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
Partners Plan the Next Phase of United for Efficiency Partnership
United for Efficiency partners planned the next phase of partnership at a three-day workshop at the Global Efficient Lighting Centre, Beijing, China. The discussions held from 6 – 8 September focused on the partner countries’ expectations, support United for Efficiency could provide, and the roles of the United for Efficiency partners from mid-2017 to 2019. The workshop brought together over 40 representatives from United for Efficiency partner organizations, leading manufacturers and 11 ...Read More
United for Efficiency Welcomes Historical Agreement on HFCs
Nearly 200 countries struck a landmark deal last weekend to reduce the emissions of powerful greenhouse gases (GHG) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), in a move that could prevent up to 0.5°C of global warming by the end of this century, while continuing to protect the ozone layer. United for Efficiency (U4E) welcomes this historical agreement. The amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, endorsed in Kigali last weekend, is the single largest ...Read More
Practical guidance for effective monitoring, verification and enforcement activities
22 March 2016, The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-Global Environment Facility (GEF) en.lighten initiative is pleased to announce the publication of a series of monitoring, verification and enforcement (MVE) guidance notes. Developed as part of the Southeast Asia and Pacific Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement Project, with funding from the Australian Government, the series provides practical tools to support the development of an effective lighting policy compliance framework ...Read More
United for Efficiency: Leapfrogging Countries to High Efficiency Products in Support of a Global Climate Change Agreement
7 December 2015: The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and its lighting chapter, en.lighten, announced exciting new projects during Energy Day of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21). The partnership includes the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the International Copper Association (ICA), the environmental and ...Read More
UNEP-GEF en.lighten-United for Efficiency and its partners to be highlighted during COP21!
With COP21 already underway, we want to highlight the events the UNEP-GEF en.lighten-United for Efficiency partnership will offer in Paris. We look forward to presenting our strong partnership, releasing new assessments (both at the city and national levels), and providing examples of countries and municipalities leapfrogging to energy-efficient lighting, appliances, and equipment. U4E and its lighting project, the en.lighten initiative, comprise the global effort to advance energy-efficient ...Read More
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