ArticleOrganizers:
Apparel Impact Institute
Global Efficiency Intelligence
Speakers:
Pauline Op de Beeck & Laxmikant Jawale - Aii
Ali Hasanbeigi, PhD - Global Efficiency Intelligence
Cecilia Springer, PhD - Global Efficiency Intelligence
Webinar 1: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 11 a.m. US EDT (4 p.m. Central European Time)
Language: English
Registration link for Webinar 1: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5EuIlpapTiOfdJufghQLNg
Webinar 2: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. China Standard Time (10:30 p.m. Vietnam Time; 9:00 a.m. India Standard Time)
Language: English with Chinese and Vietnamese interpretation
Registration link for Webinar 2:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ll-gMTYCQ6K7IE_Uqs2C8g
Note: The content of both webinars is the same. We are hosting two webinars to accommodate different time zones.
Agenda:
Aii introduction (5 minutes)
GEI presentation (40 minutes)
Analysis Q&A (15 minutes)
Aii Call to Action & Next Steps (10 Minutes)
About the webinar:
On March 11, 2025, Apparel Impact Institute will launch the second of two reports on the low-carbon thermal energy roadmap for the textile industry, both authored by Global Efficiency Intelligence. The first report assessed low-carbon thermal energy technologies and sources, while the second report - launching at this webinar - provides a quantitative analysis and roadmap for adopting alternative fuels and electrification technologies in a typical wet-processing textile plant in five major textile-producing countries: China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Indonesia. The report examines the costs, emissions, and energy use of biomass boilers, natural gas boilers, electric boilers, and heat pumps for heating in textile plants.
The webinar will share key insights from the report, including the timeline for electrification and biomass in low-carbon transition, country-specific pathways for renewable energy procurement for the textile industry, and step-by-step implementation guidelines for electrifying steam and thermal oil heating systems, which drive most fuel use in wet-processing textile facilities.
The webinar will also outline recommendations for the policy, infrastructure, and financing needed to make low-carbon thermal energy a reality in the textile industry, with actions laid out through 2040 for apparel brands and textile manufacturers.
Finally, Aii will contextualize the report in a call to action and present its strategy for activating the roadmap’s recommendations.
