U4E is open to countries and stakeholders with a specific interest in moving markets to energy-efficient products.
U4E is open to countries and stakeholders with a specific interest in moving markets to energy-efficient products. By supporting U4E, partners will be able to contribute to reducing the world’s growing electricity consumption and mitigate climate change. Through their participation, partners will support the achievement of the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative; and receive international visibility and recognition.
Countries
By moving markets to energy-efficient appliances and equipment, countries will be able to reduce national electricity consumption, curb greenhouse gas emissions and benefit from many other financial and economic savings. The world map highlights the potential savings for each country.
Why become a partner to U4E?
The brochure “Leapfrogging your country to energy-efficient lighting, appliances and equipment” highlights the benefits of a transition to efficient products for countries and what support governments will receive when joining U4E:
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How to join U4E?
To become a partner to U4E, an interested country needs to fill in the country endorsement form, have it signed by the responsible Minister, and send the endorsed form to the U4E Secretariat at UNEP.
Download the Country Endorsement Form:
Appliance & equipment manufacturers
U4E works with manufacturers of energy-efficient appliances and equipment for a sustainable market transformation to efficient products. Manufacturers are uniquely positioned to support this undertaking, given their technical know-how as providers of energy-efficient technologies and their expertise relating to markets, energy-efficiency standards and policies, and consumer information and marketing. Manufacturers can provide in-kind or financial contributions to U4E.
Why become a partner to U4E?
Partnership in U4E provides appliance and equipment manufacturers with a variety of benefits, including:
- Participation in the development of ambitious energy-efficiency standards and new policy approaches enabling sustainable market transformations to efficient products;
- Increasing competitiveness, reducing costs of product development and testing, and enhancing market transparency;
- Accessing new markets and expanding existing markets for efficient products through the global and regional harmonization of minimum energy performance standards, providing reduced trade barriers and better-quality products.
How to join?
For more information on how to partner and join U4E, please contact the U4E Secretariat at UNEP.
Utilities
As providers of electricity, utilities play a key role in encouraging the use of energy-efficient products by their clients. This is important for many developing countries and emerging economies when addressing power shortages and black-outs that may eventually undermine economic development.
Why become a partner to U4E?
By promoting the use of energy-efficient products, utilities will be able to curb electricity consumption of their customers, thereby reducing stress on generation and distribution infrastructure. This in turn will bring down the risks of blackouts and avoid costly investments in new power generation capacity
How to join?
For more information on how to partner and join U4E, please contact the U4E secretariat at UNEP.
Financial organisations & institutions
U4E seeks to partner with public and private financial institutions such as international, regional and national development banks, private banks and other financial entities to address the upfront costs of energy-efficient products, one of the biggest barriers to their effective uptake. By supporting partner governments of U4E through loans and by putting in place financial mechanisms such as revolving loan funds, efficient products will become affordable to businesses and consumers. In this way, financial organisations will support a sustainable transition to energy-efficient products.
How to join?
For more information on how to partner and join U4E, please contact the U4E secretariat at UNEP.
Other stakeholders
In addition, U4E seeks partners interested in promoting the use of energy-efficient products as well as those with a specialized area of expertise, such as intergovernmental and nongovernmental organisations, technical entities (e.g., testing laboratories, standardisation and enforcement bodies, etc.), energy-efficiency networks and initiatives, industry networks and consumer organisations.
How to join?
For more information on how to partner and join U4E, please contact the U4E secretariat at UNEP.