ENERGY CONSERVATION WORKSHOPENERGYUNDER ASEAN-JAPAN ENERGY EFFICIENCYPARTNERSHIP (ECAP-20)
2 – 6 December, 2019: Tokyo, JapanCountry Report – Brunei Darussalam
By Abdul Salam bin Haji Abdul Wahab
Sustainable Energy Division
Ministry of Energy, Manpower & Industry

Significant Milestones

Establishment of Building Regulatory & Guidelines
 Publication of the Brunei Darussalam Standard (PBD 12) on Building Guidelines andRequirement 1994. Undergone several revisions in 2008, 2009, and 2014.
 The establishment of Brunei Green Building Council (GBC) in May 2013 with an objectiveto drive Brunei Darussalam’s construction industry towards more environmental-friendlybuildings.
 The launching of EEC Building Guidelines for non-residential buildings in May, 2015. TheEEC Building Guidelines are mandatory to all government buildings.
 The launching of green building rating system for Brunei Darussalam, ‘Brunei Accredited
Green Unified Seal’ (BAGUS) in March 2016 with a mandated Energy Efficiency Index(EEI) of 175 kilowatt hours per square metre (kWh/m2) per year for office building.
 Brunei Darussalam via the Authority of Building Control and Construction Industry(ABCI), Ministry of Development has launched the Different Abilities Design Guidelines
for building in December 2018.
 Regulatory role for buildings is under the purview of Ministry of Development (MOD).
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Energy is accountable to manage and coordinate all the key
initiatives towards the development of Energy Efficiency in building.

EEC Building Guidelines(Results & Implementation Expansion) Significant reduction on electricity consumption of BND22 million since it waslaunched in 2016 (base year of 2015) through ‘quick win initiatives’ and retrofitting
programme of government buildings.
 The guideline is to be expanded to commercial building by Q1, 2020. MEMI andMOD are in the process of consolidating all building infomation for newcommercial buildings towards the establishment of national baseline data.

Energy Management Programme
Certification at Regional and National Level

TOT for
Local Energy
Manager /EnergyAuditor

TOT forDepartmental
EnergyManagers

SED Officers toattend TOT(Thailand & Japan)

SED’s Certified
Energy Manager /Auditor to train locals

National Energy
Managers to train
Departmental
Energy Managers

Note: 2 officers from ME have beencertified in 2018-2019 programme.
Another 2 officers are currently
undertaking similar programme.

Note: Establishment of 20
National Energy Managers
for Government Ministries
on Sept 14, 2019.

Note: To be conducted inQ4, 2019 – Q3, 2020 by
National EnergyManagers.

Training ofTrainers (TOT)
under AJEEP
Programme

RESULT

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Standard & Labeling Order(Action Plan: Implementation and Enforcement) The final draft Order is currently under review by AGC and expected to be endorsed endof Q4, 2019.
 A grace period of one year is applied and Ministry of Energy (ME) will conduct several
activities before the Order is being officially implemented and enforced in Q2, 2021.
 Ministry of Energy (ME) will organise District Roadshow in
Q1 and Q2, 2020 in order to socialize the Order to all level ofcommunities nationwide.

 Ministry of Energy (ME) will also be sending some officers tosome ASEAN countries for a work placement to effectively
learn the process of implementation of the Order.
 Standard and Labeling Order shall also be part of the coreelement that need to be incorporated into Building EnergyCodes (BEC) through the usage of energy efficient electricalappliances in building the likes of air conditioning andlighting system.

Conclusion
 Expansion of EEC Building Guidelines to commercial buildings. Currently, in theprocess of setting up the baseline data for commercial building in the country.
 To continue on capacity building for officers in the Ministry of Energy and otherrepresentatives from other Ministries to participate AJEEP programme.
 All National Energy Managers are to conduct the Training of Trainers (TOT) for all
Departments under their respective Ministries by Q4, 2019 to Q3, 2020.
 To conduct another session on EM training workshop for commercial sectorssometime in Q3/Q4 next year. ME will collaborate with an experts from ECCJ tocome up with an effective EM training programme for commercial sectors.
 To incorporate EEC Building Guidelines in the construction of new building in thecountry by focusing more on the Temburong Eco Town Project which is currently
ongoing conducted by Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
 To increase Brunei Darussalam’s participation in the ASEAN Energy Awards
through the platform of our newly established National Energy Manager in all
Ministries.

Terima KasihThank you
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Salamat