Update:April 1, 2010

Summary of CTI Workshop-1

September 18-26, 1999
Yokkaichi City, Japan

Working Together to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The Capacity Building Working Group of the Climate Technology Initiative (CTI) convened an Energy Efficiency Workshop at the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT) In Mie Prefecture, Japan, from September 18 - 26, 1999. Supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and co-sponsored by the Governments of Japan, Germany, and the United States. ICETT implemented and hosted the workshop at their training facility in Yokkalchi City. Fifteen industry and government participants from five nations with developing economies - China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand - attended. In addition, energy efficiency experts from Japan, Germany, and the United States participated as lecturers.

The mission of CTI, which is comprised of OECD member countries and the European Commission, is "to promote the objective of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (U.N. FCCC) by fostering international cooperation for accelerated development and diffusion of climate-friendly technologies and practices for all activities and greenhouse gases." CTI convened its workshop at ICETT in October 1998, and its workshop in the United States in April 1999.

The next workshop is currently planned for December 1999 in Germany. In Japan, both workshops targeted developing economies in Asia; the U.S. workshop focused on Latin American nations and the workshop in Germany will focus on European nations with economies in transition.

The objectives of the September 1999 ICETT Energy Efficiency Workshop were:

• 1) create an enhanced understanding of global climate issues and energy policies;
• 2) transfer information about process specific and cross cutting industrial energy efficiency technologies;
• 3) acquire new skills and tools to implement energy conserving measures;
• 4) develop a motivation to act, with concrete plans for future actions;
• 5) share workshop conclusions with delegates to the U.N. FCCC Fifth Conference of Parties (COP5), Bonn, Germany;
• 6) have participants make recommendations for improvements in future technology transfer activities.

The Workshop was divided into four components. The first component focused on energy efficiency policies, programs, and trends in Japan, Germany and the United States. In addition, the participants presented a country study report on current and future activities in their own countries. The second component focused on industrial energy efficiency technologies in the steel, cement, paper, chemical, and power generation industries. In addition, cross cutting energy efficient technologies regarding cooling, compressed alr, heat recovery, furnaces, motors, boilers and power production were covered in detail. Site visits to the Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and the Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc (Kawagoe Power Plant) augmented lectures and discussion sessions. The third component of the workshop focused on tools and information systems. These sessions included life cycle assessment, internet resources, and pinch analysis problem solving. In the fourth and final part of the workshop, participants developed
individual objectives for future energy efficiency activities in their organizations and also developed overall conclusions about energy efficiency.