India Energy Efficiency Forum organized by TERI BCSD India & Johnson Controls
Global energy efficiency indicator survey shows strong interest in energy management among India’s Building Owners
New Delhi, 10th October, 2011: At the 2nd India Energy Efficiency Forum, the global energy efficiency Indicator (EEI) survey highlighted that building owners and operators throughout India continue to place higher importance on energy management in comparison to their peers in other major countries. 450 building owners and operators in India participated in 3rd survey conducted by Johnson Controls India which included a majority of TERI Business Council member companies.
Building on the first Forum in 2010, where the TERI Business Council along with Johnson Controls helped move efficiency to the top of corporate agenda, this year’s intention was to capitalize on the momentum behind energy efficiency and to help ensure that the policies, business models, technologies, manufacturing processes and communications drive energy efficiency in an intelligent way. This year, in the light of recent developments i.e. PAT (Perform Achieve Trade) mechanism under NMEEE (National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency) and the well-established ECBC (Energy Conservation Building Code) and Star Labeling TERI-
BCSD and JCI proposed to undertake a dual pronged approach to address:
a. Energy efficiency in residential and commercial areas
b. Energy efficiency in energy intensive large industries
Present on the occasion were Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow TERI, Former Secretary, MoEF, GoI and Member Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change, Mr. Arun Seth, Vice Chairman, TERI BCSD India, and Chairman Alcatel-Lucent & BT India Pvt. Ltd, and Mr. Pramoda Karkal, Vice President and Managing Director for Johnson Controls’ Building Efficiency business in India. Also present on the occasion were several member companies of TERI BCSD India, senior officials from the government, business and Civil Society who discussed and identified barriers to energy efficient practices and highlighted opportunities for energy efficiency in India.
Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, while setting the theme for the forum, and detailing the PAT (Perform Achieve Trade) mechanism under NMEEE (National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency), said, “India faces an enormous challenge of development growth and poverty eradication. 475 million people in India don’t have access to electricity, and without access to modern and smarter energy, the aspirations to lift the poorest of the poor, and the economy will be futile. It is important that we achieve energy efficiency soon as India is galloping towards becoming the biggest economy’s in the future. Today this forum, is to a large extent going to focus on, not simply on wide ranging discussions on energy efficiency, but also on the PAT mechanism, and the well-established ECBC and star labeling mechanism available to the corporates today, so that they too play a key role in driving global and national efforts to combat climate change.”
Speaking on the importance of achieving energy efficiency as a priority agenda, Mr. Arun Seth in his inaugural address said, “Across the globe, energy efficiency is moving up the political agenda as legislators and the stakeholder community have begun to realize the potential of energy efficiency to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy security, and create jobs. Energy markets, meanwhile, are transforming and integrating energy efficiency as a valuable resource alongside traditional energy sources. The need today is behavioral change, affordable energy practices and intelligent usage of IT and Telecom systems to make energy efficiency practices smarter and analytical.”
Salient points of the survey:
1. The survey indicated that 88 percent of Indian respondents consider energy management very or extremely important ? an increase of three percent over last year.
2. For the second consecutive year, India’s level of concern for energy management was higher than in other parts of the world – 84 percent in China, 66 percent in theU.S. and 61 percent in Europe.
3. More than half of the respondents (53 percent) indicated they plan to pursue green building certification either for new construction or existing buildings over the next year, while the number of respondents with at least one certified green building increased 12 percent from the 2010 survey.
4. The survey also showed that over the past year 65 percent of Indian respondents made improvements in lighting efficiency and 60 percent made heating, ventilation and air conditioning and/or control improvements. Other efficiency steps included on-site renewable energy (44 percent) and energy supply and demand management (40 percent). Large organizations (44 percent) were twice as likely as smaller companies (21 percent) to have adopted renewable technologies in the past year.
5. Despite the expressed high interest in increasing efficiency, 26 percent of survey respondents from the institutional sector (government, hospitals and schools) cited lack of funding to pay for improvements as a crucial barrier to pursuing their goals.
6. In the commercial and industrial sectors, the top barrier cited was a lack of awareness about the technologies and services available for increasing energy efficiency.
