Launching Ceremony of Sino-US Project & Workshop on Improving Energy Efficiency and Reducing Emissions in the Cement Sector in China during
July 7-11, 2009     Beijing, China
　

 Introduction

Organizers:

 

National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC)

China Cement Association (CCA)

Sponsors:

 

Center of Excellence（CoE）of APP-Cement Task Force

China Building Materials Academy（CBMA）

Partners:

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

World Resources Institute (WRI)

E3M, Inc. (E3M)

　

The main partners and contributors for the training program include:

Australia:

Department of Resources,  Energy and Tourism (RET);

Cement Australia;

China:

National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC);

China Cement Association (CCA);

China Building Materials Academy (CBMA);

Center of Excellence of APP-CTF

USA:

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

World Resources Institute (WRI)

E3M, Inc. (E3M)

Representatives from Chinese government and American government, as well as experts from LBNL, WRI, E3M, Inc. and 50 Chinese delegates from Chinese key cement enterprises attended the workshop.

Outcome

- Sino-US Project, a comprehensive project involved two countries’ government, aims to invent, implement and diffuse the energy efficiency improvement and emission reduction technologies, as well as to increase alternative fuel use in cement industry of China.

- The success of this workshop of three tools’ training, including Cement Sustainable Initiative (CSI) Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Protocol tool, Benchmarking and Energy-Saving Tool (BEST) for cement and Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST), was attributed to the diligent work and effort of international expert team made up of LBNL, WRI, E3M and scientific research institutions in China, as well as the industrious study of all the attendees.

- In the closing ceremony, 42 participants were issued the Training Certificate by the experts, and all the participants expressed their satisfaction on this workshop’s achievement because of the new training method putting importance to both theory and practice adopted by experts.