The electricity demand in the South Asia region has consistently grown by more than five percent annually, with projections suggesting it will more than double by 2050. Meeting this need will require countries on their net zero journey, the “Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge” requires countries to “double the global average annual rate of energy efficiency improvements from around 2% to over 4% every year until 2030.” India is on the path to reduce emission intensity of its economy by 45% by 2030. As per IEA’s Sustainable Development Scenario, energy efficiency has the potential to abate 40% of the emissions by 2040.
Key Interventions
- Energy Efficient building design
- Construction and retrofit Scaling-up low carbon comfort cooling solutions
- Utility demand response & flexibility through Grid-Interactive net zero buildings
- Energy efficiency standards and labeling of appliances
- Benchmarking and sector-specific plan for energy efficiency in industries
Key Achievements
- Indian Railways EE Policy & Action Plan adopted
- Tender for EE Audit of >1100 IR Buildings
- Super ECBC in 05 New Station Tenders
- Tenders for 20,000 Super-efficient AC
- 400+ Indian Railway Officials trained
- LC4 Launched