Project features

The objective of the assignment is to provide technical support to the GoU and the WB to develop and scale-up EE and rooftop deployment in public buildings (PBs) using sustainable financing mechanisms. Consultant is hired to contribute to a broader scope of work by:

• Refining EE potential and investments needs estimate in public buildings in Uzbekistan;
• Reviewing the EE market, legal and regulatory framework, and proposing mechanisms to enable the scale-up of the investments in the PBs sector;
• Ascertaining the distributed solar potential in PBs in Uzbekistan, and the unique circumstances under which the investments would be financially viable;
• Reviewing the distributed solar market, legal and regulatory framework, and proposing mechanisms to enable the scale-up of the investments in the public sector; and
• Development of a sustainable financing mechanism for EE/RSPV investments in the PBs sector.

Services provided

Juru’s scope covers leading the first four bullet points above and supporting the last bullet point, specifically: Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings

• Estimate the EE potential and investment needs in PBs using existing data, pilots, short surveys, etc;
• Conduct site visits to up to 100 buildings to conduct walk through energy audits to refine estimates of the EE potential and investment needs in the PBs sector;
• Assess market, legal/regulatory framework for the scaled-up deployment of EE in the PBs sector;
• Analyse the legal, regulatory and institutional barriers to the deployment of scaled-up EE;
• Integrated financial/economic assessment from implementing and scaling up EE programs;
• Prepare a report chapter and presentation summarizing findings;
• Conduct stakeholder consultation workshop to discuss findings and solicit input. Distributed Solar in Public Buildings
• Estimate the distributed solar potential in the public buildings sector, and identify the niches in which it is financially and economically viable;
• Conduct site visits to up to 100 buildings to refine the distributed solar / rooftop solar potential estimates;
• Assess current legal/regulatory framework relevant to distributed solar development;
• Analyse the legal, regulatory and institutional barriers of developing distributed solar;
• Integrated financial/economic assessment from implementing and scaling up distributed solar;
• Prepare a report chapter and presentation summarizing findings;
• Conduct stakeholder consultation workshop to discuss findings and solicit input.