Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

One of Caribbean Export’s objectives under the 11th EDF RPSDP is to increase innovation and the use of green energy alternatives. To that end, in 2017, the Agency contracted a facilitator to design and conduct Energy Auditing and Management Training workshops. These workshops are designed to build the capacity of firms, and lower operational costs, through increased energy efficiency. A key component of the training is the utilisation of the Agency’s proprietary Energy Self-Assessment Audit (ESAA) tool. The workshop’s syllabus covers the following areas: Energy Challenges, Responses & Benefits, Data Collection on Properties, Data Entry & Processing, Energy Managements standards, Energy Conservation Technologies, Energy Efficiency Technologies, Renewable Energy Technologies, and Monitoring and Practical use of the ESAA tool. RENEWABLE ENERGY

Between January 2017 to December 2020, the Agency conducted

12 Energy Auditing and Management Training workshops

benefitting at least two hundred and twenty-three (223) CARIFORUM participants.

TABLE 13: ENERGY AUDITING AND MANAGEMENT TRAINING WORKSHOPS ANNUAL PARTICIPANTS

YEAR

# OF TRAINING SESSIONS

HOST COUNTRY(S)

TOTAL PARTICIPANTS

3

Barbados Saint Lucia Jamaica

67

2017

6

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Antigua and Barbuda Belize Trinidad and Tobago Guyana Grenada

110

2019

3

Virtual Dominica St. Kitts and Nevis Barbados

46

2020

12

223

TOTAL

32