About the Ministerial Council on Energy: The Ministerial Council on Energy is the national policy and governance body for the Australian Energy Market, responsible for delivering the economic and environmental benefits for Australia resulting from implementation of the Council of Australian Governments national energy policy framework.

Library

You can also use the search function to find downloadable documents on the NFEE website.

NFEE Publications

Stakeholder Report Cover image
NFEE Stakeholder Consultation Report [PDF imagePDF, 1.07MB]
Discussion Paper Cover image
Towards a National Framework for Energy Efficiency - Issues and Challenges [PDF imagePDF, 1.12MB]

Reports

NFEE Modelling

The consultant reports for each phase of the NFEE modelling are available for download.

Report Name Consultant Date
Preliminary assessment of demand-side energy efficiency improvement potential and costs [PDF imagePDF, 734KB] Graham Armstrong/Saturn Corporate Resources November 2003
Economic Impact Analysis of Improved Energy Efficiency [PDF imagePDF, 930KB] The Allen Consulting Group November 2003
Energy Efficiency Improvement in the Commercial Sub-Sectors [PDF imagePDF, 543KB] EMET Consultants February 2004
NFEE – Energy efficiency improvement potential case studies, residential water heating [PDF imagePDF, 233KB] George Wilkenfeld & Associates February 2004
NFEE: Energy Efficiency Improvement Potential Case Studies – Industrial Sector [PDF imagePDF, 1.0MB] Energetics March 2004
Energy efficiency improvement in the residential sector [PDF imagePDF, 396KB] EMET Consultants April 2004
The impact of commercial and residential sectors’ energy efficiency improvement on electricity demand [PDF imagePDF, 453KB] EMET Consultants April 2004
Economic impact analysis of improved energy efficiency, Phase 2 report [PDF imagePDF, 695KB] The Allen Consulting Group April 2004
The Economic impacts of a national energy efficiency target [PDF imagePDF, 385KB] The Allen Consulting Group April 2004
National energy efficiency target [PDF imagePDF, 570KB] McLennan Magasanik Associates August 2004

Implementation Committee Reports

Report Name Source Date
Buildings
Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) for the enhanced housing energy efficiency provisions [PDF imagePDF, 2.02MB] ABCB March 2006
Protocol for House Energy Rating Software Version 2006.1 (June 2006) [PDF imagePDF, 369KB] ABCB June 2006
Protocol for Building Energy Analysis Software for Class 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 buildings Version 2006.1 [PDF imagePDF, 170KB] ABCB January 2006
Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) Proposal to Amend the Building Code of Australia to include Energy Efficiency Requirements for Class 5 to 9 Buildings (March 2006)[PDF imagePDF,1.51MB] ABCB March 2006
Accredited Short Course in Residential Building Thermal Performance Assessment [PDF imagePDF, 47KB] Association of Building Sustainability Assessors for the Australian Greenhouse Office April 2005
Background Report and Discussion Paper for the preparation of a National Course Framework for NatHERS 2nd generation software tools [PDF imagePDF, 74KB] Association of Building Sustainability Assessors for the Australian Greenhouse Office May 2004
International Directions For The Mandatory Disclosure Of The Energy Performance Of Buildings [PDF imagePDF, 437KB] FaberMaunsell London for the Australian Greenhouse Office March 2005
Build: Report: Mandatory Disclosure of Commercial Building Energy Efficiency Concept Report [PDF imagePDF, 1.0MB] DEWHA July 2008
Commercial and Industrial
Industry Consultations for Energy Efficiency Opportunities [PDF imagePDF, 103KB] Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism December 2004
Appliances and Equipment
Reports and strategy documents can be downloaded from the electronic library on the national energyrating web site at: http://www.energyrating.gov.au/library/index.htmlexternal website image
Government
No reports available    
Trade and Professional Training and Accreditation
Consumer Information
Energy Bill Benchmarking - Consumer Market Testing Final Report [PDF imagePDF, 4.14MB]  NWC Research  September 2006
Finance
Financing Energy Efficiency [PDF imagePDF, 366KB]  URS Australia  April 2006

Presentations

NFEE Modelling workshop - April 2004

Presentation Presenter
Energy productivity—The economic opportunity for Australia [PDF imagePDF, 222KB] David Young, Former Chair, NFEE Steering Committee
Modelling opportunities for improved energy efficiency [PDF imagePDF, 383KB] Richard Begley, The Allen Consulting Group and Dr Philip Adams, Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University
Impact of energy efficiency programs on energy markets [PDF imagePDF, 1.2MB] Walter Gerardi, McLennan Magasanik Associates
Industrial energy efficiency improvement potential [PDF imagePDF, 456KB] Patrick Denvir, Energetics
Case Study—Amcor—How does Amcor Botany Mill continue to achieve energy savings? [PDF imagePDF, 123KB] Robert Simpson, Amcor
Commercial sector energy efficiency improvement potential [PDF imagePDF, 291KB] Ian McNicol, Sustainable Energy Authority
Residential sector energy efficiency improvement potential [PDF imagePDF, 313KB] Ian McNicol, Sustainable Energy Authority