Tunisia

United for Efficiency supports Tunisia’s policymakers and regulators to advance policies, strategies and actions for the phase-out of inefficient lighting. Emphasis is on an integrated policy approach so that a transition can be sustained by the domestic market without continued external support or resources.

PROJECT DETAILS

LEAPFROGGING TUNISIA’S LIGHTING MARKET TO HIGH EFFICIENCY TECHNOLOGIES

The objective of this GEF-funded project is to promote the rapid transformation of the Tunisian market to energy-efficient lighting technologies, thereby reducing electrical demand and consumption and related greenhouse gases emissions.

Main Components

Revision and support in finalizing the national energy efficiency regulations for lighting minimum energy performance standards and labels
Deliver training and technical proposal of an upgrade plan to local manufacturers on transitioning from incandescent and CFL lamp manufacturing to the production of LED lamps
Enhancement of testing capacities of the national lamp laboratories, and technical assistance for laboratory international accreditation
Implementing an operational framework to establish a collection scheme, recycling facilities and/or sound disposal systems, as appropriate, to ensure the sustainable end of life treatment of spent lamps