December 2009

Japan Energy Conservation
Handbook 2009

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1. ENERGY SITUATION

1.1 World Energy Situation
1.2 Japan’s Energy Situation

2. ENERGY CONSERVATION POLICIES AND LAWS IN JAPAN

2.1 Outline of Energy Conservation Policies
- (1) Brief history of energy conservation policies in Japan
- (2) Promotion of energy conservation measures
- (3) Promotion of international energy conservation measures
2.2 The Basic Energy Plan
- (1) Energy security
- (2) Adaptability to the environment
- (3) Utilization of market mechanism
2.3 Japan’s Recent National Strategies and Activities
2.4 Law concerning the Rational Use of Energy
- (1) Objective
- (2) Energy defined by the law
- (3) Basic policies and obligations of energy users
- (4) Measures for factories etc.
- (5) Measures for buildings
- (6) Measures for equipment
- (7) Measures for transportation
- (8) Amendment of the law concerning the rational use of energy
2.5 Standards of Judgment for Factories etc. on Rational Use of Energy
- (1) Items related to rational use of energy in factories etc. that are exclusively used for office or other similar applications
- (2) Items related to rational use of energy in factories
- Table : Standards and Target Values for Operating Equipment in Factories etc.
  - (1) Air ratios for boilers
  - (2) Waste gas temperatures for boilers
  - (3) Air ratios for industrial furnaces
  - (4) Standard and target rates of waste heat recovery for industrial furnaces (including waste gas temperatures for reference)
  - (5) Standard values and target values of furnace wall outer surface temperatures (for industrial furnaces with furnace temperatures of 500℃ and higher)
  - (6) Standard value and target value of power factor
  - (7) Target efficiencies of high efficiency motors
  - (8) Benchmark index and medium- and long- term target level
2.6 Standards of Judgment for Building on Rational Use of Energy
- (1) Prevention of heat loss through external walls, windows, etc. of the buildings
- (2) Efficient use of energy by air conditioning equipment
- (3) Efficient use of energy by mechanical ventilation equipment other than air
  conditioning equipment
- (4) Efficient use of energy by lighting fixtures
- (5) Efficient use of energy by hot water supply equipment
- (6) Efficient use of energy by vertical transportation
2.7 Law for Energy Conservation and Recycling Support
- (1) Guidelines for efforts
- (2) The definition of specified projects
- (3) Approval of projects
- (4) Assistance measures
- (5) Specified facilities
- (6) Enforcement of the law
2.8 Financial Supporting Measures
- (1) Loan program with special interest rate (FY2008)
- (2) Tax incentives program (FY2008)
- (3) Subsidy program (FY2008)
2.9 Awarding Programs toward Energy Conservation Efforts
2.10 Publicity Activities
2.11 Energy Audit Program by ECCJ
- (1) Energy audit for factories
- (2) Energy audit for commercial buildings

3. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS

3.1 Climate Change and Energy Consumption
- (1) Transition of deviation from normal surface temperature (only at the ground level)
- (2) Global energy balance (Index incident solar rays = 100)
- (3) Increase of the carbon dioxide level and changes in fossil energy consumption
- (4) CO2 emissions by country (2006)
- (5) Per-capita CO2 emissions (2006)
3.2 International Efforts to Counter Global Warming
- (1) IPCC: accumulation of scientific knowledge
- (2) UNFCCC: study of international countermeasures
- (3) IPCC report on global warming
- (4) Influences of greenhouse-gases on global warming (1850-1990)
- (5) History of COPs of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- (6) Background and main points of COP14 & COP/MOP4
3.3 Kyoto Protocol Coming into Effect
3.4 G8 Summit
- (1) Outline of Gleneagles Summit
- (2) Outline of Hokkaido Toyako Summit
- (3) Outline of L’Aquila Summit
3.5 Energy Conservation Activities of the Foreign Countries
3.6 Japan’s Policies to Deal with Global Warming
- (1) Guideline for measures to prevent global warming
- (2) Kyoto protocol target achievement plan
- (3) Reinforcement of energy conservation measures in each sector

4. ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES BY SECTOR

4.1 Industrial Sector
- (1) Energy situation for the industrial sector
- (2) Energy conservation policies and measures for the industrial sector
- (3) Outline of the Keidanren Voluntary Action Plan on the Environment (Target and Measures of Major Organizations)
- (4) Overall factory inspection based on the energy conservation law
- (5) Dissemination and promotion of energy conservation technology
- (6) Energy conservation by coordination among factories and workplaces
- (7) Dissemination of high-efficiency industrial furnaces and high-efficiency boilers
- (8) Dissemination of cogeneration and fuel cells
- (9) Important check points concerning technical energy conservation measures
- (10) Challenges in typical energy conservation technology development
4.2 Equipment
- (1) Energy situation for equipment
- (2) Energy conservation policies and measures for equipment - Top Runner Program
- (3) Dissemination and outreach measures for equipment
4.3 Commercial and Residential Sector
- (1) Energy situation for the commercial /residential sector
- (2) Energy conservation policies and measures for the residential sector
- (3) Energy conservation policies and measures for the commercial sector
- (4) Promotion of commercial building energy management system (BEMS) (thorough
  energy management utilizing IT)
- (5) Promotion of ESCO business
4.4 Transportation Sector
- (1) Energy situation for the transportation sector
- (2) Energy conservation policies and measures for the transportation sector

APPENDIX

1. ENERGY DATA

1.1 World Energy Data
- (1) Energy resource reserves
- (2) Primary energy consumption by energy resource
- (3) Primary energy consumption by region
- (4) Trend of primary energy consumption
- (5) Energy supply in major countries
- (6) Energy consumption in major countries
1.2 Domestic Energy Data (Outlook)
- (1) Demand of energy sources and GDP
- (2) Outlook of energy consumption and supply
1.3 Domestic Sectoral Energy Data
- (1) Industrial sector
- (2) Residential sector
- (3) Commercial sector
- (4) Transportation sector

2. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION/ASIA ENERGY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

2.1 Significance of energy conservation Cooperation
- (1) Improving energy supply-demand structure in Asia
- (2) Solving global environmental problems
- (3) International contribution
- (4) Reduction of destabilizing factors in the Asian economy
- (5) Deepening the business exchange between Japan and Asian countries
2.2 Future course to strengthen cooperation in the energy conservation field
- (1) Support for establishing the legal/policy system in Asian countries
- (2) Cooperation in the household, transportation, and electric power sectors
- (3) Support for the business-based diffusion of Japanese-made energy-saving appliances and facilities into Asian countries
- (4) Collaboration with international organizations
- (5) Collaboration with the government and agencies concerned
- (6) International development of the benchmark approach using the international framework
2.3 Future efforts
- (1) Countries to be concentrated
- (2) Implementation plan