FURTHER, FASTER, TOGETHER
Opportunities for collaboration between Germany and Australia on energy efficiency in buildings
Energy efficiency policy, programs, and technology are an important area for bilateral cooperation between Australia and Germany.
In September 2019, cooperation between Australia and Germany on these matters was formalised with the establishment of an industry-led Sub Working Group on energy efficiency, currently co-chaired by Luke Menzel, CEO of the Australian Energy Efficiency Council, and Susann Bollman, Member of the Executive Board, Head of Projects and Financial Forum, Energy Efficiency, at the German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF). With the upcoming formalisation to the Australia-Germany Energy and Climate Partnership, the group will be renamed as the Working Group for Energy Efficiency and Net Zero Transition.
The Working Group recognises that both the German and Australian Governments are acting to harness energy efficiency to lower carbon emissions and support the broader energy transition. The aim of the Working Group is to accelerate efforts in both nations through enhanced cooperation.
This ongoing collaboration has already resulted in the publication of the first Further, faster, together report in 2021; an Australian delegation of energy efficiency experts visiting Germany in July 2022; and a German delegation visiting Australia to attend the EEC’s conference in May 2023. This visit informed the content for the second report in the Further, faster, together series.
For further information, contact Amelia Jarrett, EEC Policy Advisor at amelia.jarrett@eec.org.au.
REPORTS
In June 2021 the Energy Efficiency Council, in partnership with the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce and adelphi, released a report identifying priority areas for collaboration between Germany and Australia on energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings. Read the report here.
In August 2024 the Energy Efficiency Council, with support from adelphi and funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, released the second report in the series, focussing on industrial energy management and decarbonisation. Read the report here.