The Measures - HVAC High Efficiency Systems Strategy

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Summary

The installed base of non-residential HVAC systems in Australia are estimated to:

Consume 9% of electricity produced in Australia and produce more than 3.6% of the total Australian greenhouse gas inventory (>21Mt CO2 pa);
Depending on the building type and use, be responsible for between 40% and 60% of all energy used in non-residential buildings;
On average create more than 55% of electrical demand recorded in CBD buildings during peak demand periods;
Involve cooling towers that consume billions of litres of water per annum across Australia;
Service approximately 120 million m2 of buildings, are part of an industry worth about $7 billion per annum and employing at least 95,000 people.

A ten year strategy designed to improve the energy performance of HVAC systems was commissioned by the Equipment Energy Efficiency committee.

The resulting strategy has received widespread industry and stakeholder endorsement and has a target of improving the energy efficiency of the installed base of systems by 20% over the life of the strategy. If that target is achieved it would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 4Mt pa and save as much as $350 million in energy costs pa.

The strategy that has been designed addresses many non-technical barriers to efficiency while identifying and promoting highly efficient technical solutions, systems optimisation processes and creating the environment in which energy efficiency gains are valued, measurable and sustainable.

More than 20 separate but complimentary measures are proposed across eight priority areas, grouped under three broad strategic initiatives.

This page last modified 17 November 2009