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Updated on 17.8.2023

Initiatives and Regulations

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region has actively promoted retro-commissioning (RCx) to improve energy efficiency in buildings. APEC has recognized that buildings account for a significant portion of energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the region and that RCx can help to address these issues. Several APEC member economies have also developed their own RCx programs. This "Initiatives and Regulation" is to summarise the RCx-related regulations as launched in the APEC member economies.

 

Economy Initiatives and Regulations Year
Australia  Energy Efficiency Guidance of Building Energy Efficiency Certificate (BEEC) 2010
Canada  Recommissioning for existing buildings for Building Optimization 2020
Canada  Tuning Up: A Framework for Existing Building Commissioning 2021
Hong Kong, China  Climate Action Plan 2030+ and 2050  2017 and 2021
Japan  Global Warming Countermeasure Plan 2016
Japan  Building Energy Conservation Law Revised in 2022
The United States  US Code 42 U.S.C. § 8253(sf)(3)(A) - Recommissioning and Retro-commissioning  2007
The United States  Building Re-tuning  -
The United States  City-level initiatives - Local Law 87 (LL87) of the New York City 2009
The United States  City-level initiatives - Existing Commercial Buildings Energy Performance Ordinance of San Francisco 2011
The United States  City-level initiatives - Commercial Energy Efficiency Ordinance of Atlanta 2015
The United States  City-level initiatives - Building Energy & Water Efficiency Strategy of Orlando 2016
The United States  City-level initiatives - Building Tune-Ups Ordinance of Seattle 2017

 

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