August, 2011

Shinji Kakuno

Agency for Natural Resources and Energy

METI, Japan

APEC Low-Carbon Model Town Task Force

A Report

1. APEC Low-Carbon Model Town(LCMT) Task

Force Meetings

2. APEC LCMT Project Overview

3. Feasibility Study of the Yujiapu Center Business

District(CBD) Project in Tianjin

4. Concept of the Low-Carbon Town

5. Policy Review

6. The Way Forward

CONTENTS

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1 APEC LCMT Task Force Meeting (1)

Ministers agreed

Launch

Establish

Yujiapu Center Business District Project

Japanese minister proposed

Expand

9th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting (Fukui, Japan, 19 June 2010)

the APEC LCMT Project

a Task Force

as the first case

Energy Efficiency Sub-fund

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1 APEC LCMT Task Force Meeting (2)

Ministers instructed a Task Force

Develop

Provide

Share

Chaired

Attended

Discussed

1st APEC LCMT Task Force Meeting (Tokyo, Japan, 13 July 2010)

9th APEC Energy Ministers’ Meeting (Fukui, Japan, 19 June 2010)

the “Concept of a Low-Carbon Town”

advice on project planning

best practices

by Japan

7 Economies and the Asia Pacific Energy Research Center

“Terms of Reference” and “Criteria for the Project”

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1 APEC LCMT Task Force Meeting (3)

2nd APEC LCMT Task Force Meeting (Vancouver, Canada, 9 May 2011)

Attended: 13 Economies, Lead Shepherd, EGRNET Chair

and the APERC

Reported: on the Feasibility Study and draft Concept of Low

Carbon Town

Discussed:

LCMT Task Force Seminar (Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, 18 October 2011)

13 Economies, Lead Shepherd, EGRNET Chair

and the APERC

the Feasibility Study and draft Concept of Low

Carbon Town

“ Plan of Action for 2011 ” and

“ Idea holding a seminar”

2 LCMT Project Overview

9th ＡＰＥＣ ＥＮＥＲＧＹ MＩＮＩＳＴＥＲＩＡＬ ＭＥＥＴＩＮＧ - June 2010 at Fukui

1st LCMT TASK FORCE GROUP MEETING – July 2010 at Tokyo

ENERGY WORKING GROUP – September-November 2010

[ F/S Report]

OUTCOMES～Sep.2011

[Policy Recommendations][Concept]

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3 Feasibility Study of the Yujiapu CBD project in Tianjin (1)

28 December 2010

18 February 2011

31 August 2011

Approval of Full Project Proposal , “APEC Low-Carbon Model Town (LCMT) Project – Phase 1”

International Open Project Tender on the APEC website

The Contract was signed andthe F/S started in Yujiapu CBD.

F/S report will be finalized.

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Basic data for analysis

Each Mitigation (CO2 saving) Effects

Each Mitigation (CO2 saving) Costs

Quantitative Analysis of

Low-Carbon Development Strategy

Compiling the result of each analysis

3 Feasibility Study of the Yujiapu CBD project in Tianjin (2)

Method Images

Before development

Development（Business as usual)

Low-CO2 building

Low-CO2 building ＋ DHC

Low-CO2 building ＋ DHC ＋ Untapped energy

Low-CO2 building ＋ DHC ＋ Untapped energy

＋ Renewable energy

t-CO2／year

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

Low-CO2 building ＋ DHC ＋ Untapped

energy＋ Renewable energy ＋AEMS

DHC :District Heating & Cooling System

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3 Feasibility Study of the Yujiapu CBD project in Tianjin (3)

AEMS :Area Energy Management System

Total Saving Amount

comments and rewrote the draft (May-Jun.2010)

Study Group A

Developed

Reviewed

4 The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in APEC (1)

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“The Concept of the Low Carbon Town in APEC”

Part 1 of the Concept

Task Force Japan

Prepared preliminary draft

Consists of Japanese experts

= Part 1 + Part 2 + Annex

the draft and Circulated among Task Force (May 2011)

4 The Concept of the Low-Carbon Town in APEC (3)

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Background

Definition of the low carbon town and its Concept

Basic approach to develop low carbon towns

Characterization of town and suitable low carbon measures

Summary

Part1

“The Concept of the Low Carbon Town in APEC”

Study Group B

Conduct

5 Policy Review

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Policy Review

Recommendation for regulatory schemes, economic incentives and other

Regulatory schemes for land use, energy use, utilities supply, etc

Organizational structure

Source of infrastructure investment

Economic incentives

Recommendations (Examples)

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6 The Way Forward

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Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE)

METI, Japan

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August 2011

Shinji Kakuno

Thank you