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
REMA, Defra and IFC Sign a Statement of Cooperation on the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain
On behalf of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES), the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) for the Rwanda Ministry of Environment, and the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) were pleased to sign a statement of cooperation with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) at COP27. This statement expresses the intent to facilitate collaboration with innovators participating in the IFC’s TechEmerge Sustainable ...Read More
ACES Welcomes Carrier as Its First Industry Partner
This week, the African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-chain (ACES) was pleased to announce Carrier Global Corporation as its first formal industry partner. The collaboration will help to advance the Centre’s work on sustainable cold chain development in Africa and supports Carrier’s focus on expanding the cold chain. As a leading global provider of innovative healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions, Carrier will bring their ...Read More
Defra and U4E Side Event at the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol
The United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) United for Efficiency (U4E) convened a side event at the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Parties to the UN Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The event, which took place in Montreal, Canada on 31 October 2022, highlighted the co-benefits of improving energy efficiency in parallel with phasing out the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons ...Read More
October issue of the U4E newsletter now available
The U4E newsletter provides readers with quarterly updates on the latest U4E projects, resources and tools. The October 2022 issue is now available. This issue includes information on: The 2022 update of the U4E Country Savings Assessments Approval of the Ministerial Decree for minimum energy performance standards and energy labels for light emitting diode lighting in Indonesia Publication of the Barbados National Cooling Strategy Announcement of a new ECOFRIDGES GO new ...Read More
“Help Us to Understand Priority Gaps Where ACES Can Be of Service”
Brian Holuj, Strategic Delivery Lead for the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES) on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United for Efficiency (U4E), overviews the ACES Engagement Day hosted on Friday, 21 October for Global Off-Grid Solar Forum attendees to further cold chain collaboration. A rainy season downpour could not dampen the enthusiastic deliberations of the more than 70 experts gathered at the ACES headquarters on 21 October ...Read More
El Salvador and Honduras Advance Energy-efficient and Climate-friendly Air Conditioners Through MVE Mechanisms and Testing Standards
El Salvador and Honduras advance energy-efficient and climate-friendly air conditioners through monitoring, verification and enforcement (MVE) mechanisms and testing standards with support from UNEP’s United for Efficiency (U4E), in preparation for new regional standards for higher performance cooling appliances. In September 2022, key national stakeholders from El Salvador and Honduras attended UNEP’s United for Efficiency (U4E) workshops, as part of the GCF Readiness Programme-funded ...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
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