This paper describes international experience with the use of Voluntary Agreementsfor increasing industrial sector energy-efficiency, drawing lessons learned regarding theessential elements of the more successful programs. The paper focuses on a pilot project forimplementation of a Voluntary Agreement with two steel mills in Shandong Province thatwas developed through international collaboration with experts in China, the Netherlands,and the U.S. Designing the pilot project involved development of approaches for energyefficiencypotential assessments for the steel mills, target-setting to establish the VoluntaryAgreement energy-efficiency goals, preparing energy-efficiency plans for implementation ofenergy-saving technologies and measures, and monitoring and evaluating the project'senergy savings.
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