Draft Post-2015 National Energy Efficiency Strategy

1st Draft of Post-2015 National Energy Efficiency Strategy. The Government of South Africa through the Department of Energy (DoE) released the first National
Energy Efficiency Strategy (NEES) in 2005. This strategy aimed to respond to the increasing demand for energy alongside a growing commitment to improving resource use and reducing South Africa‟s national environmental footprint. The NEES set an overall reduction target in energy intensity of 12% by 2015, and sectoral energy intensity improvements as follows: industry and mining (15%), power generation (10%), transport (9%), commercial and public building sector (15%), and residential (15%). The NEES derived its mandate from the White
Paper on Energy Policy (1998) and it was subsequently revised in 2011. A National
Energy Efficiency Action Plan was developed in 2012 describing the implementation
of the strategy.
The Energy Efficiency Target Monitoring System was established in 2014 to monitor
the progress made towards meeting the original targets (based on a year 2000 baseline). The results of the analysis, which relied to a large extent on existing data, confirmed that significant progress has been made between 2000 and 2012 in
improving energy intensity, exceeding expectations for most sectors. The improvements in energy intensity reflect a combination of autonomous change,
technological advancements, and deliberate interventions to improve energy efficiencies.