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“We are involved with the Prime
Minister’s task group on energy
efficiency and contribute to policy
processes at the federal level.
“We have been involved with
various state governments in
providing the view of the sector as
governments develop their energy
efficiency policies. This
is an important part
of our role – making
sure that what they
are proposing is
feasible
and
meets
the
needs
of
the sector.
The goal in
all of that is
to develop an
energy efficiency
policy which is
simple and stable.”
A practical initiative
that the EEC has taken towards
reducing the use of energy is the
“Energy Efficiency Certification
Scheme” which trains and equips
individuals to lead and manage
comprehensive energy retrofits of
commercial buildings. A professional
certification is awarded to these
individuals. Building owners and
managers can then identify suitable
industry professionals who can
provide commercial buildings with
an integrated building energy
retrofit.
Speaking about the role of EEC
in this area Luke Menzel says, “It
makes an awful lot of sense to
address a range of technologies
simultaneously and take
a
comprehensive
approach
for
upgrading the energy
performance
of
buildings.
“We have a
number
of
members who
are experts in
this space and
one of the biggest
projects that we have
been working on for the
last three or four years
is starting a certification
scheme for individuals so that
businesses can easily identify
people that have these skills and
undertake these comprehensive
retrofits.
“One of the things that we are
really proud of as an organisation
is that we spend a lot of our time
and effort in making sure that end-
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