AUSTRALIA’S FIRST SUMMER STUDY ON ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT
29 February – 2 March, 2012 MORE

About A2SE

The Australian Alliance to Save Energy (A²SE) is an independent, not-for-profit, coalition of business, government and environmental leaders formed to drive research and advance the efficient use of energy in Australia.  A²SE was formed in late 2009 to investigate and promote the role of energy efficiency in reducing energy costs and improving liquid fuel energy security.  A²SE aims to make energy efficiency central to the public policy debate, to deliver measurable benefits to the community.

Our key purposes are to:

• Commission quality and unbiased research on energy efficiency, demand management and decentralised energy to inform the energy/climate change debate.  Our key partner in this regard is the Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology, Sydney, a leader in the field of energy efficiency and decentralised energy.

• Advance the widespread introduction of world’s best practices and technologies in energy efficiency, through information dissemination and linkage to international partners.  A key partner is the United States-based Alliance to Save Energy (www.ase.org), which has operated for over 30 years and is now very active in Europe and beyond.  A²SE has a Memorandum of Understanding with ASE, which provides representation on the A²SE Board.  We have also developed alliances with similar international organisations including the American and European Councils for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE/ECEEE), the World Alliance for Decentralised Energy (WADE) and the UK Energy Savings Trust.

• Support informed decision making on energy efficiency through the compilation and dissemination of robust and unbiased empirical information to parliamentarians as well as businesses and NGOs.  This takes place through a series of events to showcase research findings and bring together different viewpoints to create stronger collaborations.