Industrial energy efficiency is particularly important light of the global issue of climate change and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improved energy efficiency will play an important role in an economy’s suite of policies to reduce emissions cost effectively. Industrial sector aggregate energy demands represent about 28% percent of all energy usage, while contributing about 35.6% of GDP to APEC member economies.

This paper provides a succinct introduction to and summary of, the policies, programs and benchmarking tools implemented by APEC member economies to improve energy efficiency in the industrial sector. In communicating and sharing the activities being undertaken across APEC this paper hopes to facilitate a greater understanding of the tools available to reduce and monitor energy efficiency. This report first identifies key concepts and issues in defining and measuring energy efficiency. Using the available literature and a survey of APEC economies a stocktake was conducted of the range of policies that are used to address industrial sector energy efficiency objectives. The survey identified implemented programs and policies, benchmarking activities, and case studies of policies and programs that have been particularly effective in improving energy efficiency.