On November 5-6, UNEP-U4E, under the ASEAN Cool Initiative, and UNEP OzonAction jointly led a Study Tour in Singapore, aimed at fostering knowledge exchange, sharing best practices, and enhancing understanding of regulatory frameworks for implementing and enforcing enhanced Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) across the region. The tour showcased Singapore’s success in meeting the Regional Phase II MEPS targets, offering a model for other ASEAN countries. See below a video of the ...Read More
Brazil Case Study – Definition of Testing Standards for Assessing the Energy Efficiency of Commercial Refrigerators
This case study provides insight from the Brazilian delegation’s study tour on Testing Standards for Commercial Refrigerators at Re/gent Laboratory in the Netherlands and the conclusions from a comparative study on testing procedures conducted by the national laboratory, CEPEL, to support the development of Brazil’s national test standards. The training programme included complementary activities in Brazil after the study tour, in collaboration with U4E, to support the successful development ...Read More
Advancing Air Conditioners’ Energy Efficiency Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement
Implementation of key recommendations from the National Cooling Action Plan under the Project “Scaling Up Sustainable Cooling in Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution” This document, developed in the context of the Scaling Up Sustainable Cooling in Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contribution project led by the Energy Commission of Nigeria in partnership with UNEP-U4E proposes the strategies and rationale to implement the Nigerian Cooling Action Plan (N-CAP) recommendations on ...Read More
Model Quality and Performance Guidelines for Off-Grid Refrigerating Appliances
Refrigerating appliances are among the most desirable but expensive appliances that small enterprises and households aspire to own once electricity becomes available and incomes rise beyond subsistence. While research indicates a large market opportunity for off-grid refrigerating appliances, observed market penetration is still very low with annual sales roughly estimated at ~12-31 thousand units, compared to about 200 million grid-connected units worldwide. One reason for this is user ...Read More
Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient Ceiling Fans
Ceiling fans are a low-cost cooling option which enhance indoor comfort with a power consumption typically less than 90 watts compared to room AC systems which typically have a consumption of around 1500 watts. In countries such as India, they make up a substantial portion of residential electricity demand. There are approximately $8 billion in annual global sales of ceiling fans, and in most markets these products are unregulated beyond basic safety requirements, so there is a great ...Read More
Accelerating the implementation of the ASEAN Regional Policy Roadmap for Energy Efficient Room Air Conditioners
ASEAN Cool Initiative aims to accelerate the implementation of the ASEAN Regional Policy Roadmap for Energy Efficient Room Air Conditioners by providing technical assistance and capacity building for MEPS and labels in the region. It will be implemented by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) across the region, with support from U4E, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC). Across the ASEAN region, the project will accelerate the ...Read More
Advancing Indonesia’s Lighting Market to High Efficient Technologies
This factsheet provides a summary of the Advancing Indonesia’s Lighting Market to High Efficient Technologies (ADLIGHT) project which aims to reduce electricity demand and related greenhouse gas emissions by promoting increased use of high efficiency lighting technologies through the transformation of the national market. Download factsheet ...Read More
Pilot Demonstration Projects Successfully Completed in Pakistan
Pakistan’s $7.4 million USD GEF project “Delivering the Transition to Energy Efficient Lighting in Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and Outdoor Sectors” was formally launched in February 2019. The project, through the U4E team of experts, provided technical assistance to the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (NEECA) in the promotion, demonstration, deployment, and transfer of innovative high efficiency and usage-controlling lighting technologies. This case study ...Read More
Defra and U4E MOP34 Side Event: Economic Growth Through Policy Harmonization
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 (HCFCs). ...Read More
Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
These Model Regulation Guidelines for Energy-Efficient and Climate-Friendly Commercial Refrigeration Equipment complement U4E’s Model Regulation Guidelines for Refrigerating Appliances. They provide guidance for assisting developing and emerging economy governments that are considering a voluntary, regulatory or legislative framework requiring new refrigeration equipment to be energy efficient and to use refrigerants that have lower global warming potential compared with typical legacy ...Read More
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