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Project No. |
EWG 18 2013A
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Project Title |
APEC Low Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Project, Phase 4
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Project Status |
Completed Project
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Publication (if any) |
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Fund Account |
APEC Support Fund
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Sub-fund |
ASF: Energy Efficiency
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Project Year |
2013
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Project Session |
Session 3
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APEC Funding |
719,603
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Co-funding Amount |
125,201
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Total Project Value |
844,804
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Sponsoring Forum |
Energy Working Group (EWG)
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Topics |
Energy
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Committee |
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
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Other Fora Involved |
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Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved |
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Proposing Economy(ies) |
Japan
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Co-Sponsoring Economies |
Canada; China; Korea; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; United States
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Expected Start Date |
01/01/2014
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Expected Completion Date |
31/12/2014
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Project Proponent Name 1 |
Shinichi Kihara
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Job Title 1 |
Director, International Affairs Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
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Organization 1 |
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
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Postal Address 1 |
1-3-1 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8931, Japan
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Telephone 1 |
81-3 35010598
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Fax 1 |
Not Applicable
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Email 1 |
Not Applicable
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Project Proponent Name 2 |
Not Applicable
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Job Title 2 |
Not Applicable
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Organization 2 |
Not Applicable
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Postal Address 2 |
Not Applicable
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Telephone 2 |
Not Applicable
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Fax 2 |
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Email 2 |
kihara-shinichi@meti.go.jp; nagatani-shobu@meti.go.jp; munekane-terumi@meti.go.jp
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Declaration |
Shinichi Kihara
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Project Summary |
The LCMT Project Phase 4 seeks to promote low-carbon town developments in order to manage rapidly growing energy consumption especially in residential or industrial areas of the APEC region. The key activities are; 1) to assess real low-carbon town development projects both technical and policy sides and 2) to refine the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region”. The refinement of the “Concept” will be conducted by Study Group A. Feasibility study will be conducted by qualified urban design consultants, while policy review of the selected low-carbon development project will be conducted by Study Group B. Both Study groups will be formed by the experts from interested member economies and relevant APEC Expert Groups. The nomination of low-carbon town development is on voluntary basis. A low-carbon town development project will be selected for feasibility study and policy reviews through the APEC Energy Working Group. |
Relevance |
This project directly responds to the declaration at the 9th APEC Energy Ministers Meeting, held in Fukui, Japan on 19 June 2010, where they discussed low-carbon paths to energy security, which also provide cooperative energy solutions for a sustainable APEC as well as growth strategies. Among several messages, they noted that the introduction of low-carbon technologies in city planning to boost energy efficiency and reduce fossil energy use is vital to manage rapidly growing energy consumption in urban areas of APEC. In this context, APEC Energy Ministers have agreed to launch an “APEC Low-Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Project” to present successful models for coordinated usage of advanced low-carbon technologies. This project is considered as one of the priority projects for APEC.
In the APEC Leaders declaration in November 2011, in Yokohama, Japan, it is clearly written that they will create low-carbon communities in the region.
Central and local government officials as well as municipal officials in the emerging economies in the APEC region have been recently getting interested in making towns in their economies low-carbon. However, they lack the experience of systematic planning and assessment of low-carbon development. This is probably due to the fact that their economies have quickly developed in recent years and also urgent concerns of municipality officials are to alleviate urban problems such as traffic congestion, air/water pollution, waste management, recycling of used water, etc. other than low-carbon development. As such, they require some level of technical assistance for systematic planning and realization of low-carbon town development. It includes setting quantitative low-carbon targets, selecting the most appropriate set of low-carbon measures considering the characteristics of the intended town, and evaluating the effects of low-carbon measures adopted.
In the LCMT Project Phase 1, the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region”, which is intended as a guidebook for the government as well as municipality officials responsible for low-carbon town development, was successfully developed. Feasibility Study and Policy Review were also successfully conducted for Yujiapu Central Business District (CBD) low-carbon development project in Tianjin, China.
The LCMT Phase 2 including Feasibility Study and Policy Review at Samui Island and the refinement of the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region” was also successfully conducted.
The LCMT Phase 3 is in the process of finalisation, which includes Feasibility Study and Policy Review at Da Nang, Viet Nam focused at the redevelopment of existing districts, and the refinement of the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region”.
It was endorsed by Low-Carbon Model Town Task Force and Energy Working Group that the low-carbon development plan at San Borja, Peru is the case for the LCMT Phase 4. In Phase 4, main focus will be “residential area development”, which was not fully covered by previous phases.
It is important to further refine the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region” so that best practices and real world experiences of low-carbon town development across the APEC region can be shared among APEC economies, as well as the study on indicators to evaluate low-carbon towns can be incorporated. It is also essential to conduct Feasibility Study and Policy Review for the San Borja low-carbon development project and share the outcomes of this LCMT Project including Feasibility Study and Policy Review reports. These activities are expected to facilitate not only the progress of San Borja low-carbon town development, but also the progress of low-carbon development in the APEC region as a whole. |
Objectives |
The APEC region is at a critical point in the development of its cities. Both urbanization and economic growth are taking place rapidly in the APEC region, especially in developing APEC economies. If nothing is done, these rapidly growing cities may develop along the energy-intensive and emission-intensive path common in some of the newer cities of APEC’s industrialized economies. Once built, these new developments will lock their inhabitants into an emission-intensive lifestyle that could endure for decades. On the other hand, with appropriate assistance, these cities could develop into attractive low-carbon communities, similar to Singapore, Portland (USA), etc. This project seeks to help provide the needed assistance.
The key objectives of the project are:
1) To further refine “the Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region”, that provides a basic idea of the APEC Low-Carbon Town, effective approaches to develop it in various areas, and a variety of measures of reducing CO2;
2) To provide Feasibility Study and Policy Review focusing on San Borja , Peru which was selected for LCMT Project Phase 4, by checking CO2 reduction goals in settled section, verifying how to develop attractive and innovative low-carbon development plan by feasibility studies, and making recommendation on low-carbon measures by policy reviews; and
3) To share best practices and real-world experiences of low-carbon development with planners and policy makers throughout the APEC region. |
Alignment |
Regarding APEC’s key priorities, the APEC leaders’ Growth Strategy adopted at their 2010 Yokohama meeting, call for APEC to achieve five growth attributes, namely, balanced, inclusive, sustainable, innovative and secure growth. Two of these directly apply to EWG activities. For Sustainable Growth, the leaders discussed that APEC needs to encourage new green industries and jobs, and help establish a low-carbon society in which we maintain economic growth while protecting the environment. For Innovative Growth, the leaders discussed how APEC needs to adopt policies that foster the enabling environment for innovative growth that will be increasingly crucial for future prosperity. They specifically mentioned the need for innovation in new products and services that can enhance progress on critical global issues, including the environment and energy. APEC LCMT Project Phase 4 will thus serve as one of the key building blocks of the APEC Growth Strategy.
Furthermore, at the Leaders’ meeting in 2011 in Honolulu, readers adopted “Honolulu Declarations” which committed to “address both the region’s economic and environmental challenges by speeding the transition toward a global low-carbon economy in a way that enhances energy security and creates new sources of economic growth and employment” and to “incorporate low-emissions development strategies into our economic growth plans and leverage APEC to push forward this agenda, including through the Low-Carbon Model Town and other projects” to promote green growth goals.
Regarding Medium Term Working Plan of the Energy Working Group, this LCMT Project is listed as the Low-Carbon Energy related project according to the Energy Minister’s instruction at the EMM-9 making the LCMT Task Force (TF) conducting the feasibility studies to encourage creation of low-carbon communities in urban development plans and sharing best practices for making such communities a reality.
This LCMT project is related to “Promoting greater alignment in regulatory approaches including through regulatory coherence, technical regulation”, “Environment goods and services” and “Investment” in the Rank1 of the “Funding Criteria for All APEC-Funded Project in 2013”. |
TILF/ASF Justification |
This project will assist the capacity building in the developing economy selected as the case for the Feasibility Study and Policy Review. The relevant government agency of the developing economy will be engaged by closely collaborating with APERC in preparing the energy data for the Feasibility Study, background information required for Policy Review, etc. The Feasibility Study report and the Policy Review report on San Borja low-carbon project will facilitate capacity building of relevant government and municipality officials for overall low-carbon town planning processes and policy-related issues.
Other APEC developing economies will be also benefitted by learning best practices through dispatching their experts to Study Groups A and B, and participating in LCMT TF meeting. Experts from developing economies under study group A will visit low-carbon development projects in the APEC region and find out the characteristics of each project. Experts under study group B will visit San Borja and identify the political measures to promote low-carbon development project. Through these activities, experts from developing economies can learn best practices which might be applicable to their own economies. In addition, both the Feasibility Study and the Policy Review are specific to the intended low-carbon town project, however, the reports of the Feasibility Study and the Policy Review will also support capacity building for government and municipality officials in other APEC developing economies, since they can refer to these reports and apply them, if appropriate, to their own economies. For this purpose, we are planning to hold LCMT TF meetings along with EWG meetings (EWG47 and 48) for dissemination as we have already done with a great success in Phase 1, 2 and 3. |
Beneficiaries and Outputs |
Three reports will be published as the outputs of this project: “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC Region”, Feasibility Study and Policy Review which includes Recommendations towards the effective implementation of LCT development project at the selected town. At the first phase, the Yujiapu Central Business District Development Project in Tianjin, China was examined with the focus on green field development from scratch. Samui Island in Thailand was analysed as the case of rural resort area development at the second phase of LCMT project. In the third phase, main focus was the redevelopment dealing with existing urban districts. The fourth phase will focus on the residential area development, which was not fully covered by previous phases.
The most obvious beneficiaries of the Phase 4 of LCMT Project will be the local government officials in San Borja and the planners of the San Borja low-carbon development project, who will gain valuable advice on how to design an attractive and innovative low-carbon development project. The Feasibility Study could provide specific guidance on the selection of mitigation measures in building, electricity supply, transport sector, etc. based on the analysis that will be provided of CO2 reductions and investment costs for each of the measures. The Feasibility Study can also be used as a checklist for what needs to be done in each phase of the project, including planning, design, construction and operation. Local governments can use this same information to track the implementation of the low-carbon town development project. The project outputs will be beneficial not only for San Borja local government officials, but also for the central government officials in promoting low-carbon town development elsewhere in Peru.
This project is basically intended to provide guidance to anyone who may be involved in the design of urban development projects, including government officials and planners throughout the APEC region. They will benefit both from the guidebook “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town”, and from the example of the San Borja low-carbon town development including the results of the Feasibility Study and the policy recommendations made through the Policy Review. All the findings and outcome of the project will be shared at the LCMT Task Force meetings and through the website, which allows government officials and other relevant stakeholders to know appropriate measures toward low-carbon town development.
The indicator to evaluate low-carbon towns which is now under consideration will be used to monitor the progress of implementation of possible measures proposed in Feasibility Study and Policy Review. |
Dissemination |
It is planned to make 100 copies of revised “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in APEC region” and summary of Feasibility Study Report of San Borja each. The “Concept”, Feasibility Study Report and its Policy Review will be published on the APEC and APERC websites.
The target audience are the local government officials in San Borja and the planners of the San Borja low-carbon development project as well as central government officials responsible for low-carbon town development in Peru.
The government officials across the APEC region, who are responsible for low-carbon town development in their economies, are also the target audience of this project.
There is no intention to sell these outputs. |
Gender |
A number of women have been participating in all aspects of LCMT Phase 1 Project.
A number of women participated in the first and second meeting of the LCMT Project Task Force, held on 13 July 2010 in Tokyo and on 9 May 2011 in Vancouver, Canada respectively. A number of women also participated in the site visits which were made by Study Group A in June 2011. In addition, a number of women participated in the LCMT workshop in October 2011, where participants shared knowledge on best practice of low-carbon town development.
We had many female participants in the LCMT Phase 2 and 3 as well. And we will continue to encourage women as well as men to get actively involved in the LCMT Phase 4.
It is worth noting that women in traditionally designed cities are dependent on automobile transportation, and are often required to spend many hours a week chauffeuring children to various activities. Better city design would put many activities for children within a short distance of home. Walking to children’s activities would be healthier for mothers accompanying small children, while older children could walk, bicycle, or use public transportation on their own. Women with children will benefit more from the lower energy costs, energy saving, travel time saving, etc. that low-carbon town planning would bring.
Both men and women should benefit more or less equally from the mitigation of climate change and the more pleasant lifestyles that large-scale adoption of low-carbon town planning would bring. We know of no disadvantages that low-carbon city planning would have for women. |
Work Plan |
LCMT TF, which was established in response to the Energy Minister’s instructions in their Fukui Declaration, takes the role of an advisory body for the project. The TF will generally meet in conjunction with EWG meetings and will report its activities to the APEC Energy Working Group (EWG). The TF will explore collaboration with other APEC Project including Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI).
The Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) will coordinate the whole work of the LCMT Phase 4 project as a designated executant- under the directions of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI, Japan (Project Overseer).
During the first phase targeting the green field, we identified a set of measures towards a low-carbon town. We have learned that the approach to a low-carbon town would vary according to the characteristics of towns, and that it is important to take into account the existing local culture and the life style of local people, by focusing on the development of rural resort area during the Phase 2 and the redevelopment during the Phase 3. Building upon these experiences, the Phase 4 project, by dealing with the residential area development, will allow us to enlarge our understanding on the various paths and measures toward a low-carbon town.
In addition, we will work on the new activities to study on indicators to evaluate low-carbon towns including the cases of Feasibility Study in the previous phases.
LCMT Project has three pillars: Concept of the Low-Carbon Town, Feasibility Study, and Policy Review. It is important to note that “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town” is an ongoing activity that will continually be refined over the multi-year life of the project. Feasibility Study and Policy Review will be prepared separately for each selected town.
As were the cases of LCMT Phase 1, 2 and 3, the following three activities will be conducted with the participation of experts from APEC member economies.
i) Refinement of “the Concept of the Low-Carbon Town”
The initial version of “The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region” was developed by LCMT TF based on the draft prepared by Study Group A consisting of experts, and it was distributed to EWG members at the 43rd EWG meeting in March 2012. It will be further refined to be a more useful guidebook for planners who wish to implement low-carbon urban design. The Study on indicators to evaluate low-carbon towns will be also carried out with a view to incorporate the results of the study into the Concept. An active involvement in the task-shared activity by many APEC economies is expected in the LCMT Phase 4.
The Study Group A will proceed according to the following steps under the coordination of APERC.
Step 1: Study Group A will be formed by the experts from interested member economies, relevant APEC Expert Groups and relevant international organizations such as IEA, taking into consideration their experiences, expertises.
Step 2: Study Group A will visit several planned or on-going low-carbon development projects in the APEC region to collect relevant information, probably in June - July 2014.
Step 3: Study Group A will further refine the Concept through studying best practices being implemented in those projects and elsewhere.
Step 4: The report on refined “Concept” will be circulated to the TF for their review.
Step 5: The report on refined “Concept” will be presented to 48th EWG (in 2014) for their consideration.
ii) Feasibility Study
It was endorsed by Energy Working Group that the low-carbon development plan at San Borja is the case for the Phase 4 of the LCMT Project. The Feasibility Study of the San Borja low-carbon development project will be conducted by a qualified urban planning consultant according to the following steps. The consultant for conducting feasibility study will be selected by an international open tender in January 2014.
Step 1: Develop a high-level vision (February-March 2014)
Step 2: Define the CO2 reduction target of the low-carbon town (March-July 2014)
Step 3: Prepare a Low-Carbon Guideline for categories of low-carbon design challenges (March-July 2014)
Step 4: Select CO2 reduction measures in each design category (April-August 2014)
Step 5: Analyze CO2 reductions and costs for the selected design measures (July-October 2014)
Step 6: Prepare Feasibility Study Report (November-December 2014)
The consultant will start by describing a high-level vision of how the San Borja low-carbon development project could best be made a model of low-carbon town design. This should include specific target for CO2 emissions. The consultant will then provide guidelines for how to achieve this target. The consultant will then select appropriate set of CO2 reduction measures in line with the characteristics of the intended project. Finally, the consultant will analyze the effects of their proposed low-carbon measures in terms of both CO2 emission savings and costs. The consultant summarizes the overall CO2 emission savings and costs of the measures, assuming the strategy is implemented.
A consultant will be selected through a competitive tender in line with the APEC Project Guidebook.
The start of the Feasibility Study is expected early February 2014. Progress of the Feasibility Study will be reported at 47th and 48th EWG meeting in 2014. The draft report will be reviewed by the LCMT TF and the final report of F/S will be completed by the end of 2014.
APERC takes a role of a project coordinator in charge of time management of the whole F/S works.
iii) Policy Review
Policy Review of the San Borja low-carbon development project will be made by Study Group B, in which interested member economies/Expert Groups participate, taking into consideration their experiences, expertises. An active involvement in the task-shared activity by many APEC economies is expected in the LCMT Phase 4. Study Group B will assess policy issues such as:
. What kinds of regulatory schemes are appropriate for development and realization of low-carbon towns?
. How should central and local government enhance policy coordination to promote low-carbon development?
. What kinds of economic incentives can be used?
. What kind of policy framework should be established to facilitate investment for the required infrastructure?
The assessment should be project-specific, taking into account the economy’s governmental, legal, and regulatory structure; geography, financial resources, etc. Study Group B should work with the consultants who are doing on the Feasibility Study to identify potential barriers to implementation of suggested low-carbon measures, and recommend policies that should overcome them.
Study Group B will proceed according to the following steps under the coordination of APERC:
Step 1: Study Group B will be formed by the experts from interested member economies, relevant APEC expert groups and relevant international organizations such as IEA under the coordination by APERC;
Step 2: Study Group B will visit San Borja for a peer review of its low-carbon development policies in around September 2014, and the group will meet with both central and local government officials as well as stakeholders;
Step 3: Study Group B will prepare a draft Policy Review report of their findings, including recommended policy improvements;
Step 4: The report, including recommended policy improvements, will be presented to the developer of the San Borja low-carbon development project as well as to economy and local government authorities for their consideration.
Step 5: The draft Policy Review report will be presented to the TF for their consideration.
Step 6: The progress will be explained at the EWG meeting in 2014. The draft policy report will be presented to the EWG members for their consideration.
Taking advantage of every opportunity including EWG meetings, LCMT TF meetings, LCMT Workshops and EWG Expert meetings, we will make presentations on the project progress and incorporated feedback from member economies in the work plan for LCMT Phase 4. |
Risks |
The key risks of this project are:
a) The refinement of "the Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in APEC region” is not up to expectation in quality. APERC, as an executant of this project, will avoid this risk by encouraging members of Study Group A to make positive contributions to the work, for example, providing best low-carbon measures in practice in their economies.
b) The Feasibility Study report of the San Borja low-carbon development project is ineffective. PO and APERC as an executant of this project will avoid this risk by contributing the selecting process of a qualified consultant who not only has expertise in various low-carbon measures and technologies, but also has a deep understanding of the selected project, through a competitive tender. PO and APERC will also monitor the progress of implementation of LCMT Project periodically.
c) Necessary energy related data to conduct Feasibility Study is lacking. APERC will closely work with the relevant government agency, and ask them to prepare and provide the necessary energy data for Feasibility Study in a timely manner.
d) Policy Review report of the San Borja low-carbon development project is ineffective.
APERC will avoid this risk by closely communicating with relevant agency to provide necessary background information required for Policy Review. |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
PO and APERC will be monitoring the progress of the project on a regular basis, and will take appropriate action in the event that progress is not satisfactory. The LCMT TF will also be monitoring the overall progress of the project and can recommend appropriate changes to the project plan if results are not of the expected quality. The schedule of Study Group A and B and the preparation of draft reports will be used as an indicator to monitor if the project is on track or not. The number of attendants to the possible LCMT Workshop, where outcomes of LCMT Phase 4 Project are to be presented, will be used as an indicator to assess whether the project is successful or not in terms of knowledge sharing. These outcomes will be reviewed by the EWG members and posted on APEC and APERC websites. APERC website hits will be logged as another indicator to show the project is successful or not.
The quality of the Concept will be measured by the number of refined points based upon the new findings through site visits by Study Group A.
The quality of Feasibility Study will be measured by its clear set of CO2 emissions reduction targets with direct as well as indirect indicators, and its carbon reduction measures with their quantitative contributions to CO2 reductions. The quality of Policy Review will be measured by the number of policy recommendations covering wide range of policy issues in the intended low-carbon town. For example, in the case of Phase 1 at the Yujiapu CBD low-carbon development project, the CO2 reduction target in 2035 is 50% and 32 recommendations were made in total covering CO2 reduction goals for the transportation system, underground space, regional cooling and heating supply systems, energy saving buildings, energy efficiency management systems, etc.
The quality of Feasibility Study report and the Policy Review report will also be measured by collecting feedback from the relevant government and municipality officials in the intended town. For example, Yujiapu Central Business District Development Project in Tianjin, China, the case of the Phase 1 project, is now in the process of implementation.
The indicator to evaluate low-carbon towns which is now under consideration will be used to assess and to promote the implementation of possible measures proposed in Feasibility Study and Policy Review. |
Linkages |
APERC will keep in contact with Chairpersons of relevant APEC fora, such as EGEE&C, EGNRET to ensure that we are making full use of their resources and not duplicating any of their activities. In the report of “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region”, low-carbon town related activities conducted by other APEC fora were incorporated as a useful reference, such as “APEC Workshop on Policies that Promote Energy Efficiency in Transport (WPPEET)”, the publication titled “Renewable Energy for Urban Application in the APEC Region” prepared by EWG/EGNRET, “APEC Smart Grid Initiatives” and APEC green building project by SCSC.
LCMT Project is unique in the way that towns are targeted in the efforts of reducing CO2 emissions. In the past, improving energy efficiency and introduction of renewable energy have been pursued as economy wide or sector by sector basis. However, targeting towns will be very effective to manage rapidly growing energy consumption due to urbanization and resulting increase in CO2 emissions. A key element of successful low-carbon town development is to set numerical CO2 emissions target and identify the most appropriate set of low-carbon measures in a coordinated manner, considering the unique characteristics of the towns including population, economic capability, level of infrastructure, land usage pattern, etc. In this sense, there is no previous work on which this LCMT project builds on. However, previous works on energy efficiency and introduction of renewable energy conducted by relevant APEC fora is used as a reference.
Regarding this LCMT Project, so far, we have developed feasibility study and policy review reports on the Yujiapu Central Business District low-carbon development project in Tianjin, China and Samui Island low-carbon development project, and compiled “the Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region” documents in the first and the second edition through the Phase 1 and Phase 2 projects.
During the first phase targeting the green field, we identified a set of measures towards a low-carbon town. We have learned that the approach to a low-carbon town would vary according to the characteristics of towns, and that it is important to take into account the existing local culture and the life style of local people, by focusing on the development of rural resort area during the Phase 2 and the redevelopment during the Phase 3. Building upon these experiences, the Phase 4 project, by dealing with the residential area development, will allow us to enlarge our understanding on the various paths and measures toward a low-carbon town. By examining San Borja low-carbon development plan, as a residential urban area whose population and economic activities are expected to grow continuously, the methodology of low-carbon town development in residential area such as civic engagement can be identified. In addition, we will work on the new activities to study on indicators to evaluate low-carbon towns.
APEC is the only forum where leaders, ministers and working level government officials in the Asia-Pacific region share knowledge and coordinate activities on a broad range of issues related to economic growth and sustainability. As such, APEC is the most appropriate forum to study the many issues involved in implementing low-carbon towns, and to promote the implementation of the findings made in the LCMT Project.
As discussed in the question 1 above, the Central and local government officials as well as municipal officials in the emerging economies in the APEC region have been recently getting interested in making towns in their economies low-carbon. However, they lack the experience of systematic planning and assessment of low-carbon development and require some level of technical assistance for systematic planning and realization of low-carbon town development. Since this project is planning to resolve these problems of developing economies, the APEC Support Fund is the most suitable source of fund among APEC funds. |
Sustainability |
The intention of this Low-Carbon Model Town Project is to provide real-life model towns that will be viewed as good examples of low-carbon town development planning. These towns will last for many decades, and they will be open for anyone to see. The towns themselves are, therefore, likely to be the most enduring legacy of this project. If these towns are successful, they will attract the attention of urban planners and policymakers throughout the world, who will visit them, hear about them from each other, and read about them in professional and popular publications.
These people will naturally want to replicate the success of the Low-Carbon Towns in their own communities, and so the concept will spread. In this event, the reports produced by the project—the guidebook “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town”, the Feasibility Studies, and the Policy Review Reports —will be available on the APEC and APERC website to provide guidance on how it is done. Everyone involved with the project, including the experts from many economies who served on the Study Group A and B and in the Feasibility Study, are potentially available to assist with further efforts.
On 18 October 2011, LCMT workshop was held in conjunction with EWG 42 meeting, in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. The “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town”, outcomes of Yujiapu CBD Feasibility Study and its Policy Review were presented. More than 160 delegates from member economies and experts including municipal officials attended the workshop, and lively discussions were made about the way how low-carbon town development should proceed. In a similar way, possible LCMT workshop is planned to be held at EWG meeting where outcomes of LCMT Phase 4 be presented to the EWG participants.
Actually, the Phase 1 Feasibility Study report targeted at the Yujiapu Central Business District developed project is now used as a basic low-carbon town development guideline in Tianjin, China. The experiences by member economies including China in using as a reference the documents elaborated in this project are shared at the APEC related meetings including EWG and LCMT TF will contribute to the improvement of the works in the Phase 4.
Following up to see how the Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in the APEC region, the Feasibility Study and the Policy Review are being used by San Borja municipality and Peru government officials, as well as municipality and government officials in other APEC member economies, will be made at the occasions of EWG meetings, LCMT TF, APEC Expert Meetings and the APERC Annual Conference, etc. Site visits by Study Group A will also be a good opportunity to follow-up to see how these LCMT outputs are being used in those economies. |
Project Overseers |
The Project Overseer is Mr. Shinichi Kihara, Director, International Affairs Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
The main points of contact responsible for this project are as follows,
Ms. Terumi Munekane of METI, in charge of general supervision:
Mr. Goichi Komori of APERC, in charge of project coordination and monitoring. |
Cost Efficiency |
This project is well organised in an efficient way by being composed of three pillars which complement each other: Concept of the Low-Carbon Town, Feasibility Study and Policy Review.
In the past, a number of studies and research projects have been conducted by EGEE&C and EGNRET on energy efficiency and renewable energy with a focus on technologies. These have helped provide APEC policy makers with an understanding of the range of proven options for energy efficiency and renewable energy sector by sector basis. On the other hand, this LCMT project offers maximum value to APEC through providing practical assessment of real-life urban development projects underway in the APEC region, as well as developing the “Concept of the Low-Carbon Town”. The Feasibility Study will provide local government officials, municipality officials, and the developer with a clear assessment of the most appropriate combination of low-carbon measures to achieve the CO2 reduction targets. The Policy Review will provide them with recommendations on comprehensive policies to overcome potential barriers to implementation of suggested low-carbon measures. The “Concept” will be helpful to support them as a useful guidebook for an overall planning of low-carbon towns. These activities directly facilitate the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in the APEC region.
To maximize the cost-efficient use of resources, the project will seek to involve the experts who were engaged in the past EWG projects mentioned above into the activity of Study Group A and B. These experts from member economies will be requested to provide input from diversified perspectives, drawing on the results of previous studies and research projects.
In order to visit the various types of low-carbon towns at the lowest cost, it is planned to visit at least three cities during one trip by Study Group A. Possible cities include: Cebu Island (The Philippines), Surabaya (Indonesia) and Auckland (New Zealand). One of the main tasks of Study Group A is to learn knowledge and lessons from the experiences of developed economies.
Policy Review of the intended low-carbon development project introduces the method of APEC PREE, which APEC Energy Ministers commended as useful mechanism to promote energy efficiency. As APERC has an experience of planning and implementing 11 peer reviews on energy efficiency policy so far, APERC will be able to contribute to the efficient and effective implementation of Policy Review of the San Borja low-carbon development project.
Project Overseer will request for nomination of experts who would participate in Study Group A and Study Group B to all EWG members and expect that each volunteer economy recommend an appropriate expert.
In order to conduct the Feasibility Study in a cost-efficient way, a consultant will be selected through the international open bid. The consultant will first develop a Low-Carbon Development (LCD) Strategy for San Borja low-carbon town development project. The LCD Strategy describes a high-level vision of how San Borja low-carbon town development project could best be made a model of low-carbon town design. This includes specific targets for CO2 emissions, and perhaps other measures of environmental sustainability considering the low-carbon plan of the central and local government of Peru. The consultant will then provide guidelines for how these targets might be achieved for categories of low-carbon town design challenges such as building, energy supply, energy management, transportation, renewable energy, untapped energy, waste management, water supply, etc. The consultant then will identify specific measures in these categories, and analyze the effects of the proposed measures in terms of both CO2 emission savings and costs. Finally, the consultant will summarize the overall CO2 emission savings and costs of the measures, assuming the strategy is implemented. The necessary expense is estimated as follows:
- Prepare necessary data US$50,000
- Prepare a Low-Carbon Strategy for San Borja low-carbon town development project US$ 190,000
- Analyze CO2 reductions and costs for the selected design measures US$ 310,000
- Prepare a report US$ 50,000
Total: US$600,000.
All these report developed through this phase 4 project will be sent to the APEC Secretariat to be reviewed if these publications are conform to the APEC guideline at the draft stage. |
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We would like to request a waiver for LCMT Phase 4. This waiver allows low-carbon energy experts who are government employees from non-travel eligible economies to receive air fare/accommodation/per diem expenses. They would play an important role in sharing experiences and knowledge of energy efficiency during the peer review.
We would also like to request a waiver for the payment of the expenses for the field trips which are the indispensable elements for the implementation of the project. |
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