1. Australia and the 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard 9
Australia and the 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard 9.30am – 10.30am AEST, Wednesday 4 July 2018

2. Today’s presentation Welcome Introduction to the ACEEE
The International Scorecard
Australia’s results
Questions
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3. Speakers Steve Nadel, Executive Director, ACEEE
Shruti Vaidyanathan, Senior Advisor for Research, ACEEE
Luke Menzel, CEO, EEC (Chair)

4. Introduction to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Steve Nadel Executive Director, ACEEE

6. Shruti Vaidyanathan Senior Advisor for Research, ACEEE
ACEEE’s 2018 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard – Lessons for Australia
Shruti Vaidyanathan Senior Advisor for Research, ACEEE

7. Goals of International Scorecard
Present a basic comparison of energy use and efficiency policy efforts in the top energy- consuming countries
Identify best practices and policies that countries can implement to take advantage of untapped efficiency potential
Encourage countries to collect data on energy efficiency

8. Top Energy-consuming Countries in the World
25 largest energy consuming countries in the world
Thought about including Iran but because of legal constraints and a lack of available data, decided we would do it in 2020
Source: IEA

9. Methodology
Type of metric
Metric
points
National efforts
Performance
Change in energy intensity between 2010 and 2015 6
Policy
Spending on energy efficiency 5
Energy savings goals 3
Efficiency of thermal power plants
Tax credits and loan programs 2
Spending on energy efficiency research and development
Size of the energy service companies (ESCOs) market
Water efficiency policy 1
Data availability
Prioritize policy metrics that have significant efficiency potential and are achievable in our evaluated economies
Individualized scoring system based on best practices, expert opinion, or natural cut points in the data
Type of metric
Metric
points
Buildings
Policy
Appliance and equipment standards 5
Residential building codes 3
Commercial building codes
Building retrofit policies 4
Building rating and disclosure 2
Appliance and equipment labeling
Performance
Energy intensity in residential buildings
Energy intensity in commercial buildings
36 different metrics
4 sections: National efforts, Buildings, Industry, Transportation
Combination of POLICY metrics that rate the presence of a particular policy and PERFORMANCE metrics that evaluate energy use (59%-41% split)

10. Methodology
Type of metric
Metric
points
Industry
Performance
Energy intensity of the industrial sector 6
Policy
Voluntary energy performance agreements with manufacturers 3
Policy to encourage energy management 2
Minimum efficiency standards for electric motors
Mandate for plant energy managers
Mandatory energy audits
Investment in manufacturing research and development (R&D)
Share of combined heat and power (CHP) in total installed capacity
Policy to encourage CHP
Agriculture energy intensity
At least one country earns the maximum number of available points in each metric
59/41 split between policy and performance metrics
Max. possible score = 100
Type of metric
Metric
points
Transportation
Policy
Fuel economy standards for light-duty vehicles 4
Performance
Fuel economy of light-duty vehicles 3
Fuel economy standards for heavy-duty tractor trucks
Vehicle miles traveled per capita
Freight transport per unit of economic activity 2
Energy intensity of freight transport
Use of public transit
Investment in rail transit versus roads
Smart freight initiatives* 1

11. Limitations Non-EE impacts on energy use Accessible and available data
Physical factors e.g. climate
Economic conditions
Demographics
We adjust for some of these
Accessible and available data
Not all countries track EE data
Lack of consistency in approaches
Multiple approaches to evaluating EE progress
Subnational policies and impact
These conditions are difficult to control for, and we were not always able to account for them in our scoring methodology.
In general we made only modest adjustments to raw data to enable basic comparisons across countries.
Specifically, we adjusted building energy consumption for national average heating and cooling degree days and adjusted industrial energy consumption to reflect the same subsector balance between countries.
Chose metrics where we knew we would find enough reasonable data to rate countries
Where data was missing, we assigned estimates based on related information and expert opinion
Variety of different ways to evaluate EE – this is the methodology we arrived at that we were comfortable with and felt best showed the relative achievements of each country
Subnational policies – in many cases, these policies have more impact than anything that could be implemented at the national level.
e.g. United States and building codes – implemented and monitored at the state level. We provide credit when the subnational policy covers the majority of the population.
Likewise, with the UAE this year, Dubai and Abu Dhabi have some interesting policies at play at the city level and since they are the biggest cities in the UAE we awarded points to recognize that

12. 2018 Results

13. National efforts (25 points)
Australia - Results
Ranked 18th, final score of 40.5 points
Lowest ranked of all developed countries
Down from 16th place in 2016
Total
(100 points)
National efforts (25 points)
Buildings
(25 points)
Industry
Transportation
Score
40.5 10 17 6
6.5
Rank 18 15 22 20

14. Australia - Results
Results are consistent with recent news that the country will fail to meet its Paris Agreement targets if the status quo continues

15. Australia’s Rank Over Time

16. Successes National efforts Buildings Ranked #15, 10 points
National Energy Productivity Plan - increase energy productivity 40% by 2030
Need to improve on implementation since adoption in 2015
Buildings
Ranked #10, 17 points
21 appliance and equipment energy standards in place
Comprehensive residential and commercial building codes
Decent retrofit policies – building stock offers substantial additional efficiency potential

17. Opportunities for Improvement
Australia has been decent about addressing building sector energy use but there are a number of other sectors that offer opportunities
Transportation
Ranked #20, 6.5 points
Still largely car-focused country
Missing low hanging-fruit in transportation sector – passenger and freight vehicle fuel economy standards
Complemented by low investment in alternative forms of transportation e.g. public transit
Industry
Ranked #22, 6 points
Will need to address industrial sector if the productivity goal is to be met
Possible options for Australia
Energy management systems – ISO 50001
Voluntary agreements
Transportation - Still an auto-reliant economy in many ways
FE standards – Australia had passenger standards in place until 2010 and never renewed them
Performance metrics – transportation energy use is heavily influenced by economic condition and fluctuations
Jurisdiction – additionally, many transportation policies for system efficiency are not national jurisdiction so the role that national governments have to play on this front is smaller than those of cities, states, or provinces

18. Conclusion
Still plenty of room for improvements in EE for all the countries in the 2018 rankings
EE will be needed to meet ambitious climate goals
Paris Agreement is a good opportunity to re- evaluate policies and implementation
EE will not only help them meet these targets, it will also save consumers money, creates jobs, improves public health, and drives economic growth

19. Questions
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20. Close – climbing the leaderboard

21. Close – climbing the leaderboard

22. Close – climbing the leaderboard
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