Request for Proposals Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Energy Working Group Reducing Trade Barriers for Environmental Goods & Services in APEC Region
(Mapping Exercise of Energy Efficient Products)
(EWG 01/2010T) Closing Time and Date: 5:00pm, Singapore time,
Friday, 30 July 2010 This request for proposals is for a consultancy to undertake the following: i) Work with the ESIS website manager to assess knowledge gaps on the ESIS website and then collect information on energy efficiency standards, labeling, and testing and measurement procedures for selected energy using appliances from APEC members to update the APEC Energy Standards Information System (ESIS) website (http://www.apec-esis.org/). This step will facilitate the completion of task iii below and will also add value to the ESIS site as an ongoing information resource. ii) Work with the ESIS website manager to ensure the ESIS site has the necessary functionality (e.g., search facilities, data fields, and the ability to export information) in place to assist with the preparation of the matrices described in task iv below. iii) Examine the proportion of economies in the region that have introduced or are planning to introduce standards for these products; how convergent or divergent the energy efficiency standards, labeling, and testing and measurement procedures are among APEC members; and which international standards, including which versions, the economy standards are aligned with. iv) Based on the findings from iii) above, provide a matrix for each selected appliance which demonstrates the proportion of economies in the region that have introduced or are planning to introduce standards for these products; how convergent and divergent energy efficiency standards, labeling, and testing and measurement procedures are among APEC members and which international standards and versions these are aligned with. v) Prepare preliminary report and presentation materials on the findings from the mapping exercise to be presented to the APEC Conference on Standards and Conformance for Green Harmonization and other relevant APEC fora to be held in Sendai, Japan in September 2010. Review feedback received from stakeholders in response to the draft report and make revisions to the report accordingly. vi) Finalize the report with relevant recommendations, including how APEC could help disseminate and increase utilization of Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) through promoting the adoption and alignment of standards, labeling, and testing and measurement procedures in the region. The report should recommend priorities for action, i.e., where to focus efforts to increase the uptake and alignment of standards in the region for the selected appliances. The report needs to be finalised by mid-October so that it can be submitted to APEC Ministers in November. vii) Provide electronic version of the final report by the end of October to the APEC Secretariat as well as the Energy Working Group (EWG)/ Expert Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EGEE&C) Secretariat for dissemination via their respective websites. Objectives of the project - To help reduce business compliance costs of adapting manufacturing processes and in-house testing to widely varying efficiency standards and testing practices across the region, and to achieve energy savings and indirect benefits such as improved productivity and mitigation of climate change impacts in the region by reducing barriers to trade and investment in EGS, specifically energy efficient products.
- By collating the information on energy performance standards, labelling, and testing and measurement procedures, currently adopted by individual APEC members, to identify their gaps for key energy-intensive appliances (such as lighting, air conditioners and refrigerators) across the region, and to provide both good practices and focal points for action for APEC members who have been or will be developing their policies to make energy-efficient products more available in the region. The replication of currently used standards by APEC economies adopting these requirements will further assist convergence of standards. Also, providing both good practices and focal points for action will help facilitate the diffusion of climate friendly and energy efficient technologies that would increase economies’ capabilities to maintain sustainable growth as set out in the EGS Work Programme endorsed by Ministers in 2009.
- To promote trade in energy efficient products by suggesting ways that importers of energy efficient products can be confident of the energy-efficiency of their products.
Inquiries on technical matters may be addressed to: Akihiko Tamura (tamura-akihiko@meti.go.jp), Coucilor for APEC
Eiko Konishi (konishi-eiko@meti.go.jp), Assistant-Director APEC Office, Trade Policy
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8901, Japan Click on the link below to download the full text of this RFP. |
