Closing date: Saturday, 28 February 2015
CONSULTANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMETRIC MODEL(S) FOR DEVELOPED ENERGY EFFICIENCY POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Location : Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Application Deadline : 28-Feb-15
Type of Contract : Individual Contract
Post Level : International Consultant
Languages Required : English
Duration of Initial Contract : 12 months
Expected Duration of Assignment : 10 month
Background
The Building Sector Energy Efficiency Project (BSEEP) has for its goal the reduction in the annual growth rate of GHG emissions from the Malaysia buildings sector. The project objective is the improvement of the energy utilization efficiency in Malaysian buildings, particularly those in the commercial and government sectors, by promoting the energy conserving design of new buildings and by improving the energy utilization efficiency in the operation of existing buildings. The realization of this objective will be facilitated through the removal of barriers to the uptake of building energy efficiency technologies, systems, and practices.
BSEEP has since developed 12 policy papers to build on and strengthen existing policies, action plans, legislation and regulations for promoting and enforcing EE in the building sector. BSEEP is currently seeking to develop suitable econometric model(s) to be used as a tool to access the impact, costs and benefits of the proposed energy efficiency policies. BSEEP is seeking services to help quantify these effects at the sectorial and macroeconomic levels.
The model should be one that is empirical in nature and is designed to make maximum use of the available data from the relevant ministries and agencies in Malaysia. For policy and/or regulation papers produced where data be limited, a basic econometric approach is to be proposed based on a set of assumptions and accounting relationships.
Visit www.jkr.gov.my/bseep for further information.
Duties and Responsibilities
Scope of work
The primary job scope is to develop an econometric model to assist policy makers in Malaysia to assess the medium and long-term impacts, costs / benefits of BSEEP's policy and regulatory papers produced. The consultant is also expected to facilitate the coordination work among stakeholders including organizing seminars/workshops/training courses and delivering effective presentations.
Development of an econometric model(s)
Develop an econometric model to predict relationships of at least between the economy, energy system, energy prices, emission and material demand. Factors influencing energy consumption include energy prices, economic development and situation (e.g. GDP), energy consuming household appliances (in the case of electricity consumption), weather conditions, etc should be considered. The model accounts for these factors and delivers estimates of energy consumption. The model shall be able to enable detailed analysis of sectorial and country level effects from a wide range of scenarios. The model(s) must at a minimum be able to estimate actual consumption and based on that model to forecast energy consumption. Social impacts (including unemployment levels and distributional effects) are important model outcomes. Environmental impacts including CO2 levels are also important model outcomes. The preliminary model has to be presented to the relevant stakeholders. Agreement from stakeholders must be obtained prior to finalising the econometric model. The consultant is expected to address the trade-off between estimation outputs that are statistically significant and the preciseness of the forecasts.
There is no restriction on the choice of software use but an open source or free software is preferred. Models have to be relatively simple to be of use in the daily practice of the policy maker for policy evaluation and further development of policies.
The expected outputs at a minimum are
Training and use of econometric model(s): This entails the coordination, design, preparation and delivery of training to stakeholders who will potentially enforce and implement the proposed policies and/or regulations. An evaluation report shall be produced of these trainings.
A copy of the developed policy papers can be downloaded from: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/40344193/BSEEP-EE_policy_for_bldgs.pdf.
Methodology
The consultant will report to the National Project Manager and will work closely with the BSEEP project team based at the Environment and Energy division of the Public Works Department, Kuala Lumpur. The consultant is expected to participate in the initial meetins with the key policy makers in the government agencies. Meetings with any of the government agencies will be guided by the BSEEP team as and when necessary. It is important for the consultant to obtain agreement from the BSEEP team for the use of the econometric models to be used.
Expected outpouts
The consultant is expected to produce
Deliverables and timeline
The consultant will be responsible for the delivery, content, technical quality and accuracy of the reports, econometric model(s) and training materials. All deliverables shall be submitted to UNDP Malaysia and BSEEP Project Management Unit at Environment and Energy division of the Public Works Department
Documents to be included when submitting the proposal
Interested individuals must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications:
Note
Please scan, save and upload all documents (proposals and P11 Form) into one PDF file. (The system does not allow more than 1 attachment);
For clarification question, please email to procurement.my@undp.org. The reference number is MyIC_2015_003.
Competencies
Functional Competencies
Development and Operational Effectiveness
Management and Leadership
Required Skills and Experience
The consultant should have the following expertise and experience: Education Requirement
Professional Experience
Note
It is to be noted that the named consultant(s) involved in the development of the policy papers for BSEEP (shared in the above download link) are not eligible for this consultancy.
Language Requirement
UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.
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