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Energy Efficiency Opportunities Assessment (EEOA) for New Ventures

Energy Efficiency Opportunities Assessment for New Ventures

Before Development Control Stage, an owner of a New Venture (a new business activity or major expansion of any existing business activity) will be required to carry out energy efficiency opportunities assessment (EEOA) during the design of the facility and submit an EEOA report to NEA.

Find out more about the EEOA requirements under the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013.

You may refer to the circular Requirements under Energy Conservation Act (ECA) to Promote Continual Energy Efficiency (EE) Improvement on requirements on EEOA for New Ventures.

Eligibility to submit EEOA Report

An owner of a New Venture that applies for Planning Permission on or after 1 October 2018 will have to comply with the EEOA requirements if the business activity-

is carried out at a single site and is attributable to one of the following industry sectors:
- manufacturing and manufacturing‑related services;
- supply of electricity, gas, steam, compressed air and chilled water for air‑conditioning; and
- water supply and sewage and waste management.
  
  And
will have an estimated Annual Energy Consumption (AEC) ≥ 54 TJ, that is calculated on the basis that the business activity is carried out at full capacity for 24 hours every day throughout the calendar year.

Details on Estimated Annual Energy Consumption (AEC)
The AEC shall be aggregated from all energy consuming systems of the entire new business activity/premises or expansion of any existing business activity/premises as per New Venture definition in Section 26A(4) of the Energy Conservation Act.
The AEC of the New Venture is the total energy consumption derived from all fuel and energy commodities (e.g. Natural gas, Liquid Fuel oil, Electricity, Steam, etc) used to provide or produce energy within the New Venture’s boundary. To avoid double-counting, the energy produced from any fuel or energy commodity that is already accounted for in the estimated total figure should not be included.
If an estimated quantity of a fuel or an energy commodity to be used is to be converted to an amount of energy in joules, the conversion is to be done using —
Default net calorific values set out in the Second Schedule (for a fuel) or Third Schedule (for an energy commodity) to the Energy Conservation (Registrable Corporations) Order 2013; or
Net calorific values specified by the corporation and approved by the Director-General (refer to Regulation 7B-(7) of the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013).

Quick Rule of Thumb
If the energy bill of your New Venture facility is expected to be ≥ $500,000 annually, your facility is likely to have an estimated AEC of ≥ 54TJ. You can use the Energy Consumption Calculator [xls, 79.4KB] to verify the AEC of your New Venture facility.

EEOA Process

Owners of New Ventures should start the EEOA process early and engage NEA’s Verification Office (VO) at concept design phase to discuss the details, especially for complex projects. This will help to minimise clarifications during the review and ensure timely approval of the EEOA reports.

The key elements of the EEOA process are:

Develop EEOA plan
Identify EE Opportunities
Evaluate Feasibility
Shortlist Feasible EE Opportunities
Develop Design for Facility and each Energy Consuming System

Refer to the following for more information:
a) Industry briefing on EEOA for New Ventures [PDF, 597KB]
b) EEOA and Energy Performance Measurement Guidelines for New Ventures [PDF, 1.5 MB]
c) Detailed requirements of the EEOA

Submission Requirements

1. Declaration at Development Control Stage

Owners of New Ventures are required to declare whether they meet the eligibility of submitting EEOA report at Development Control (DC) stage in the EEOA for New Venture Declaration form_R2 [docx,20KB].

2. EEOA report

The EEOA report shall have the information as required in Regulation 7D of the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013.

Refer to the following reporting templates:

EEOA NV Report Template R2 [doc. 73kB]
EEOA NV Report Calculation Template R6[csv. 220kB]

3. Submission of EEOA report

The EEOA report shall be submitted by a Qualified or Authorised Person (QP/AP):

Submit the EEOA report to NEA for approval via EDMA module. Click here
Refer to the instructions in the attachment below

EDMA_EEOA_NV_Industry Demo_v0.4
Report must be signed off by the person responsible for conducting the EEOA.
Report must be endorsed by the Chief Executive of New Venture.

For further enquiries, email to the following NEA officers:

Verification Office Contacts
Mr. Samuel Ponnuraj Principal Engineer Samuel_PONNURAJ@nea.gov.sg	Mr. Fang Sixun Principal Engineer FANG_Sixun@nea.gov.sg	Mr. Liow Chean Siang Principal Engineer LIOW_Chean_Siang@nea.gov.sg

Records to be Kept

Data used for the EEOA must be kept for at least 5 years from the date of Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC) issued in respect of the New Venture facility.

Click here for the information and documents to be maintained.

Mandatory Energy Management Practices for New Industrial Facilities