National Consultation Egypt Policies for Energy Efficiency in Building in Egypt   28/5/2009
The National Consultation, organized by MED-ENEC (Energy Efficiency in the Construction Sector in the Mediterranean) and JCEE (Egyptian-German Joint Committee on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection), brings together all important stakeholders in order to discuss coherent policy mix and highlight good examples. The objectives of the workshop is to establish the status of energy consumption in the building sector, to estimate the impact of policy options (improved building standards and other measures) on building energy consumption growth and electricity load (highlight the potential for and importance of energy efficiency in buildings for the Egyptian economy, power supply equilibrium and state budget, to assess and discuss policies to further implementation of low energy building standards, present good practices in the region and worldwide, formulate elements of a strategy for improvement of compliance and enforcement for new public buildings in Egypt and finally to bring the various stakeholders together and find Alliances carrying the Green and energy efficient building movements to bear success.