Executive Director Mahama Kappiah of ‘Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency’ (ECREEE), a United for Efficiency Partner in West Africa, was awarded African Energy Leader of the year on 21 April 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The jury commended Mr. Kappiah for bringing the “X” factor to impact at a company level and within the industry as a whole. The nomination comes at a time of significant developments in the West African energy sector. Current projects to unleash the ...Read More
Southern African Countries Agree to Improve Energy Efficiency Policies
On 23 March 2017 in Johannesburg, representatives from Southern African countries met to agree on the development of a regional energy efficiency roadmap. With support from the United for Efficiency Partnership, the countries decided to take the first step in transforming their markets to high-efficiency lighting, appliances and products such as air conditioners. This will unlock significant benefits, including savings for consumers in the order of $2 billion a year. Southern African ...Read More
2017 SEforAll Forum Adjourns
Over 1,000 high-level representatives from government, business, civil society and international organisations gathered in New York City for the 3rd Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) Forum on 3 – 5 April. The Forum’s theme was “Going Further, Faster—Together.”Highlights of the event included discussions with Michael Bloomberg, Founder of Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies and 108th Mayor of New York City, and other notable business and government leaders as well as panel discussions ...Read More
Six Organisations Join United for Efficiency Partnership
United for Efficiency recently welcomed six new Partners to its global Initiative to reduce 2030 electricity consumption by 10 percent by using more energy-efficient products. These new Partners include the Clean Energy Ministerial’s Advanced Cooling Challenge, BASE, Energy Efficiency Services Limited of India, the International Institute for Energy Conservation, Neonlite (Megaman) and the Carbon Trust. Our new Partners have a wealth of experience in activities related to energy-efficient ...Read More
A New UN Project Reducing Health Risks of Lighting in Nigeria
Recently, at Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, United for Efficiency-en.lighten launched a two-year pilot project to reduce health risks from lighting in Nigeria. The project will accelerate the transition from kerosene and other fuel-based lanterns to solar lighting, reducing homes’ indoor air pollution and improving Nigerians’ health and standard of living. The launch event, held on 6 March 2017 in Abuja, was organised in collaboration with Climate and Clean Air Coalition Secretariat and the ...Read More
United for Efficiency Taskforces Take Next Steps in Development of Policy Guides
To support national and regional initiatives in advancing energy-efficient lighting, appliances and equipment, United for Efficiency has established five expert taskforces to develop best practice strategy and policy recommendations. These five taskforces have held a total of 10 meetings to define the type of strategy and policies they recommend. The strategies and policies will become the foundation for guides containing content such as regulations and performance standards, financial ...Read More
Peruvians Trained on Lighting Compliance Testing
Peruvian experts attended a training workshop on lighting compliance at the Global Efficient Lighting Centre in Beijing, from 2 – 4 November, 2016. The training workshop’s objective was to strengthen the capacity of Peruvian lamp testing laboratories to produce reliable test results and measure gains in energy efficiency from specific innovations or techniques. The training was implemented as an activity under the UN Environment “Lighting Market Transformation in Peru” funded by the Global ...Read More
Morocco Celebrates the Installation of 9 Million Energy-Efficient Lamps
On 2 November 2016 Morocco’s National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water and the UN Environment celebrated the installation of their 9 millionth energy-efficient lamp with a special event in Casablanca. The event was part of Morocco’s INARA program, which started 10 years ago, and aims to replace 15 million incandescent lamps with low-energy consumption lamps to promote energy efficiency. The first phase of INARA was launched in 2007 and ran until 2010. The program supported the ...Read More
Chile Launches Website Encouraging Use of LED Light Bulbs
United for Efficiency country partner Chile’s new website encourages consumers to switch to light-emitting diode (LED) light bulbs as part of a national consumer awareness campaign. The website is part of a Chilean consumer awareness-raising campaign, encouraging a nation-wide switch to climate friendly and energy-efficient LED lighting. The Chilean website includes LED discount vouchers, energy-efficiency tips and savings calculators. The LED is one of today's most energy-efficient and ...Read More
Improving Management of Lamp Waste in Chile and Peru Through Practical Training
Seventeen Peruvian and Chilean policymakers and technical experts attended a course on environmentally sound management of lamp waste from 21 – 25 November 2016 in Madrid. The course, organised by Ambilamp and UN Environment’s United for Efficiency-en.lighten initiative, gave participants tools to establish national schemes for the collection and recycling of spent lamps. “Chile’s diverse geography makes it difficult for us to define collection and recycling targets and implement ...Read More
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