18 September 2017, New York- Ministers and top UN leaders yesterday urged the world’s nations to quickly ratify an international agreement that could prevent up to half a degree of global warming this century. Dr. Vincent Biruta, Minister of Environment of the Republic of Rwanda, and Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada, hosted a high-level event at the United Nations General Assembly to press for ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal ...Read More
Kazakhstan and UNDP-GEF Start a New United for Efficiency Project
On September 14, 2017 in Astana city the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ministry for Investments and Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan (MID RK) with the financial support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) are presenting the Project “Standards, certification and labelling of energy efficiency of electric domestic appliances and equipment in Kazakhstan”, further referred as Project. This Project is a part of the global initiative United for Efficiency (U4E), ...Read More
responsAbility Partners with UN Environment
Collaboration agreement to measure energy efficiency A climate fund managed by responsAbility Investments AG has entered into collaboration with the Energy, Climate and Technology branch of the UN Environment. The partners will collaborate on developing country baselines for specific technologies to establish benchmarks for both sustainable energy policies and energy efficiency financing. The strategic partnership will allow responsAbility to obtain first-hand information on the development of ...Read More
U4E Webinar Reaches Global Audience
On 25 July, 2017, the Clean Energy Solutions Center, in partnership with UN Environment, hosted a webinar highlighting the findings of six new policy guides developed by United for Efficiency. The webinar, addressing indoor and outdoor lighting, room air conditioners, household refrigerators, electric motors and motor systems, and transformers, reached energy experts in over 70 countries around the world. Well over half of the world’s electricity is consumed by the products addressed in these ...Read More
IEA Annex Launches LED Testing Comparison
The IEA 4E Solid State Lighting Annex formally announces the launch of the 2017 Interlaboratory Comparison (IC 2017) of goniophotometer measurements. IC 2017 is open to all photometric labs that use goniophotometers for testing LED lighting products, and is organised primarily to compare goniophotometric measurements of LED luminaires and narrow-beam LED lamps. This new interlaboratory comparison will study the equivalence of different types of goniophotometers, e.g., far-field ...Read More
U4E Highlights LEDs in Beijing
Showcasing the acceleration of the global adoption of energy-efficient LED lighting, United for Efficiency in Beijing, alongside the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial, highlighted how a fast market transformation can boost economic development and mitigate climate change. Over 100 participants representing the United Nations, international energy efficiency agencies, as well as Chinese certification bodies, research institutions and lighting manufacturers attended the seminar. The event was ...Read More
Global Lighting Challenge: 14 Billion Efficient Lighting Products Committed in Two Years
13 new companies have committed 6 billion products to advance efficient lighting. Beijing, June 6, 2017: Today, during an Eighth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8) side-event on efficient lighting, 13 companies announced new commitments to the Global Lighting Challenge (GLC) totaling nearly 6 billion LED lighting products. The GLC has now reached 14 billion high efficiency, high quality lighting products committed, surpassing its 10 billion light goal set at CEM6 two years ago. United for ...Read More
ABB Bringing Expertise to United for Efficiency
Virtually all the electrical energy we use needs to flow through transformers before reaching the application of end use. Out of these applications electrical motors are having the highest share of electrical energy use, about 53 per cent. By 2030 the number of transformers and motors needed is expected to grow considerably. Most of the older motors and transformer products in use today and many of the new ones being sold waste electricity. This leaves less money for citizens, businesses, and ...Read More
Manual de desensamble de refrigeradores y aires acondicionados
Una guía práctica para las empresas dedicadas a la gestión de RAEE A nivel mundial, millones de equipos de refrigeración y aire acondicionado se convierten en desechos electrónicos cada año, lo que representa una amenaza para el medio ambiente. La Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH en colaboración con el Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Colombia (MADS), ha preparado una guía para el desensamble manual de refrigeradores y equipos de aire ...Read More
New GIZ Guideline: How to Dismantle Refrigerators and Air Conditioners in an Environmentally Friendly Manner
The inadequate disposal of old, faulty air conditioners and refrigerators poses a considerable threat to the environment. In recognizing this issue, United for Efficiency Partner GIZ together with the Colombian partner ministry has published a guideline which illustrates how to appropriately dismantle cooling appliances. The publication addresses waste disposal companies and environmental ministries. The refrigerants and insulation foams used in cooling appliances contain climate-damaging ...Read More
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