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EMAK Workshop Held in Paris
26th-27th Jan. 2010 Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan
The first EMAK workshop was held in January 26-27, 2010 in Paris. The workshop featured 15 presentations from 11 countries/institutions (China, Japan, Germany, India, Australia, Mexico, USA, Korea, South Africa and UK) and was attended by over 60 persons from 25 countries. The WS was hosted by “IPEEC”, which is supported by the Government of Japan and IEA (International Energy Agency).
The task of EMAK is to create a robust forum to promote energy management practices in industry by utilizing a network of different actors. The EMAK interconnects policy makers and industry practitioners in charge of energy management, who are the two different major actors. Networking these key actors serves as a platform which enables them to share the best practices on policy frameworks, human resource development, as well as the state-of-art energy management systems and practices.
http://sites.google.com/site/emakbiz/
The purposes of this preliminary seminar were (1) to share energy management practices and (2) to discuss the design of effective and useful concept of “Energy Management Action Network (EMAK)”. The presentations provided insights into the energy management institutions and regulatory systems of various countries, providing a learning experience for all participants who were given an occasion to discuss on related topics. Please refer to the following web for the workshop presentations:
http://sites.google.com/site/emakbiz/home/presentations
Below are some of the key points of debate:
- The importance of energy management in order to improve energy efficiency in industry was underlined by all.
- Measurement is the first step to energy management.
- Designs of energy management systems vary across countries:
- Mandatory reporting systems (Japan, India, Korea), voluntary systems (Germany) or hybrid systems (companies are required to report potential energy savings (Australia), companies’ reporting is linked to tax benefits (UK))
- -Mandatory hiring of energy managers (Japan, India, China, Korea), or no such obligations (US etc)
- Certification through exams (Japan, India) vs no certification systems
- Qualification of energy managers (knowledge of energy management (technical), financing (management), etc.)
- Knowledge on energy management could be shared through various schemes (organizing companies into groups (Ekoprofit of Germany), energy auditors, various toolkits (US), award systems (Japan), case studies (India, Japan)
- Focusing energy management projects within broader energy or environmental management frameworks to encourage a systems approach
- Need for national certification schemes and possible international certification (most participants considered it difficult to have a unified international certification while some considered it could be helpful)
- Being sensitive to the complexity of multiple levels of governance within decision-making systems
- Need to empower energy managers in the organization: regulatory framework could support the role of energy managers in the organization
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