Following a rigorous process encompassing data collection, regional discussions, national consultations, and member state voting, the finalized harmonized regional Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for air conditioners and residential refrigeration appliances (cooling products) have been formally approved and disseminated to the 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for the commencement of national implementation. This significant milestone was achieved as ...Read More
Egypt Explores How Sustainable Public Procurement Can Accelerate the Transition to More Environmentally-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners
In November 2023, UNEP U4E provided training to representatives of the Housing and Building National Research Center (HBRC) in Alexandria. The training focused on how sustainability criteria can be integrated into procurement processes in Egypt, building upon and supporting the country’s minimum energy performance standards for ducted and non-ducted air conditioners. The HBRC is an Egyptian agency affiliated with the Ministry of Housing, and is focused on research, development, and innovation ...Read More
How energy-efficient lighting is helping Pakistan counter climate change
Sitting at the base of Islamabad’s Margalla Hills is the Raziuddin Siddiqi Memorial Library, a four-storey building packed with more than 2 million books, CDs and DVDs. Along with being one of Pakistan’s largest libraries, Raziuddin Siddiqi is unique for another reason: on entering the building one won’t hear the tell-tale flicker of fluorescent lights. That is because the library has replaced all 103 of the fluorescent tubes on its ground floor with energy-efficient light-emitting-diodes ...Read More
Bolivia and Tunisia Stakeholders Learn from Environmentally Sound Management Expertise in Spain
In November 2023, as part of a four-day study tour, representatives from Bolivia and Tunisia visited three waste management treatment sites in Madrid and Zaragoza in Spain. Their objective was to learn more about best practices in environmentally sound management (ESM) for electric and electronic waste, which includes lighting waste, and meeting the requirements of national extended producer responsibility (EPR) regulations – an environmental policy approach in which a producer’s responsibility ...Read More
Training Workshops in Tunisia Strengthen MVE Capacity for Lighting Products
In November 2023, UNEP U4E convened two training workshops to build capacity amongst key stakeholders in Tunisia for monitoring, verification and enforcement (MVE) activities to support the country’s forthcoming adoption of mandatory Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for lighting products. Adoption of MEPS in line with the recommendations of the UNEP U4E model regulation guidelines for lighting project and the sustainable transition to energy-efficient lighting technologies has the ...Read More
Towards a Market Transformation in Cooling: At the Intersection of Regulation and Financing
On Monday, 4 December 2023, U4E presented a joint side event at the “Montreal Protocol advancing climate action” pavilion at COP28 in Dubai. The event explored the intersection of regulation and financing with experts touching on topics such as existing regulatory and financing mechanisms for sustainable cooling, how regulation paves the way for financing the sustainable cooling transition, and innovative financing tools available for the cooling sector. Its objective was to showcase ...Read More
November 2023 Issue of the U4E Newsletter Now Available
The U4E newsletter provides readers with quarterly updates on the latest U4E projects, resources and tools. The November 2023 is now available. This issue includes information on: Collaboration with the Ozone Secretariat on their MOP35 Workshop on Energy Efficiency and relaunch of OzonAction Twinning Workshops A briefing to the UNEA Committee of Permanent Representatives on the U4E Country Savings Assessments Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain ...Read More
Two Workshops Boost Progress Towards More Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Air Conditioners in Nigeria
On 15 and 16 November 2023, the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme United for Efficiency (UNEP U4E) and various partners, hosted a monitoring, verification and enforcement (MVE) training workshop and a stakeholder workshop as part of the Clean Cooling Collaborative-funded, Scaling Up Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Cooling in Nigeria’s NDC Revision, project. The first national stakeholders workshop in Abuja in March 2023, ...Read More
ASEAN Cool Initiative Regional Workshop Lays the Foundation for Cooperation on Air Conditioner MEPS
On 14-15 November 2023, representatives of seven ASEAN Member States –Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam– came together in Johor Bahru in Malaysia to discuss the status of minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for air conditioners in the region and opportunities for peer learning and cooperation. The workshop, convened by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (UNEP-U4E) initiative and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), ...Read More
UNEP OzonAction and U4E Working Together to Maximise the Co-benefits from HFC Reduction and Increased Energy Efficiency
On 25-26 September 2023, United for Efficiency (U4E) was pleased to take part in the first of a new series of Twinning Workshops, convened by UNEP OzonAction and funded through the Montreal Protocol’s OzonAction Compliance Assistance Programme, which will continue across the regions into 2024. The Joint Europe, Central Asia and West Asia Twinning Workshop for Montreal Protocol Officers, National Energy-Efficiency Policymakers and Financial Mechanism Focal Points, built on the success of the ...Read More
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