Study on the Advancement of the Energy Management System in the East Asia Summit Region

This study aims to (i) analyse the potential for deploying advanced energy management system (EMS) in the East Asia Summit region, especially focusing on ASEAN countries; and (ii) propose, upon identifying the policy challenges common in the region, policy recommendations to promote EMS. The study was conducted for 2 years, and this report deals with the results of the second-year sturdy which focused on the applicability of EMS for factories. It is meant to complement the first-year study report (ERIA Research Project FY2014 No.39, published in September 2015) on EMS for office buildings. It likewise proposes a set of policy recommendations promoting the deployment of EMS in the ASEAN region.