WFES 2010 Ramboll/TERI roundtable

January 2010

Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change

mitigation: Building energy initiatives’, at the

World Future Energy Summit, 19 January 2010,

Abu Dhabi, UAE

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Table of content

Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change mitigation: Building energy initiatives’ ..............1

Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1

Proceedings of the Conclave...................................................................................................2

(i) Inaugural session ............................................................................................................2

(ii) Round table discussions................................................................................................4

Session 1: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future.............................5

Session 2: Climate change and built environment: National initiatives..................8

Participants..............................................................................................................................10

Annexure 1: Agenda ..............................................................................................................11

Annexure 2: List of participants...........................................................................................13

Annexure 3: Minutes of inaugural session .........................................................................15

List of Figures

Figure 1: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, Dr. R.K.Pachauri, HE Dr. Farooq

Abdullah and Dr. Tayeb Kamali at the inaugural session ................................2

Figure 2: HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Dr. Tayeb Kamali and Dr. R K Pachauri ................3

Figure 3: Mr. Deepak Gupta delivering the address .........................................................3

Figure 4: Mr. Peyman Mohajer delivering the vote of thanks...........................................4

Figure 5: Round table discussion: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for

future.........................................................................................................................6

Figure 6: Ms. Gauri Singh and Dr. Leena Srivastava during the second round table

discussion .................................................................................................................8

Figure 7: Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany and Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann...............................10

T E R I Report No. 2009BS11

Proceedings of conclave on ‘Climate change mitigation: Building

energy initiatives’

Introduction

It is widely recognized that buildings are responsible for

substantial quantities of total energy use and associated

greenhouse gas emissions globally. The building sector can

contribute to mitigating impacts of climate change by delivering

significant greenhouse gas emission reductions; and energy,

resource, and cost savings through action oriented policy

initiatives.

In association with the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,

Government of India, Ramboll and Centre of Excellence for

Applied Research and Training (CERT) - UAE, TERI hosted a

conclave titled ‘Climate change mitigation: Building energy

initiatives’, on 19th January 2010 at the World Future Energy

Summit (WFES), Abu Dhabi to provide an international

exposure to India’s Solar Energy Mission and to identify future

areas of research and policy development in the buildings sector

of the UAE.

This conclave brought together important stakeholders from

national and international arenas to a common platform,

facilitating interaction and dialogue on green building initiatives

for existing buildings and policy frameworks to facilitate better

understanding and usher in partnerships that will benefit not

only the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but the whole region.

The agenda of the conclave is attached as Annexure 1.

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Proceedings of the Conclave

(i) Inaugural session The inaugural session, attended by senior diplomats, policy

makers and professionals from the building and energy sector

urged for cooperation on issues of energy security and building

energy efficiency between India and the UAE.

Dr. R.K.Pachauri, Director General TERI, encouraged institutes

in the UAE and India to usher partnerships and work together to

address the issue of green house gas emissions from the

buildings sector. Dr. Tayeb Kamali, Group CEO, CERT, and Vice-

Chancellor, HCT highlighted activities being undertaken at

Higher Colleges of Technology in this field and hoped that

initiatives on energy and green building retrofits towards a

common framework are undertaken as a result of the conclave.

Figure 1: Mr. Deepak Gupta, Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, Dr. R.K.Pachauri, HE Dr. Farooq

Abdullah and Dr. Tayeb Kamali at the inaugural session



Figure 2: HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Dr. Tayeb Kamali and Dr. R K Pachauri

Figure 3: Mr. Deepak Gupta delivering the address



HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, said

that the issue of energy security offers a huge scope of co-

operation between India and the UAE, which requires working

together of the financial, technological and human resources.

HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister of New and Renewable

Energy (MNRE), Government of India, expressed the need for

technological developments and co-operation between nations

for India to meet the ambitious target of installing 20,000 MW

of solar power by 2022.

Mr. Deepak Gupta, Secretary MNRE, also emphasized the

potential of joint initiatives to minimize emissions from the

buildings sector.

Figure 4: Mr. Peyman Mohajer delivering the vote of thanks

Mr. Peyman Mohajer, Managing Director Ramboll, mentioned

that energy efficiency in new buildings is being addressed

through various green buildings rating systems; however this

new building stock is outnumbered by the existing building stock

that needs attention. He announced a contribution of 300,000

AED towards research on existing buildings by Ramboll.

Minutes of the inaugural session have been attached as Annexure 3.

(ii) Round table discussions Through moderated round table discussions, sessions at the

forum provided an opportunity to exchange information on the

ongoing initiatives, share good practices from India and the UAE

and provide a platform to identify a future roadmap in this

direction.



Session 1: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future In addition to energy-efficient new construction, existing

building stock also has a vast potential of reducing carbon

emissions. Retrofitting and energy management in existing

buildings are fast and financially feasible strategies towards

reducing emissions from the building sector.

Through a moderated round table discussion, Energy Cheque:

Transforming the existing for future highlighted and sought

views on enhancement of existing initiatives towards lowering

emissions from the existing building stock.

The session on existing buildings was moderated by Mr. Heath

Anderson Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll and

Ms. Mili Majumdar Associate Director, Sustainable Building

Science, TERI. A presentation by Ramboll and TERI provided a

backdrop to discussions and inputs from the panelists.

Presentation by moderators

An overview of the present status of energy efficiency in existing

buildings in India was presented. India is experiencing rampant

energy inefficiency with a large use of electricity by the

commercial sector. The government of India has undertaken the

following initiatives for retrofitting of existing building stock:

• Bureau of energy efficiency has an ambitious energy

efficiency retrofit programme for existing buildings in

government sector through performance contract.

• A star rating programme for existing commercial

buildings based on actual performance of the building

has been launched by Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

• Several important government buildings have been

retrofitted with significant savings in electricity use.

• The President’s estate has recorded 23% energy savings.

• 35 energy saving companies have been empanelled.

TERI’s experience so far comprises:

• Energy efficiency studies/audits of over 100 buildings to

enable retrofit in many achieving average savings of 20%.

• Technical partners to Clinton Climate Initiative in Energy

Efficiency Building Retrofit Programme.

• Enabling retrofit of 100 government buildings in the

National Capital Territory of Delhi.



Figure 5: Round table discussion: Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future

Ramboll presented the UAE perspective on energy consumption

by residential and commercial existing buildings and highlighted

the need for a consistent roadmap for successful implementation

of initiatives to achieve energy efficiency in the existing building

sector. The drivers to facilitate this change include:

• Introduction of minimum energy performance

regulations for new and existing buildings

• Market and developer acceptance of international rating

systems

• Establishment of local rating system

• Continued education of the industry as a whole

The barriers to implementation are:

• Emerging market lacks clear and consistent policy

• The initiative is not yet market driven

• Very few owner operated buildings, hence no incentive to

become more energy efficient for owners.

Discussions

• Since energy consumption accounts for 10% of building

operation costs, it is important to establish mechanisms

for implementing financial incentives for large scale

adoption of energy efficiency in the building sector.

• In addition to targeting energy efficiency at individual

building levels, the UAE could consider providing clean

energy to the grid and thus being carbon neutral.



• Through the Masdar Initiative the government of Abu

Dhabi has spearheaded a transfer of the UAE from being

a fuel economy towards being a knowledge economy.

However, huge knowledge gaps still exist at various

levels.

• Abu Dhabi has committed for 7% renewable energy till

2020 and to initiate a change in mindset, the Masdar

Initiative has introduced solar roofs as an integral design

feature in the upcoming development.

• Regulation and policy for new and existing buildings is

coming in play in Abu Dhabi. The codes have been

developed by adapting international codes such as

‘International Energy Conservation Code’ to the region.

Successful implementation of the strategy may be

achieved by highlighting the business case, return on

investment and subsidized tariffs. Banks are working in

collaboration with the government and developers to

encourage demand side management in existing

buildings.

• Extensive capacity building even at the level of school

children is going on to promote energy efficiency in

buildings.

• Abu Dhabi is looking at empowering the local industry

through designating “Building inspectors” and regulating

through the public private partnership model.

• Awareness generation and bridging of knowledge gap is

most important.

• TECOM being a major developer of free zones has taken

an independent decision to adopt green building design

principles, setting an example for others to follow who

are waiting for policy initiatives.

• Integration of energy efficiency has benefited utilities like

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) by

allowing them to install lesser number of substations

corresponding to a reduced capital investment.

• Considering that there is a cap on supply of electricity for

any upcoming development, integration of energy

efficiency has allowed developers to construct more

building units within the given electricity supply limit,

and hence benefit financially.

Outcomes

Roadmap to achieve energy efficiency to address:

1. Policy gaps: By integration of local and national

government policy with a common goal; establishing

clear and consistency targets and providing

incentives/penalties for compliance/ non-compliance.



2. Identification of market trends: By demand creation (for

products, services and expertise) necessary to move

markets.

3. Knowledge gap: Amongst owners, designers, users,

developers and utilities.

Session 2: Climate change and built environment: National initiatives This session showcased national initiatives to combat climate

change and highlighted the actions taken by India and the UAE

at their national levels.

This session was moderated by Ms. Gauri Singh, Joint Secretary,

MNRE, GoI and Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability

of Masdar City, UAE. Presentations by the two moderators

provided a backdrop to further discussions on the topic.

Presentation by Moderators

Ms. Gauri Singh highlighted the National Action Plan on Climate

Change of India with a special emphasis on the Solar Energy

Mission. The aim, proposed target and the suggested road map

to achieve 20 GigaWatt goal by 2022, was shared with the

audience.

Figure 6: Ms. Gauri Singh and Dr. Leena Srivastava during the second round table discussion

The objective of the Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission is to boost

solar power and enhance large scale solar power generation in

India. The mission aims to:



• Achieve rapid and large scale diffusion of solar power

generation technologies;

• Building local manufacturing, R&D and human resource

capability.

• Reduction of cost to move towards grid parity.

• The proposed targets for 2022 are:

• 20,000 MW grid power installed capacity

• 2000 MW off-grid power

• 20 million sq.m. of thermal collectors

• The suggested road-map through phases 1,2 and 3 were

discussed with the following pathways to achieve the

goal:

• Innovative investor friendly single window mechanism

• Solar specific Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO)

• Concessional Finance / subsidy for decentralized, off

grid systems

• Attractive feed in tariff for utility scale and rooftop solar

power plants

• Tariff based bidding for large solar thermal plants

• Emphasis on Industry led research projects

Other MNRE initiatives on solar/green buildings and solar cities

were also presented to the audience. India aspires to be one of

the world leaders in 2011 and targets to register 1000 green

buildings, accredit over 5000 professionals and facilitate green

building materials market of USD 40 billion by 2012.

Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany made a presentation on Masdar’s mission

and its business units including the Masdar Institute, Masdar

Sustainable Cities, Masdar Power and Masdar Carbon.

The Masdar city inspired from traditional Arabian cities shall be

powered by renewable energy, have integrated mobility with

personal rapid transport systems towards being a carbon neutral

city. The initiative has adopted a sustainable supply chain and

followed the triple bottom line to sustainability.

Discussions

• MNRE is assisting 60 cities in India in making there solar

master plan

• The main challenges for Masdar was to get

people/clients/owners to understand life cycle costs since

the upfront costs, higher by 8-10% shall be recoverable in

3-5 years.

• Awareness generation and regulations for existing and

new cities needs to be addresses. Energy efficiency in

street lighting is another aspect that can contribute



significantly and hence, one could look beyond just

buildings and address issues at larger scale.

• The UAE is moving away from subsidies on gas and oil

based energy. There is a cap on the cost of energy that can

be charged to the consumers; therefore even though the

energy generated from renewable energy is very

expensive, the costs can not be transferred to the

consumers. There are no incentives on use of renewable

energy, but as in Europe, a penalty on emissions due to

use of electricity could be looked.

• It is the vision of UAE to be an energy exporter and not

just an oil exporter.

Participants The conclave was well attended and represented by senior

officers from the Masdar City Initiative- UAE, Department of

Municipal Affairs- Emirate of Abu Dhabi, ghm design- Abu

Dhabi, TECOM Investments, which is a developer of knowledge-

based business clusters and a subsidiary of Dubai Holding-

Dubai, Microsol International LL FZE- a leading manufacturer

and supplier of solar cells from the UAE, Shaheed Zulfikar Ali

Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology- Pakistan, Ramboll,

CERT, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of

India and TERI. In addition to the above, several journalists

from Khaleej Times, representatives from the Dubai Media City

and the Energy Press also attended the discussions.

Figure 7: Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany and Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann

A detailed list of participants is attached as Annexure 2 of the

report.


Annexure 1: Agenda

13:30-14:00 Registration

14:00-15:00 Inaugural session 14:00-14:05 Welcome remarks by Fellow, TERI Gulf Centre: Ms. Meena Janardhan

14:05-14:15 Opening remarks by the Indian Ambassador to the UAE: HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed

14:15-14:25 Address by Group CEO CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT: Dr. Tayeb Kamali

14:25-14:40 Keynote Address by Director General, TERI, and Chairman, Intergovernmental

Panel on Climate Change Dr. R K Pachauri

14:40-15:00 Inaugural address by the Chief Guest and Union Minister of New and Renewable

Energy, India HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah

15:00-15:05 Remarks by Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of

India: Mr. Deepak Gupta

15:05-15:10 Remarks and vote of thanks by Managing Director, Ramboll, UAE: Mr. Peyman

Mohajer

15:10-15:30 Tea/ Coffee

15:30-16:15 Energy Cheque: Transforming the existing for future

Round table discussion, moderated by

• Mr Heath Andersen, Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll

• Ms. Mili Majumdar, Associate Director, Sustainable Building Science, TERI

16:15-17:15 Climate change and built environment: National initiatives

Lead speakers:

• Ms. Gauri Singh: Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,

India.

• Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, Director of Sustainability of Masdar City, UAE

17:15-17:30 Summary and Vote of Thanks

• Mr Heath Andersen, Director, Sustainability & Renewables, Ramboll

• Ms. Mili Majumdar, Associate Director, Sustainable Building Science, TERI

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Annexure 2: List of participants

S.no. Name Organisation

1. HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah Union Minister of New and Renewable

Energy, India

2. HE Mr. Talmiz Ahmed Indian Ambassador to the UAE

3. Dr. R K Pachauri Director General, TERI, and Chairman,

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

4. Mr. Deepak Gupta Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable

Energy, India

5. Dr. Tayeb Kamali Chairman, CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT

6. Mr. Peyman Mohajer Managing Director, Ramboll, UAE

7. Mr Heath Andersen Director, Sustainability & Renewables,

Ramboll

8. Ms. Mili Majumdar Associate Director, Sustainable Building

Science, TERI

9. Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany Director of Sustainability of Masdar City,

UAE

10. Dr. Leena Srivastava Executive Director, TERI

11. Mr. Anjan Turlapati Microsol International LL FZE

12. Mr. Abdul Fattah Montasser Albayan Press

13. Dr. Imran Amin Dean Faculty, MEPIC

14. Dr. Faouzia Khan Dean Faculty, MEPIC

15. Mr. Milan Svatek Sr. Architect, G H M Design

16. Mr. Muneer Pandyala Siraj Malyalam Daily

17. Mr. Matthew Plumbridge Emirates of Abu Dhabi

18. Mr. Rajan Menon Vice President, Energy Manager

19. Ms. Jerin Thomas Energy Manager

20. Mr. Rahul Deshpande REED Exhibitions

21. Mr. T Ramavarman Khaleej Times

22. Ms. Gauri Singh Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy

23. Dr. Bandhopadhya Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

24. Mr Ali Bin Towaih ENPARK

25. Mr Sougata Nandi SEED, TECOM

26. Mr. Lars Ostenfeld Riemann Ramboll

27. Mr Matthew Byram

Plumbridge

Department of Municipal Affairs, Emirate of

Abu Dhabi

28. Dr Senthil Nathan HCT-CERT

29. Mr Sultan Karmostaji CERT

30. Mr Will Sibia Ramboll

31. Mr. Anthony Miles Ramboll

32. Ms. Priyanka Kochhar TERI

33. Ms Pooja Shukla TERI

34. Ms. Meena Janardhan TERI Gulf Centre

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Annexure 3: Minutes of inaugural session

Opening remarks by the Indian Ambassador to the UAE: HE

Mr. Talmiz Ahmed

• Huge scope of co-operation towards energy security

which requires working together of the financial,

technological and human resources.

• Commercially viable technologies for future generations

is the immediate area of struggle and requires

cooperation.

• India is the only country of the world with a ministry

dedicated to renewable energy and with commitment to

clean coal technologies have come with a message for

cooperation.

Address by Group CEO CERT, and Vice-Chancellor, HCT: Dr.

Tayeb Kamali

• Expressed his happiness for being a part of this

important event.

• Mentioned that the topic of Building Energy Initiatives

is one that we can act on immediately.

• Building sector offers low-hanging fruit or early win for

our environmental cause.

• Informed the audience about a report on Energy

Efficiency in Buildings presented by World Business

Council for Sustainable Development in April 2009, in

which they presented results of an analysis of energy use

of millions of existing and new building. The report

showed how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60%

by 2050, to meet global climate change targets but it

requires immediate action. This report made six

principle recommendations to implement in an

integrated effort:

- Strengthen building codes for energy labelling.

- Incentivize energy-efficient investments.

- Encourage integrated design approaches and

innovations

- Use advanced technology to enable energy-saving

- Develop workforce capacity for energy saving

- Educate and promote an energy-aware culture

• Highlighted activities being undertaken at Higher

Colleges of Technology in this field.

- Regulations: Initiated discussions between

International code council and UAE building

regulatory agencies. This has now helped the local

municipalities to develop new building codes

incorporating building energy efficiency.

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- Retrofitting and use of renewable energy in existing

campuses

- Integrated design approach to achieve energy

efficient buildings in the new campus in Abu Dhabi.

- CERT is working with TERI and Research Triangle

International (RTI) from North Carolina to incubate

and commercialise new technologies in this area.

- Capacity building: They are launching a unique

bachelors programme in Sustainable Built

Environment in collaboration with leading

universities of the world. Working with Urban Land

Institute (ULI) in providing continuing education to

professionals and plan to offer a bio-technology

degree for young nationals.

- Redesigning campuses as “teaching buildings” that

showcase and demonstrate new technologies in

energy efficiency.

• Mutually beneficial initiatives on energy and green

building retrofits can be undertaken towards a common

framework in which the region can move forward

positively as planned.

Keynote Address by Director General, TERI, and Chairman,

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr. R K

Pachauri

• He emphasized the fact that the buildings sector

contribute to significant emissions

• India and UAE institutes should create partnerships and

work together to address the issue of green house gas

emissions from the buildings sector.

• He expressed his delight about the partnership between

TERI and CERT and also to see that Ramboll has joined

hands with TERI to work in this direction.

• Acknowledged support from MNRE for supporting our

work which includes developing an environmental

rating system for India called GRIHA.

• He highlighted he need for an indigenous rating system

for UAE suitable for the local climate and conditions.

• Appreciated Masdar initiative.

Inaugural address by the Chief Guest and Union Minister of

New and Renewable Energy, India HE Dr. Farooq Abdullah

• Even though several people in India do not have access

to electricity, we have solar and wind energy that may be

used to start where many other countries have reached.

• To develop energy we need the latest technology.

• We want to tie up with Masdar which will be the largest

centre of excellence.

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• The Solar Mission targets to install 20,000 MW by

2022, but we will need help to achieve the ambitious

target.

•

Address by Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,

Government of India. Mr. Deepak Gupta

• Buildings in developing countries are going to be big

energy guzzlers and there is immense potential of

working together.

Remarks and vote of thanks by Managing Director, Ramboll,

UAE: Mr. Peyman Mohajer

• Everyone is aware of the consequences therefore

strategic initiatives to minimize emissions are required.

• Several are looking are LEED/Estidama for new

buildings which are outnumbered by existing buildings

which need o be addressed.

• Ramboll shall provide 300,000 AED for research on

existing buildings. This research shall be available free of

charge for all who may require it.

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