj Malyalam Daily
17. Mr. Matthew Plumbridge Emirates of Abu Dhabi
18. Mr. Rajan Menon Vice President, Energy Manager
19. Ms. Jerin Thomas Energy Manager
20. Mr. Rahul Deshpande REED Exhibitions
21. Mr. T Ramavarman Khaleej Times
22. Ms. Gauri Singh Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and
Renewable Energy
23. Dr. Bandhopadhya Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
24. Mr Ali Bin Towaih ENPARK
25. Mr Sougata Nandi SEED, TECOM
26. Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann Ramboll
27. Mr Matthew Byram
Plumbridge
Department of Municipal Affairs, Emirate of
Abu Dhabi
28. Dr Senthil Nathan HCT-CERT
29. Mr Sultan Karmostaji CERT
30. Mr Will Sibia Ramboll
31. Mr. Anthony Miles Ramboll
32. Ms. Priyanka Kochhar TERI
33. Ms Pooja Shukla TERI
34. Ms. Meena Janardhan TERI Gulf Centre
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Annexure 3: Minutes of inaugural session
Opening remarks by the Indian Ambassador to the UAE: HE
Mr. Talmiz Ahmed
• Huge scope of co-operation towards energy security
which requires working together of the financial,
technological and human resources.
• Commercially viable technologies for future generations
is the immediate area of struggle and requires
cooperation.
• India is the only country of the world with a ministry
dedicated to renewable energy and with commitment to
clean coal technologies have come with a message for
cooperation.
Address by Group CEO CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT: Dr.
Tayeb Kamali
• Expressed his happiness for being a part of this
important event.
• Mentioned that the topic of Building Energy Initiatives
is one that we can act on immediately.
• Building sector offers low-hanging fruit or early win for
our environmental cause.
• Informed the audience about a report on Energy
Efficiency in Buildings presented by World Business
Council for Sustainable Development in April 2009, in
which they presented results of an analysis of energy use
of millions of existing and new building. The report
showed how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60%
by 2050, to meet global climate change targets but it
requires immediate action. This report made six
principle recommendations to implement in an
integrated effort:
- Strengthen building codes for energy labelling.
- Incentivize energy-efficient investments.
- Encourage integrated design approaches and
innovations
- Use advanced technology to enable energy-saving
- Develop workforce capacity for energy saving
- Educate and promote an energy-aware culture
• Highlighted activities being undertaken at Higher
Colleges of Technology in this field.
- Regulations: Initiated discussions between
International code council and UAE building
regulatory agencies. This has now helped the local
municipalities to develop new building codes
incorporating building energy efficiency.
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- Retrofitting and use of renewable energy in existing
campuses
- Integrated design approach to achieve energy
efficient buildings in the new campus in Abu Dhabi.
- CERT is working with TERI and Research Triangle
International (RTI) from North Carolina to incubate
and commercialise new technologies in this area.
- Capacity building: They are launching a unique
bachelors programme in Sustainable Built
Environment in collaboration with leading
universities of the world. Working with Urban Land
Institute (ULI) in providing continuing education to
professionals and plan to offer a bio-technology
degree for young nationals.
- Redesigning campuses as “teaching buildings” that
showcase and demonstrate new technologies in
energy efficiency.
• Mutually beneficial initiatives on energy and green
building retrofits can be undertaken towards a common
framework in which the region can move forward
positively as planned.
Keynote Address by Director General, TERI, and Chairman,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr. R K
Pachauri
• He emphasized the fact that the buildings sector
contribute to significant emissions
• India and UAE institutes should create partnerships and
work together to address the issue of green house gas
emissions from the buildings sector.
• He expressed his delight about the partnership between
TERI and CERT and also to see that Ramboll has joined
hands with TERI to work in this direction.
• Acknowledged support from MNRE for supporting our
work which includes developing an environmental
rating system for India called GRIHA.
• He highlighted he need for an indigenous rating system
for UAE suitable for the local climate and conditions.
• Appreciated Masdar initiative.
Inaugural address by the Chief Guest and Union Minister of
New and Renewable Energy, India HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah
• Even though several people in India do not have access
to electricity, we have solar and wind energy that may be
used to start where many other countries have reached.
• To develop energy we need the latest technology.
• We want to tie up with Masdar which will be the largest
centre of excellence.
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• The Solar Mission targets to install 20,000 MW by
2022, but we will need help to achieve the ambitious
target.
•
Address by Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
Government of India. Mr. Deepak Gupta
• Buildings in developing countries are going to be big
energy guzzlers and there is immense potential of
working together.
Remarks and vote of thanks by Managing Director, Ramboll,
UAE: Mr. Peyman Mohajer
• Everyone is aware of the consequences therefore
strategic initiatives to minimize emissions are required.
• Several are looking are LEED/Estidama for new
buildings which are outnumbered by existing buildings
which need o be addressed.
• Ramboll shall provide 300,000 AED for research on
existing buildings. This research shall be available free of
charge for all who may require it.