An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop

Taking into consideration the huge potentials to retrofit existing urban energy systems into sustainable ones, and continuous urbanization particularly in our DMCs in Asia-Pacific - it is estimated that 75 percent of the urban infrastructure that will exist by mid-century, there is huge opportunity to shape more energy and resource-efficient cities to avoid the worst effects of climate change, and at the same time, to make our cities more livable. Increasingly, it became evident that the potentials of low-carbon buildings are critical in decarbonizing cities. Passive building design, energy-efficient, and clean energy-based cooling, district energy and distributed energy systems, green and sustainable building materials, building insulation enhancement, water-saving through smart faucets and rainwater re-use in buildings, and other measures that enable zero-emission buildings demonstrated significant benefits, thus, drew tremendous attention.

Furthermore, the importance of Multi Energy Systems (MES) including district energy as a solution for sustainable urban energy is increasingly being recognized globally, including during LPAA events since COP21, in the European Union Heating and Cooling Strategy, in China’s 13th Five-Year Plan, in India’s Cooling Action Plan, and through the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program (K-CEP) where District Cooling is recognized as a not-in- kind solution for HFC phase-down.

This deep dive workshop aims to unlock these potentials and mainstream sustainable energy and building solutions while making our cities more livable.