1. Thailand’s Urban Climate Change Mitigation: Rethinking the Future
Prapat Pongkiatkul
Department of Environmental Engineering
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)
Urban Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation actions in building livable cities,
International Forum on Livable Cities toward Sustainable Development, Taichung City, Taiwan, September 28 to 29, 2017

2. Carbon Footprint per capita (year 2007)
Our Current Status
Carbon Footprint per capita (year 2007)
2009 CFP Thailand 3.8 t CO2eq/capita

4. Thailand’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
2011
(BUR, 2015)
Energy ( MtCO2eq)
72.97%
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy Sector
Public Electricity & Heat Production (86.87 MtCO2eq)
38.96%
2011
(BUR, 2015)

5. Academic Office Hospital ecct-th, 1991 47% Air condition 38% Lighting
15% Others
Office
63% Air condition
25% Lighting
12% Others
Hospital
60% Air condition
22% Lighting
18% Others
ecct-th, 1991

6. Energy Consumption in a commercial office building
Average Energy consumption (kWh. m-2.Y-1)
Percentage (%)
Range of Energy consumption (kWh. m-2.Y-1)
Air condition
114 60
Lighting 38 20
25-50
Ventilation 10 4
8-15
Office apparatus
1-10
Elevator 11
10-20
Others 17 8
6-20
Total
190
100
Surapong Jirarattananon, 2016
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7. Energy consumption per unit
Unit: kWh. m-2.Y-1
Office
Hotel
Hospital
Department store
School
Condominium
Hyper market
Others
Air condition
115.2
143.2
162.1
184.9
76.2
168.1
165.4
216.5
Lighting
12.9
27.0
24.1
56.2
11.1
12.2
84.8
26.0
Total
147.5
209.3
158.8
270.9
102.0
146.6
391.0
117.6
Surapong Jirarattananon, 2016

8. (TGO, 2016)

9. Thailand’s GHG Mitigation Policy
UNFCCC
Ratify 28 December 1994
Kyoto Protocol
Ratify in 1999
Period 1 ( )
Period 2 ( )
Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs)
GHG Reduction Target 7-20 within 2020
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
GHG Reduction Target within 2030
Thailand’s Policy
12th National Economic and Social Development Plan ( )
THAILAND Climate Change Master Plan
Energy Efficiency Plan 2015–2036
Alternative Energy Development. Plan 2015–2036
20-Year Strategic Plan for development of Thailand’s transportation services
Siriluk Chiarakorn, 2017

10. SIMPLE Energy Management Program
turn off
energy efficiency
unplug
energy saving lamp

11. TECHNOLOGY Air conditioning with inverter control
Ventilation with heat exchanger
Daikin, 2017

12. Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF)
Heat collector from compressor unit

13. Building energy management system
SMART

14. Lighting system
Ventilation system
Air Condition system

15. Alternative Energy

16. Thailand Building Energy Code 9 12 24
Working hours 9 12 24
Academic, office building
Department store, service building, public building
Hospital, hotel
– Envelope System
– Lighting System
– Air-Conditioning System
– PV System
– Hot Water System
– Whole Building Energy
Energy efficiency
Market Based Instrument
Based Measures
Frequency
area > 2,000 sq.m.

17. Energy Reduction after comply with the BEC
Unit: kWh. m-2.Y-1
Building type
Base case
Comply with code
Economic
Office
146.4
98.7
82.3
Hotel
173.2
117.0
101.7
Hospital
148.8
123.9
112.0
Department store
556.0
394.3
368.0
School
94.0
79.3
67.2
Misc.
139.7
117.2
100.0
Condominium
118.4
105.3
92.7
Hyper market
394.7
300.9
248.7
Surapong Jirarattananon, 2016

18. Thai’s Rating of Energy and Environmental Sustainability
– Building Management
– Site and Landscape
– Water Conservation
– Energy and Atmosphere
– Materials and Resources
– Indoor Environment Quality
– Environmental Impacts
– Green Innovation
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Certified

19. 20-year Energy Saving Plan towards net zero energy building
Surapong Jirarattananon, 2016

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