A new African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) based in Rwanda will help get food to markets quickly and efficiently. It will help farmers and fisheries in Africa reduce the estimated 30% of food produced for human consumption which is lost due to poor post-harvest practices and handling – tackling hunger, under-nutrition, and environmental impacts, while boosting profits and creating jobs. ACES is a collaboration of the Governments of Rwanda and the United ...Read More
GCF and UNEP webinar on ‘Scaling-up GCF Projects on Energy-Efficient and Climate Friendly Cooling’
The important contribution that energy-efficient and climate friendly cooling can make to delivering emission reductions and meeting energy saving targets was highlighted in a recent Green Climate Fund (GCF) and United Nations Environment Programme webinar. The webinar, which was moderated by Sabin Basnyat, Senior Energy Efficiency Specialist, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation of the GCF, presented how countries can scale up efforts on energy-efficient and climate friendly cooling through ...Read More
ECOFRIDGES Closes Deals with Four Commercial Banks in Ghana to Offer Green On-wage Financing (GO)
The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) received with enthusiasm by the financial sector in Ghana. ECOFRIDGES Green On-wage financing (ECOFRIDGES GO) will be commercially available for Ghanaian households in the coming months. ECOFRIDGES is a joint program by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and the Governments of Ghana and Senegal with the sole objective to accelerate the adoption of energy-efficient and climate ...Read More
Environmentally Friendly, Energy-Efficient Refrigerators and Room ACs to Become Accessible in Ghana Through ECOFRIDGES Program
ECOFRIDGES Ghana is a joint program of United for Efficiency (U4E) and the Government of Ghana through the Energy Commission, in collaboration with regional and local partners, to accelerate adoption of energy-efficient and climate-friendly domestic refrigerators and room air conditioners. A cornerstone of ECOFRIDGES is a financial mechanism to ensure these cooling products are affordable. BASE is leading the development and implementation of this scheme. Through the no-risk high-potential ...Read More
Twinning of the Montreal Protocol and Energy Officials to Find Energy-efficient and Climate-friendly Cooling Solutions in Latin America
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA, 28 June 2018 — The third in the series of Twinning Workshops on Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Refrigeration and Air Conditioning concluded in Guatemala City today. The workshop brought together two traditionally separate communities from the countries of Central and South America – those responsible for managing compliance with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and those responsible for national energy policies. With their ...Read More
Asian Policymakers Receive Training to Promote Efficient Cooling
BEIJING, 17 April 2018— The first of a series of unique regional workshops to promote energy-efficient cooling concluded last Thursday in the Chinese capital. The “Twinning Workshop on Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Refrigeration and Air Conditioning” aimed to strengthen cooperation between two traditionally separate communities – those responsible for managing compliance with the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, and those who craft national energy policies. ...Read More
U4E November Event Registration Now Open
Join us to network with senior officials, top business executives and civil society leaders! United for Efficiency is pleased to welcome you to a high-level conference on accelerating the global transition to energy-efficient products. UN Environment Executive Director Erik Solheim will lead off the event, which will feature senior government officials, top business executives, and civil society leaders. Throughout the day, participants will highlight progress on policies and programmes that ...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
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
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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