Webinar held on September 1st 2015 at the ICLEI World Secretariat. Bonn, Germany
Facilitator: Maryke van Staden, Low Carbon Cities Program Manager and Director of the carbonn Center
Co-Host: Lily Riahi, Advisor on Sustainable Energy in Cities, Energy, Climate and Technology Branch, UNEP
This webinar addresses the key linkages between building efficiency and district energy planning and focus on resulting opportunities for developing sustainable, low carbon and resilient cities.
ICLEI members, local governments and partners of the the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4ALL), are warmly invited to learn about the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) and the Global District Energy in Cities Initiative (DES Initiative), the actions of current partner cities, and explore the potential benefits of their own involvement in two SE4ALL Accelerators.
This webinar, is brought to you by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), under the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Initiative.
Webinar Agenda:
1. Welcome and Introduction of SE4ALL Energy Efficiency Accelerators
- Maryke van Staden, Low Carbon Cities Program Manager, ICLEI World Secretariat
- Lily Riahi, Advisor on Sustainable Energy in Cities, Energy, Climate and Technology Branch, UNEP
2. The building efficiency and district energy relationship and opportunities for action in cities: Building Energy Accelerator and District Energy in Cities
- Ingo Wagner Ingo Wagner, Policy and Project Officer, Euroheat and Power
3. Warsaw’s building efficiency and district energy activities
- Leszek Drogosz, Director of Infrastructure Department, City of Warsaw, Poland
- Marcin Wróblewski, Infrastructure Department, City of Warsaw, Poland
4. Dubai’s building efficiency and district energy activities
- Samer Khoudeir, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Empower
5. Summary & call to action (5 minutes) Maryke van Staden, ICLEI
6. Questions & answers
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- Building Efficiency
- Building Efficiency
Energy efficiency is touted as a “low-hanging fruit” for cities to take hold of, in order to lower overall carbon emissions. Indeed, energy efficiency opportunities are well understood and implemented in a variety of settings worldwide. And yet, energy efficiency as a strategy is still underutilized. The International Energy Agency and United Nations Environmental Program estimates that energy efficiency can “stop the growth in emissions by 2020 with no net economic cost.” Therefore, the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform was established under the United Nation’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative, which was announced at the 2014 September Climate Summit in New York. The Platform will accelerate energy efficiency through six public-private Accelerator initiatives: appliances and equipment, buildings, district energy systems, lighting, industry, and vehicle fuel economy.
This webinar will provide an introduction to the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) and its approach to working with local governments to improve the efficiency of buildings in their communities. ICLEI members and other local governments are invited to learn about this initiative, the actions of current Building Accelerator partner cities, and explore the potential for their own involvement in the BEA.
Agenda:
- Angie Fyfe, Director, Resource Efficiency and Renewable Energy, ICLEI USA (TBC) - Welcome
- Jennifer Layke, Director, Building Efficiency Initiative, World Resources Institute– Introduction of the Building Efficiency Accelerator
- Erick Shambarger, Deputy Director, Office of Environmental Sustainability, City of Milwaukee, USA– Milwaukee’s building efficiency activities
- Oscar Vázquez Martínez, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment (TBC), Mexico City, Mexico with Julia Martínez, CTS EMBARQ Mexico – Mexico City’s building efficiency activities
- Bill Sisson, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) / United Technologies – Energy Efficiency in Buildings Laboratories (EEB 2.0 Labs) and COP21 Buildings Day
- Q&A
- Angie Fyfe, ICLEI - Summary & call to action
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