Contract

Project

Energy Performance Contracting for Residential Retrofitting in Ulaanbaatar City

Expertise

Category

Advisory Support Level E

Location

Duty Station

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Contract Length

Start Date

24 September 2018

End Date

31 December 2018

Part-time/Full-time

Full-time

Contract Value

Maximum Daily Rate

USD 214

Days Estimated

70 days

Total Fees

Up to USD 15 000 (dependent on experience)

Specifics of Recruitment

Introduction:

Based in Seoul, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is an intergovernmental organization founded to support and promote a model of economic growth known as "green growth", which targets key aspects of economic performance such as poverty reduction, job creation, social inclusion, and environmental sustainability. GGGI works with countries around the world, building their capacity and working collaboratively on green growth policies that can impact the lives of millions. The organization partners with multilateral institutions, government bodies, and the private sector to help build economies that grow strongly and are more efficient and sustainable in the use of natural resources, less carbon intensive, and more resilient to climate change to deliver comprehensive products designed to assist in developing, financing, and mainstreaming green growth in national economic development plans.

Background:

In September 2016, Mongolia ratified its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in accordance with key national mandates and sectoral policies such as the Green Development Policy (2014) and its Action Plan (2016). Mongolia’s overall commitment is to reduce 14% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030 compared to Business-As-Usual (BAU). One of the main drivers to achieve this goal is to improve energy efficiency (EE) in production, distribution, transmission, and usage.

The Government of Mongolia set out ambitious targets and goals to improve EE, conservation of energy and reduce energy losses. For instance, in Mongolia’s Green Development Policy and INDC document, it set out goal to reduce building heat loss by 20% by 2020 and 40% by 2030. Furthermore, Law on Energy Conservation (2015) has been adopted in order to implement these goals, and identified 99 high energy consumers, also known as designated entities, which are obliged to carry out EE measures every three years. Although, there has been several legal and regulatory improvements to avail from EE potential in Mongolia, there is a gap in terms of residential building EE potential (not included in the designated entities), in aggregate terms it consumes 40 per cent energy that is more than industry and transport sectors combined. It shows that residential building sector has greater potential to reduce energy demand, ultimately to reduce the CO2 emission.

Ulaanbaatar (UB) City has the highest number of building stock in Mongolia. According to Mayor’s Office, there are 1077 pre-fabricated buildings in UB city which has high building heat loss. Mayor’s office has developed sub-program to carry out thermal-technical retrofits for these buildings, starting with 88 buildings that has passed the earthquake resilience test.

GGGI is supporting the Mayor’s office to achieve its residential EE targets, as well as to contribute towards the national goals by carrying out investment-grade energy audits for model residential buildings to assess EE potential and its investment needs. As a second phase, in cooperation with the Mayor’s Office and ICLEI East Asia Secretariat, GGGI has developed an initial design for a business model that uses a Standard Offer Approach, that will introduce market-based energy performance contracting and innovative financing mechanisms for thermo-technical retrofitting (TTR) for residential buildings.

UB City is actively seeking to attract concessional financing to implement TTR projects in UB City. There are several studies and technical designs produced by various development and government organisations. There is a need to consolidate and update those documents into a single business-case to facilitate UB City’s effort to communicate with potential funding partners and financiers.

Objective:

The objectives of this assignment are to carry out consultative meetings and hold market sounding event in order to carry out stakeholder engagement and to test market readiness to carry out the project, that will ultimately be contribution of the business case development.

Project Scope of Work:

In order to develop a business case, the project will utilize UK’s Five Cases Business Case model, which includes Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management cases. The consultant will be responsible for producing the Strategic, Commercial and Management Cases.

Consultant’s Detailed Tasks:

The Consultant will carry out below tasks, including:

1. 1.       Desk review existing studies, materials, and documentations

-          Complete background research of existing materials and documentations related to the assignment and local market (approximately 5 working days)

1. 2.       Carry out stakeholder-mapping and stakeholder engagement strategy for the project

-          Complete a stakeholder analysis and engagement strategy for the project utilizing a recognized methodology to be agreement with GGGI.   Stakeholders may include, but are not limited to UB City Municipality, home-owner’s association, energy regulator, heat distributors, construction companies, financial institutions, academia etc. (approximately 10 working days)

1. 3.       Conduct interviews with project stakeholders

-          Based on the stakeholder mapping, the consultant will conduct a series of interviews with relevant stakeholders to validate their engagement and interest into the proposed project, to identify potential issues and solutions (20 working days)

-          Revise stakeholder engagement strategy in line with findings from interviews

1. 4.       Draft Strategic, Commercial, and Management Case for the TTR Project

-          The Strategic Case will set out the project objectives and provide evidence that they are in line with the government’s strategic, policy, or programmatic objectives

-          The Commercial Case will include transaction structure of the project’s implementation

-          The Management Case will address whether the project can deliver its intended outcome and benefits with the current organisational capacity and capability. The Management Case will also provide recommendations regarding the actions required to ensure an adequate project management structure is implemented

1. 5.       Conduct and lead market-sounding workshop among project stakeholders

-          Organise market sounding event for project stakeholders, to receive comments and validate (organisation cost will be covered by GGGI separately)

1. 6.       Incorporate comments from market sounding workshop to the business case and finalise 

-          Incorporate comments and finalise the draft report in line with GGGI’s reporting requirement

Methodology

The project will utilize UK’s Five Case Business Case Model. Full details of the methodology will be provided to the consultant.

Working Arrangement:

The consultant shall work closely with the Mayor’s Office of UB City as well as in close coordination with the project’s Economist and Financial Expert Consultant and will report directly to the GGGI’s Cities Program Officer. Claims and administrative queries will be dealt by GGGI’s Administrative Associate.

Deliverables:

Consultant shall produce following deliverables.

All reports and materials must be presented in professional English, including proper references and citations. All deliverables will be cleared by the GGGI and necessary comments and changes shall be incorporated in a timely manner. The payment shall be paid upon GGGI clearance for deliverables.

Qualifications/Experience/Expertise

The consultant will preferably have earned a postgraduate degree in economics, finance, international development, or closely related field, and at least 5 years of experience in bankable project development in energy and infrastructure sectors, stakeholder engagement, and reporting. Previous experience working in building retrofitting and energy efficiency projects will be an asset.

The Consultant interested in this assignment should demonstrate:

-          Practical on-hands experience and knowledge on electrical and thermal energy systems, including knowledge of its production, distribution and usage

-          Experience and knowledge on ESCO business model will be an asset

-          Ability to produce high-quality, concise, clear and structured reports;

-          Significant work experience and network in Mongolia;

-          Experience working for/ with international institutions and familiarity with their policies and procedures; and

-          Solution-oriented, effective team player, communications (oral, written) such as communicating technical concepts to non-technical audience, and analytical competencies.

The Consultant interested in this assignment should submit:

-          Curriculum vitae and covering letter and writing sample.