Minimum energy performance standards (MEPS), often in combination with energy labelling, offer a highly effective means of transitioning national markets to more energy-efficient lighting, electrical equipment and appliances. But not all MEPS and labelling schemes are created equal. Experience shows that the approaches which stimulate the greatest shift towards higher efficiency products are those that follow proven good practices in the development and application of national programmes. ...Read More
Increasing Energy Efficiency to Decrease Mercury Use in Lighting
Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal that poses a global threat to human health and the environment. Mercury is one of the top 10 chemicals of major public health concern, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as it affects the nervous, digestive and immune systems, and also has adverse effects on the environment, including water and soil, and when released to the atmosphere where it is transported around the globe and bioaccumulates in the food chain. Despite this, it is still used ...Read More
U4E Model Regulation Guidelines Support Development of New Mandatory Energy Efficiency Standards for Lighting in South Africa
In May 2023, the South African Department of Trade and Industry and Competition officially announced new compulsory Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for lighting in South Africa, which will effectively ban all but energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED) lamps for general service lighting. The development of these MEPS was led by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy and approved by the Department of Technology, Industry and Competition, with the proposed standards open ...Read More
Indonesia Boosts Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement Capability with Technical Study Tour in Thailand
In November 2022, representatives from the key stakeholder organisations involved in monitoring, verification and enforcement activities in Indonesia spent four days at the Electrical and Electronics Institute (EEI) in Bangkok, Thailand to reinforce and develop the national capabilities for undertaking the testing required to underpin regulations for energy efficiency of lighting products in Indonesia. The technical study tour was undertaken as part of the GEF-funded Advancing Indonesia’s ...Read More
Shedding Light on Energy Efficiency in Sudan with ‘Super Energy’ for Schools
The role that young people can have in spreading climate change messages and recruiting behaviour change is becoming more and more apparent. This hasn’t gone un-noticed in Sudan where an energy-efficient lighting awareness campaign was designed specifically to target primary school children as a route to engaging their families and communities. This is particularly important in Sudan where the illiteracy rate is still high, and many families learn from their children who attend schools. Schools ...Read More
Pakistan Pilot Projects Demonstrate the Benefits of Retrofitting with High-Efficiency LED Lighting
As recently demonstrated by three pilot projects in Pakistan, implementation of new lighting regulations and green procurement practices to accelerate the uptake of high-efficiency LED lighting technologies and smart controls (e.g., occupancy sensors and street lighting dimming controls) offers one of the single biggest opportunities to quickly realize immediate energy savings and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Pakistan has been actively working to achieve these benefits since ...Read More
Tunisia Moves Closer to a 50% Saving on Lighting Energy with Preparation of New Mandatory MEPS and Labels Regulations, Higher Performance, Eco-Efficient LED Lighting Products Across all Sectors
In October 2022, Tunisia moved closer to establishing minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) and labels for energy efficient lighting through a workshop and series of meetings convened by ANME, the Tunisian National Agency for Energy Management, and the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (UNEP-U4E) initiative as part of the Leapfrogging Tunisia's Lighting Market to High Efficiency Technologies project. This project, funded by the Global Environment Facility ...Read More
Tunisia Prepares to Equip New Photometry Testing Laboratory to Enhance its National Energy Efficient Lighting Testing Capabilities
In October 2022, as Tunisia prepares its final specifications to purchase new photometry equipment necessary for testing lamps in the main usage sectors, senior staff from Tunisia’s National Agency for Energy Management (ANME) and the national test laboratory CETIME, spent four days on a study tour in France to develop a fuller understanding of the technical features and quality of the key measurement systems required. Tunisia will effectively equip a modern photometric test facility to ...Read More
Study Tour in Thailand Boosts Pakistan Testing Laboratory Capabilities
In August 2022, representatives from several key government agencies and test facilities from Pakistan, including the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), National Institute of Electronics (NIE) and the Centre for Energy Research and Development (CERAD) spent four days at the Electrical and Electronics Institute (EEI) in Bangkok, Thailand to reinforce and develop the national capabilities for lighting product ...Read More
Major Milestone in Indonesia’s Transition to Energy-efficient Lighting Achieved
The approval of the Ministerial Decree for minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) and energy labels for light emitting diode (LED) lights in July 2022 marks a significant milestone for Indonesia’s ADLIGHT, Advancing Indonesia’s Lighting Market to High Efficient Technologies, project. The project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The three-year ADLIGHT project, ...Read More
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