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Work Examples
| Demand-Side Management, Energy Efficiency And The New Delhi Municipal Council | |
This project analyses the electric energy consumption pattern in the NDMC’s
territory and determines the scope for economically and financially attractive
options for increasing the energy efficiency of the system. Improvement of
supply efficiencies is only briefly examined in this study, while the main focus
is on the pattern of different electricity end-uses by NDMC customers. Based on
this, demand-Side management (DSM) strategies are also developed for the NDMC
territory, so as to promote increased efficiency of energy use and reduce
overall energy consumption. Three locations were closely examined in terms of
their energy use patterns, namely the "Palika Kendra" building, the All India
Institute for Medical Sciences Complex and the Conaught Place area. |
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| EE, ESCOS and other sustainable energy efficiency services |
This project, approved by IDRC and executed by IISD, proposes to develop a
multi-country network which will examine, test, pilot and document the scope for
promoting the principles of performance contracting to promote more efficient
and thereby less polluting technologies. Performance contracting may be defined
as the marketing and installation of energy-efficient equipment or cleaner
technologies, in which payment for equipment and services is linked to the
estimated (deemed) or measured savings achieved. The stream of savings achieved
is used to pay back the original investment and provide a return on this
investment. Companies offering performance contracting provide turnkey services
including evaluation of options, installation and financing. The performance
contracting model is well established in North America, but is still in its
infancy in developing countries. It holds the potential of providing an
effective, sustainable mechanism to promote the uptake of "cleaner"
technologies, but the conditions under which the model is likely to be
successful in developing countries need to be assessed in more detail. This
initial phase of the project will involve background studies of the scope for
application of the performance contracting model in four to six developing
countries (Brazil, China, Chile, Colombia, Ghana and India); a complementary
review of Canadian (and selected other international) experience with
performance contracting; development of specific proposals for pilot testing of
the performance contracting approach, and a mechanism to support monitoring and
evaluation of the results of pilot projects; and, dissemination of results to a
variety of national and international stakeholders. A follow-up phase of the
project to implement and evaluate pilot projects may be launched with the
participation of a broader coalition of donor agencies should the evidence so
warrant.
Funded by IDRC and IISD |
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| South-South Cooperation in Technology Transfer |
South-South cooperation is a broad concept consisting of two key dimensions:
economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC and TCDC,
respectively). PRI was responsible for organising the Forum on South-South Co-operation in
Science & Technology, Seoul, 14 to 17 February, 2000.
Funded by UNDP |
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| Energy Efficiency in Small and Medium Enterprises: The Pottery Sector in Khurja, India |
Khurja’s Pottery industry is old and is still largely based on downdraft
coal-based kilns. There is an urgent need to modernise the kilns in to gas,
electric and diesel fired kilns. The industry is very keen to get gas and is of
the opinion that if gas can be made available to them it will not only help in
containing the pollution problem but also help them modernise their plants and
enable them face tough competition from foreign industries by making its product
of much better quality. The project seeks to answer the following questions: How
can one choose appropriate technology for pottery and ceramic production? What
is the present adoption and diffusion of cleaner EE processes? What are the
barriers to adoption? How can the adoption process be accelerated and made more
sustainable? What will be the impacts of energy efficient technological changes
on energy consumption, production, sales, economic efficiency, and poverty?
Funded by DFID
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| Promoting Energy Efficiency Abroad: A Role for Canadian
Organisations, EE Conference 2000, Ottawa |
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