In the East African Community (EAC) and Southern African Development Community (SADC) regions, growing populations, urbanization and rising living standards are expected to cause a tremendous increase in energy demand by 2030 and beyond. Air conditioners and refrigerators account for a large proportion of the electricity demand in EAC and SADC and many of old air conditioners and refrigerators currently installed use unnecessarily large amounts of electricity. To address this growing issue, ...Read More
Applying Government’s Purchasing Power to Jump-start Sustainability
On the 2-3 June 2021, United for Efficiency (U4E) hosted a series of workshops on Sustainable Public Procurement (SPP) for lighting and cooling appliances. SPP is a process whereby public sector organisations meet their needs for goods and services in a way that achieves the best value for money on a whole life basis for the organisation and society. Three dimensions – environmental, social and economic – form the pillars of an SPP programme. The events gathered 57 participants, including ...Read More
High Profile Inception Workshop for Bolivia Lighting Project
The Delivering the Transition to Energy Efficient Lighting project in Bolivia was given a boost this week at a high-profile inception workshop in La Paz. The Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energies, Lic. Franklin Molina Ortiz and the Vice Minister of Electricity and Alternative Energies, Ing. José Maria S. Romay Bortolini, voiced their support for the project in front of a live audience of 60 participants, with another 20 joining remotely, including representatives from OLADE (the Latin American ...Read More
ECOFRIDGES Sénégal, un nouveau mécanisme de financement a été lancé par l’Agence pour l’Economie et la Maitrise de l’Energie et la Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissement Classes en partenariat avec PNUE, BASE, Senelec, La Banque Agricole, Electronic Corp et SENFROID pour assurer l’accès des Sénégalais au refroidissement durable
Des réfrigérateurs et climatiseurs économes en énergie et respectueux de l’environnement seront largement accessibles et plus abordables au Sénégal grâce à un nouveau mécanisme de financement. ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditionners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES), coordonné par l’Agence pour l’Économie et la Maîtrise de l’Energie et la Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissements Classés, collabore avec Senelec, La Banque Agricole, en tant que banque partenaire, et Electronic Corp et SENFROID ...Read More
ECOFRIDGES Senegal, a new financing mechanism launched by l’Agence pour l’Economie et la Maitrise de l’Energie and la Direction de l’Environnement et des Etablissement Classes in partnership with UNEP, BASE, Senelec, La Banque Agricole, Electronic Corp and SENFROID to ensure Senegalese access to sustainable cooling
Energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly refrigerators and air conditioners will be widely accessible and more affordable in Senegal through a new funding mechanism. ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) Senegal, coordinated by the Agency for the Economy and the Control of Energy (AEME) and the Directorate of the Environment and Classified Establishments (DEEC), collaborates with Senelec, La Banque Agricole as a partner bank, and Electronic Corp and SENFROID as ...Read More
U4E-OLADE Webinars on Mobilizing Climate Financing to Achieve Climate Change Commitments
In March 2021, United for Efficiency (U4E) was pleased to partner with OLADE (Latin American Energy Organisation) on a series of three webinars – Introduction to Market Transformation Projects through UNEP’s U4E Policy Approach, Funding Programme Opportunities for Climate Change Projects, and Examples of Financial Mechanisms at National/Regional Projects – on climate financing. These webinars were conducted through the "Knowledge Community - CAPEVLAC" of OLADE, whose main objective is to ...Read More
Realizing the Shift of ASEAN’s Markets to Energy-efficient and Climate-friendly Appliances
Progress towards the harmonisation and transformation of ASEAN member states’ markets to energy-efficient and climate-friendly appliances took another step forward this week at a joint United for Efficiency (U4E) and ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) virtual workshop. As part of the 25th annual Energy Efficiency & Conservation Sub-Sector Network (EE&C-SSN) meeting, hosted by Brunei Darussalam, the workshop on Realizing the Shift of ASEAN’s Markets to Energy-efficient and Climate -friendly ...Read More
March Issue of the U4E Newsletter Now Available
The U4E newsletter provides readers with quarterly updates on the latest U4E projects, resources and tools. The March 2021 issue is now available. This includes information on: New projects commencing in 2021 A $3.5 million funding boost for the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) and U4E awareness campaign on energy-efficient and climate-friendly cooling New mandatory minimum energy performance ...Read More
Africa’s Sustainable Cooling Centre Gets Multi-million Funding Boost
The new Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold Chain (ACES) has taken a major step forward in Rwanda with a $3.5 (£2.4 million) million funding boost. The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) earmarked this contribution for the Centre’s design and technology kit-out, supporting the work of British universities (Birmingham, Heriot-Watt, Cranfield, London South Bank), the University of Rwanda and its hiring of the first-ACES ...Read More
Jamaica’s National Cooling Strategy Prepared for Cabinet Submission
Developed as part of the Caribbean Cooling Initiative (C-COOL), Jamaica’s National Cooling Strategy (JNCS) looks set to become the second such strategy adopted in the region, after a final refinement of its recommendations was undertaken by various inter-agency working groups prior to its submission to Cabinet. The commitment demonstrated by Jamaica as it enters the final stage toward approval, and subsequent implementation, is an excellent example for other countries seeking to meet their ...Read More
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