Cross Cutting Initiatives
Low Carbon Model Towns
Low Carbon Model Towns (LCMT) combine energy-efficient buildings, transport and power grids to create communities that affordably reduce energy use and carbon emissions while creating jobs. ESCI will establish a network of LCMTs around the Asia Pacific region. Successful approaches will be compiled into a set of best practices for developing LCMTs in developed and developing economies.
Coordinators: Japan and China
Coordinators will develop a template for sharing information on low carbon model towns, including a brief description and estimated savings in cost, energy use and carbon emissions. Coordinator also will develop a system for sharing and posting the information, and highlighting best practices. A survey of LCMTs around APEC will be conducted to find the best examples. Selected LCMTs will be analyzed in depth, with recommendations for specific measures that can be taken to reduce carbon emissions.
Participants will contribute one or more examples of low carbon model towns in their respective economies, utilizing the standard template and providing additional detailed documentation for estimated savings. Contributions of smart transport, smart buildings and smart grids will be included.
Deliverables: Survey of low carbon model towns in APEC. Website and folder with descriptions of how smart transport, smart buildings and smart grids work together in LCMTs to reduce carbon emissions. Feasibility studies to encourage creation of low-carbon communities in urban development plans. Recommendations for measures that can be taken to reduce carbon emissions in all APEC communities.
Participating Economies:
ECONOMY |
ORGANIZATION |
Australia |
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (DRET) |
Canada |
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) |
China |
National Energy Administration (NEA) |
Indonesia |
Directorate General of New and Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation, |
Japan |
Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) |
Malaysia |
Green Technology Division, Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water |
The Philippines |
Department of Energy |
Chinese Taipei |
Chief of Renewable Energy Section, Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs |
United States |
Department of Energy |
Knowledge Sharing Platform
The Knowledge Sharing Platform (KSP) will gather all the data and information collected by all the ESCI projects and present them in a web-based knowledge management center. Project proponents will be able to add and edit information as projects develop. The KSP will not only be a central database for ESCI projects, but will also assist in keeping information and information gathering uniform and consistent throughout the various ESCI projects. Lastly, the KSP will play an important role in distributing best practices that develop from the ESCI projects.
Coordinators: Chinese Taipei and the United States
Coordinators will develop a web-based knowledge management center that will host and share each of the ESCI projects and its related data. The Coordinator will insure that information and information gathering practices are done in a uniform and consistent way. The Coordinator will also act as a liaison between project coordinators in order to obtain data in a timely and thorough manner.
Participants will contribute data and information to the KSP through its participation in the various ESCI projects.
Participating Economies:
Australia ● Brunei Darussalam ● Canada ● China ● Hong Kong, China ● Indonesia ● Japan ● Republic of Korea ● Malaysia ● Mexico ● The Philippines ● Russia ● Singapore ● Chinese Taipei ● Thailand ● United States
