Energy Efficient Strategies (EES) provides policy development, technical and economic support for the development and implementation of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. EES provides specialist skills in the area of residential energy use, for both appliances and building shells and has considerable experience in the area of commercial and industrial equipment. EES staff have extensive experience in the development, implementation and maintenance of various energy information programs, particularly those related to energy labelling. EES also specialises in the development and impact assessment of energy efficiency standards for appliances, equipment and buildings.

EES has extensive international experience and contacts in the field of energy policy. In particular, EES is an acknowledged world expert in the area of energy labelling and MEPS for appliances and equipment. EES staff also have extensive Australian and international experience in the development of test procedures and standards for the measurement of energy consumption and performance for appliances and equipment. EES staff are certified users of NatHERS software for house energy rating in Australia and have extensive experience in modelling household heating and cooling energy requirements using both NatHERS software and the First Rate software developed by Energy Efficiency Victoria.

EES staff have experience in the planning of supply side resources for utilities and combining demand side and supply side requirements of utilities into an integrated resource plan. EES staff also have extensive experience in the assessment and planning for renewable energy sources.

EES's in house expertise includes such aspects as the assessment of data requirements, data analysis, market impact analysis, customer's needs and utility objectives. EES also has a high level of expertise in the handling and analysis of large information databases as well as extensive experience in development of complex spreadsheet models for energy forecasting, stock modelling and economic analysis for appliances, equipment and buildings. EES has extensive experience in analysing end use data to develop advisory or customer information programs. EES holds extensive databases on the energy and performance characteristics of appliance and equipment models sold in Australian and international markets.

EES can work both as an independent consultant or with other consulting groups on a consortium basis for larger projects. Provision of specialist services such as marketing or market research field staff can be provided through associated consulting groups.

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• Revision of Australian Standards and energy labelling regulations for all major household appliances and assistance in the development of the national energy labelling program, including technical support for the current review of the Australian appliance energy label, for Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) and National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (NAEEEC) and state governments - ongoing since 1993.

• Technical Adviser to Australian Greenhouse Office and NAEEEC on development and implementation of Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Household Appliances and commercial and industrial equipment in Australia, including regulatory support and advice - ongoing since 1993.

• Key technical adviser to AGO and NAEEEC during 1999/2000 in the recently concluded negotiations which finalised new energy efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers in Australia for 2004.

• Implications For Space Conditioning In Class 1 Buildings In Victoria Of Improved Building Shell Performance. Project exploring the cost differences associated with the purchase, installation and operation of various forms of heating and cooling equipment needed to provide equivalent energy service to a 5 star and a 2 star version of the same house configuration in Victoria, for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria, with Global Energy Services, mid 2001.

• Greening Whitegoods - an analysis of GfK appliance sales data to assess energy consumption and performance trends of major household appliances in the Australian market from 1993 to 1999, March 2001. Examines in detail the sales weighted trend for major appliances (refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, clothes dryers and dishwashers) in Australia. (from 1995 ongoing).

• Impact of overshadowing by new housing development on the energy efficiency of existing housing, project involved extensive modelling using the NatHERS based "First Rate", for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria, completed early 2000.

• Development and maintenance of a regulatory national registration database for energy labelled appliances and equipment, for state regulators through NAEEEC, with Worth IT, ongoing since 1998.

• An assessment of the impact of mandatory disclosure of energy ratings for new and existing housing in Victoria for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Victoria, with KPMG, completed late 2000.

• Project to assess the impact of mandatory Victorian Insulation regulations on building energy efficiency: the project includes the benchmarking of building shell efficiency prior to the introduction of insulation regulations in 1992 and again in 1999 to assess trends in efficiency as well as other factors that impact on energy consumption; project involves full rating of some 345 houses built in Victoria plus extensive analysis and modelling, for Australian Greenhouse Office, with Energy Partners, George Wilkenfeld & Associates and EnergyConsult, completed mid 2000.

• Life cycle energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission estimates and projections for Queensland building and construction and associated industry sectors (including embodied energy analysis for buildings), for the Built Environment Research Unit, Building Division, Public Works Department, Queensland, completed early 2000.

• Study of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the South Australian residential building sector, for the Office of Energy Policy, South Australia, 1999.

• Review of Energy Test Standards and Regulations in APEC member economies - to assess the technical content of APEC test procedures for all electrical products regulated for energy efficiency, the suitability of international standards for use within APEC and the potential for alignment of test procedures in the APEC region, for the APEC Secretariat, with George Wilkenfeld & Associates, PW Consulting and IIEC, completed late 1999.

• Benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions from the residential building sector with projections to 2010, including energy end use stock model for all major residential appliances and equipment with particular emphasis on the impact of building shell measures on residential heating and cooling energy consumption, completed early 1999, for the Australian Greenhouse Office (with assistance from Energy Partners and George Wilkenfeld & Associates).

• Technical Adviser to Department Science Industry and Resources on issues related to the APEC Steering Group on Energy Standards (primarily related to international standards harmonisation and laboratory accreditation for performance and energy testing in Asia-Pacific) from 1997 to 2000.

• Development of an energy labelling web site for Australia including interactive appliance listing facility - for Australian Greenhouse Office and NAEEEC. www.energyrating.gov.au

• Review of Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards and Energy Labelling in the Pacific, to examine the potential and cost effectiveness of appliance labelling and standards in Pacific Island Nations, for the Forum Secretariat and the United Nations Development Program on behalf of the Pacific Island Nations (with George Wilkenfeld & Associates), completed 1996.

• Compilation of Residential sector appliance ownership, energy end use and weather data for International Energy Agency Energy Indicators Project, for DPIE, 1997.

• Technical and Policy support for the Indian government and appliance industry in the development of an energy labelling program for appliances in India, for USAID, through 1998 and 1999.

• International review of energy labelling and minimum energy efficiency performance standard programs for appliances and industrial & commercial equipment and their evaluation, for NAEEEC and state governments, 1998.

• Contract project manager for the Australian national appliance energy labelling check testing program, for NAEEEC through the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria, ongoing since 1996.

• Coordination of Australian input into IEC and ISO International Standards committees for appliances and commercial & industrial equipment, for Australian Greenhouse Office and NAEEEC, EES staff are Australian delegates for selected committees, ongoing since 1994.

• An analysis of the energy and greenhouse emission impacts of European and US energy efficiency standards on residential refrigerators and freezers in the Australian and New Zealand appliance markets to 2020, for the OECD Environment Directorate, 1996.

• Review of National and International Information Programs for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - for the Sustainable Energy Development Authority NSW, with Mark Ellis & Associates, 1996.

• Renewable Energy Sources: Policy and Pricing Issues - for the NSW Government Pricing Tribunal and NSW Office of Energy: to examine ways of increasing the use of renewables in electricity generation and end use applications (with George Wilkenfeld & Associates), 1994.

• Solar & Heat Pump Hot Water - for the Energy Research and Development Council: to identify barriers impeding the installation of solar water heaters in Australia and to develop a program to increase solar market penetration (with Energy Strategies and George Wilkenfeld & Associates), 1994.

• Efficiency Standards for Electric Motors in Australia - development of a retail market model and stock model for the assessment of energy impacts and cost effectiveness of motor efficiency standards in Australia to 2012 - for the Department Primary Industries and Energy (for Energetics and George Wilkenfeld & Associates), 1997.

• Green Power Development Study - for Orion Energy: to examine the economic, technological and administrative issues necessary to establish a utility "green power" scheme, which will enable customers to voluntarily purchase renewable energy sources from their local distributor as part of a range of power supply options (with GreenPower Services), 1995.

• Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Household Appliances, study to examine the feasibility and cost effectiveness of energy efficiency standards for household appliances in Australia, for State Electricity Commission of Victoria (on behalf of ANZMEC) - mainly the provision of market modelling and stock modelling services for George Wilkenfeld & Associates, 1993.

• Review of the Status of Energy Efficiency Standards and Energy Labelling for Household Appliances in Europe for the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria, 1994.

• Review of the Status of Energy Efficiency Standards and Energy Labelling for Office Equipment in Europe for Department Primary Industries and Energy, 1994.

• Electricity Future of the ACT - for ACT Electricity and Water Authority, developed a public discussion paper to encourage community input into the development of a long term strategy for the supply of electricity in the ACT (with George Wilkenfeld & Associates), 1995.

• Energy End Use Database Feasibility Study for Australia - for South Australian Office of Energy (on behalf of ANZMEC): to develop data collection strategies within residential, commercial, industrial and transport sectors to track energy efficiency trends in Australia (with Australian Bureau of Statistics and others), 1994.

• Development of an Energy End Use Database for Hong Kong - for Hong Kong Government: to develop data collection strategies within residential, commercial, industrial and transport sectors to track energy efficiency trends, with subsequent implementation of the database through 1996 and 1997 (project lead by SRC International, with EES leading the residential sector), 1995/6/7.

• Domestic Appliance Study of Energy Efficiency Improvement Potential - for Queensland Electricity Commission: to develop a residential end use load forecasting model for each Electricity Board and Queensland as a whole to assess the energy and demand impacts of energy efficient appliances to 2010 (with George Wilkenfeld & Associates), 1995.

• Feasibility Study into Energy Labelling and Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial and Industrial Equipment - for the Department Primary Industries and Energy (for Energetics and George Wilkenfeld & Associates), including an extensive review of overseas programs and activity, 1994.

• Appliance Energy Labels from Around the World - paper presented to the first international conference on energy efficiency in household appliances, Florence, Italy, November 1997.

• Water Efficiency Labelling - Melbourne Water: revision, development and reactivation of national appliance water efficiency program, 1994.

Lloyd Harrington has had a wealth of experience in the energy sector with workplace responsibilities ranging from electricity supply side planning, load forecasting and extensive experience in renewable energy planning, demand side management and energy efficiency. He has also developed extensive analytical and computer skills in PC, VAX and mainframe environments. He graduated with a first class Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales in 1980. Over the years he has travelled extensively in the Pacific including site visits to Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu and Papua New Guinea and now travels regularly to Europe and the USA as part of his responsibilities for development of international standards.

In late 1992, Lloyd left the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) to form Energy Efficient Strategies as an energy consultant. Since this time he has worked on all major projects undertaken by the company (see selected projects). He is also currently Chairman of Standards Committees EL15, EL15/4, which cover major household appliances such as clothes washers, clothes dryers and dishwashers, as well as a key government representative on the refrigerator and air conditioner standards committees. Lloyd has attended various IEC international standards meetings on household appliance performance as the official Australian delegate and has continued to represent Australia on various other international committees related to energy policy. He continues to provide technical support to the state and federal governments regarding the development and maintenance of the energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards programs in Australia and also provides the federal government with high level advice on issues such as APEC and international standards harmonisation. As well as extensive work in Australia, EES has undertaken projects in the Pacific, Hong Kong and India in recent years.

Lloyd is a technical editor for the International Appliance Efficiency Magazine and he is a member of the technical advisory board of the Collaborative Labelling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP) which aims to assist developing countries to develop their own labelling and standards programs.

Lloyd commenced with the SECV in 1989 as a planning officer in the Office of Strategic Planning. His responsibilities included analysis of the Portland Aluminium Smelter electricity contract and the preparation of papers for the Joint SECV/DITR Demand Management Action Plan, which formed the basis of the SECV's Demand Management program. His activities in Strategic Planning also included the integration of supply side and demand side planning. He assisted in preparing the total societal cost analyses which were used as the primary justification for the Demand Management Action Plan. He joined the SECV's Demand Management Unit in 1990 as one of the founding program managers and had extensive experience in program and contract management during this time.

His main responsibilities were for Appliance Energy Labelling, Energy Efficiency Standards for Household Appliances, Residential Lighting programs and product development including the development of a range locally manufactured fluorescent ballasts for the domestic and commercial sectors.

In 1991, Lloyd was awarded a Confederation of British Industry scholarship, with SECV support, to work and study in the UK for 9 months. During this time he worked for National Power PLC, one of the new electricity companies that were formed as part of the privatisation of the CEGB. This gave him the opportunity to examine first hand the workings of the privatised electricity system in the UK. In particular, he was able to assess the impact that the new system had on demand management and energy efficiency activities. He was also able to learn much about the other major electricity systems in Europe. In particular, he was able to establish contacts with a number of key energy agencies in Europe that are active in renewable energy programs and appliance energy efficiency. These include organisations in Denmark, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. These contacts, together with newer contacts at the IEA and the European Commission and in the USA, have been maintained and strengthened in recent years through regular liaison, attendance at conferences and exchange of information.

Prior to joining the SECV, Lloyd was the Demand Management Officer in the Planning and Development Branch of the Electricity Commission of NSW (now Pacific Power) from 1987 to 1989. He was responsible for developing the Commission's Demand Management program and for the integration of demand planning with supply side planning in that utility. During this time he obtained an excellent knowledge of supply side planning and load forecasting for a large utility and for the NSW electricity industry as a whole. He was also responsible for analysis of customer energy consumption data in all major sectors. This included analysis of detailed commercial and industrial end use data and an assessment of trends in electricity utilisation, as well as end use forecasting of electricity demand in the residential sector. He was part of the Commission's internal greenhouse committee and gave numerous presentations to staff around the state.

In 1989 for a period of 5 weeks, Lloyd was seconded to AIDAB (now AUSAID) to manage the upgrading of the remote area power system the high school in the remote archipelago nation of Tuvalu in the Pacific. He had previously undertaken a feasibility study for AIDAB for a photovoltaic solar RAPS system for the school in 1987. Lloyd also assisted in the specification and installation of a diesel/photovoltaic power system for a remote hospital near Tavua in the north of Viti Levu, Fiji as part of a Pacific Power staff aid project in 1989.

Previously, Lloyd was a project officer with the Department of Energy in NSW (called the Energy Authority of NSW at that time) from 1982 to 1987. He was involved in a wide range of projects including management of an extensive remote area power supply research and demonstration project for three years (which included the integration of wind and photovoltaic systems, funded by NERDDC), wind energy (wind monitoring around NSW and installation of the Malabar wind generator in Sydney) and various solar thermal and photovoltaic projects. He also undertook an extensive technical and economic analysis of power supply options in remote areas including grid and stand alone systems, with a particular emphasis on hybrid renewable energy systems.

In 1981 and 1982 he worked as a civil engineer with a number of consultants, including Sinclair Knight and Partners, specialising in water, coastal engineering, drainage and flood mitigation projects.

He currently lives near the town of Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria with his wife and 2 children.

Robert Foster is a practising Architect with 17 years experience who runs his own practice in Victoria (part time). For the past three years Robert has worked full time as an analyst for Energy Efficient Strategies on a range of projects. Since he commenced with EES in 1994 (initially part time), his responsibilities have included:

• Contract Project Manager to the Office of the Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria for the National Appliance Checktesting Program.
• Project manager for the development and maintenance of a National Database for household appliances with energy labels in Australia, for the Australian Greenhouse Office.
• Working Group co-ordinator on behalf of Standards Australia and NAEEEC to coordinate development work on AS/NZS 2040.1 (clothes washers) and AS/NZS2442.1 (clothes dryers).
• Senior analyst for the "Greening Whitegoods" study, an analysis of GfK household appliance sales data to track and evaluate energy efficiency trends in Australia for the residential sector, for NAEEEC.
• Provision of advice and technical support to the Office of Chief Electrical Inspector, Victoria during the preparation and publication of national energy labelling brochures.
• Conducting a number of surveys of test laboratories on issues related to the APEC Steering Group on Energy Standards (primarily related to international standards harmonisation and laboratory accreditation for performance and energy testing in Asia-Pacific) and for IEC working groups.

Robert graduated with an Honours degree in Architecture from the University of Melbourne in 1982. Major areas of study centred on the technological aspects of building design. These studies included:-

• Thermal Performance - Three years of Honours level study under A.B. Coldicott covering evaluation and optimisation techniques including computer modelling using TEMPAL.
• Lighting - Four years of Honours level study under B Merz and Kevin Poulton covering available lighting technologies and evaluation techniques. Work included a final year Honours thesis centred on the development of a CAD programming tool for plotting illumination contours within buildings.
• Energy Conversion and Utilisation - One year honours level study under Dr Bill Charters (Department of Engineering, University of Melbourne) which dealt with energy issues at a national and international level. Work included a research paper entitled "The predicted effect on energy demand in Victoria from the large scale usage of domestic solar hot water systems".

Prior to commencing his own practice Robert has worked at a senior level with a number of medium and large Architectural firms on a diverse range of projects. These include major office developments such as The ANZ Bank World Headquarters, Collins Street, Melbourne. Major educational facilities such as the Holmesglen college of TAFE and extensive public housing projects for the Department of Human Services.

Robert is experienced in all aspects of the building process from design to implementation including on site construction work. He has developed specific skills in the evaluation of building thermal performance, lighting systems equipment and design, computer skills in PC and VAX environments, including CAD, Basic programming, word-processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software such as powerpoint and the development of Quality Assurance Systems.

Architectural work under taken by Robert Foster Architects includes both public and private housing projects, multi unit housing, smaller commercial and retail works, work in the health industry, education and some industrial projects.

Selected Studies

• Implications For Space Conditioning In Class 1 Buildings In Victoria Of Improved Building Shell Performance, SEAV, 2001 – Project Manager.
• Overshadowing analysis of the Esplanade Hotel Site for the City of Port Philip, City of Port Philip, 2001 – Project Manager.
• House Energy Rating Disclosure Study, SEAV, 2001 – Cost Benefit Analysis for KPMG (primary consultants).
• Lifecycle Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimates and Projections for Queensland Building and Construction and Associated Industries Sector, BRU PWD QLD, 2000 – Project Manager.
• Study Of The Impact Of Minimum Energy Performance Requirements For Class 1 Buildings In Victoria, AGO & SEAV, 2000 – Project Manager.
• Impact of Overshadowing by new Housing Developments on the Energy Efficiency of Existing Housing, SEAV, 2000 – Project Manager.
• Study Of Energy Consumption And Greenhouse Gas Emissions From The South Australian Residential Building Sector, OEP SA, 1999 – Project Manager.
• Study Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions From The Australian Residential Building Sector To 2010, AGO, 1999 – Manager of Building Shell Analysis.

In addition to energy efficiency work for EES, in the past Robert has also consulted to SRC International on two major projects :-

• Architectural Consultant for the proposed Building Energy Code of Australia.
• Consultant on envelope design for the development of a "Government Building Energy Efficiency Reference Manual" for use by the Asian Development Bank.

Robert currently lives near the town of Warragul in Gippsland, Victoria with his wife and 2 children.

Dianne Glass is an analyst with EES. She has over 20 years of experience in a range of administrative positions with organisations such as La Trobe University, Melbourne University and West Gippsland Hospital. She also has experience as a typesetter at a local newspaper with particular expertise in computer graphics. Dianne has worked with EES for the past 5 years and is currently responsible for a wide range of tasks such as verification of the appliance energy labelling registration database (especially historical data), conversion of electronic documents to PDF and html formats and cross matching and analysis of GfK data. Dianne has extensive computer based skills such desktop publishing experience and image editing skills and is responsible for managing EES’s electronic library and web site. She also provides administrative and project support as required.

1996 - present - Energy Efficient Strategies (part time)
Provide administrative support to Energy Consultants in the development, implementation and maintenance of various energy information programs. Including maintenance and updating spreadsheet models for energy forecasting and national register of appliances (Excel), compilation/printing of reports (Word, Acrobat & Paint Shop Pro), updating of data base (Access), designing of webpages (HTML, Editplus), conversion of documents to html format.

1995 - 2000 - Warragul/Drouin Gazette (part time)
Computer Typesetter - Casual position involving the design and production of advertisements using Quark Express and Photoshop.

April 1992 - April 1993 - West Gippsland Hospital
Receptionist, Private Consulting Suites - Maternity relief position. Responsibilities included: preparation of clinics, reception & appointment bookings of patients.

May 1987 - Dec 1991 - Melbourne University, Dept of Psychiatry, Austin Hospital
Senior Secretary, Behavioural Medicine Unit - providing administrative/secretarial support to the Unit within the broad fields of research and teaching (Masters, PhD students) and the appointments of private patients; and
Administrative Officer to International Society of Hypnosis - responsible for the administrative functions of the Society. Main tasks included: responding to membership enquiries and correspondence; maintaining computer database of membership (approx 2500 members worldwide); editing/printing of Newsletter.

July 1981 - May 1987 - La Trobe University, School of Humanities
Sub-Dean's Secretary - Providing secretarial support to Sub-Dean; sole responsibility for the administration of mature-aged entry scheme; assisting in validation of enrolments; student enquiries and academic liaison. Additional duties included supervisor of word processing system (23 work stations, 40 users). Responsible for training of staff in the use of system; backing up information.

1978 - July 1981 - State Bank, Victoria: Word Processor /Administrative Assistant.