Welcome to the Energy Efficiency Council web site

Investing in energy efficiency and cogeneration helps companies to boost their profits, lower costs and cut carbon emissions. This site helps companies that want to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities with:

Best-practice guides
Case studies
Service directories to find facilitators and suppliers of services and products

The site also provides:

Energy efficiency service and product suppliers with access to the latest news from the sector
Governments and the community with information on energy efficiency and the sector
Energy Efficiency members access to market insights and council activities

Latest News

September 2013- Best Practice Guide to Combined Heat and Power - Workshop Report on Best Practice and Emissions Allocation Protocol

The Energy Efficiency Council undertook a workshop mid 2013 on best practice cogeneration and the development of an emissions allocation protocol. The Energy Efficiency Council was supported to develop this document and delivering the workshop associated with the document by the Australian Government's Enterprise Connect through the Clean Technology Focus for Supply Chain program.

July 2013 - "Carbon Policy - How robust measurement and verification can improve policy effectiveness" - Bruce Rowse

Bruce Rowse, Director of EEC member Carbonetix, has just released a book "Carbon Policy - How robust measurement and verification can improve policy effectiveness". This book puts forward the case for incorporating more robust Measurement Reporting and Verification in the development of carbon abatement policy. Its focus is on policies that aim to reduce the energy use and resultant carbon emissions of buildings. For more information, or to purchase a copy of this book, visit

7 June 2013: Combined Heat and Power Emissions Allocation Protocol (CAP)

The Energy Efficiency Council is carrying out preliminary consultation on the development of a protocol to allocate emissions from CHP systems, and potentially other district energy schemes, between electrical and thermal outputs. To download the Issues Papers, click HERE.

May 2013 - Register Now: Energy Efficiency Council Industry holds Industry Workshop on cogeneration and trigeneration 12 June

The Council is holding a one-day workshop on two key issues for combined heat and power (CHP) systems, such as cogeneration and trigeneration. The Energy Efficiency Council is supported in delivering this workshop by the Australian Government's Enterprise Connect through the Clean Technology Focus for Supply Chain program. The Workshop will look at:

May 2013: AGL cogeneration plant at Qenos Altona officially opens

On Friday 24 May the Qenos-AGL Altona Cogeneration Facility was officially opened by the Hon Nicholas Kotsiras MP, Victorian Minister for Energy and Resources. The state-of-the-art co-generation facility is the largest industrial co-generation plant to be built in Australia in a decade. Built, owned and operated by AGL, the plant produces up to 21MW electricity and 88 tonnes of steam per hour for Qe

May 2013: The 2013-14 federal budget – how does clean energy fare?

15 May 2013:
The Energy Efficiency Council has slammed the Gillard Government's decision to cut funding for the Community Energy Efficiency Program.

May 2013: Energy Efficiency Council slams Government in the press

15 May 2013: The Sydney Morning Herald reported the Energy Efficiency Council criticising the Government for their bizarre move to save a few million dollars by closing the Community Energy Efficiency Program and Low-Income Energy Efficiency Program early. For more information please click

9 April 2013: Integrated Energy Efficiency Retrofit Accreditation Scheme - Consultation on the scheme design now underway

On 9th April 2013, the Energy Efficiency Council (EEC) released a Public Consultation Paper on the proposed design of an accreditation scheme for the individuals that oversee and co-ordinate Integrated Energy Efficiency Retrofits of commercial buildings.

March 2013: Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability release strategic audit report and summary

The Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability have released their latest strategic audit report and a summary of the report's observations and key messages.

The report:

EEC Board changes

In December 2012 the EEC members elected two new directors, Rob Thomson, Group General Manager at Energetics and Paul Troughton, Manager of Regulatory Affairs at EnerNOC. Rob and Paul bring a wealth of experience in strategy, policy and organisational management that will significantly strengthen the EEC.