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Doubling Energy Efficiency with Appliances

24 Sep 2025

New CLASP analysis finds that appliance efficiency could deliver about 20% of the energy savings needed by 2030 to meet the doubling energy efficiency goal.

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Making the Switch: The Deployment Handbook for Institutional E-Cookers

08 Dec 2025

This report provides actionable recommendations for scaling e-cooking in institutions in Kenya.

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Indonesia Residential End-Use Survey

CLASP and Ipsos conducted a first-of-its-kind national survey of household appliance use in Indonesia to provide insights into appliance ownership and usage at the household level to support energy efficiency policies that maximize energy and CO₂ reductions and cost savings for household consumers, manufacturers, and the nation.

08 Jun 2020

Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Fans

CLASP, in partnership with PwC, conducted a comprehensive study of electric fans in Indonesia in efforts to characterize the market; inform the development of appropriate and robust fans testing, standards, and labeling requirements; and assess the potential impacts of these energy efficiency policies.

08 Jun 2020

Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Refrigerators

This comprehensive study of domestic refrigerators in Indonesia aims to characterize the market; inform the development of appropriate and robust refrigerator testing, standards, and labeling requirements; and assess the potential impacts of these energy efficiency policies.

08 Jun 2020

Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Rice Cookers

This comprehensive study of rice cookers in Indonesia aims to characterize the market; inform the development of appropriate and robust refrigerator testing, standards, and labeling requirements; and assess the potential impacts of these energy efficiency policies.

08 Jun 2020

Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Lighting

CLASP, in partnership with PwC, conducted a comprehensive study of lighting products in Indonesia in efforts to characterize the market; inform the development of appropriate and robust fans testing, standards, and labeling requirements; and assess the potential impacts of these energy efficiency policies.

08 Jun 2020

Electric Pressure Cooking: Accelerating Microgrid E-Cooking Through Business and Delivery Model Innovations

To evaluate the need and use-case for EPCs, CLASP conducted a small-scale study with PowerGen Renewable Energy mini-grid EPC customers in rural Tanzania. The report outlines the business model and delivery mechanisms used to distribute the EPCs, demonstrating that in-person trainings and loan facilities are critical components of product uptake and retention.

08 Jun 2020

Off- and Weak-Grid Solar Appliance Market: India

Insufficient data about off-grid appropriate appliances makes it difficult for manufacturers, policymakers, distributors, mini-grid operators, investors, and other market actors to make informed decisions. To help address this challenge, Efficiency for Access has worked to gather data on the availability of off-grid appropriate appliances in key countries.

08 Jun 2020

The Socio-Economic Impact of Super-Efficient Fans in Bangladesh

Super-efficient off-grid fans have the potential to deliver a range of socio-economic, health, and environmental benefits for households in Bangladesh, yet reliable data on the impacts of fans remains sparse. To address these gaps in knowledge, CLASP conducted over 1,600 telephone surveys with off-grid fan customers in Bangladesh.

05 Jun 2020

Electric Bankers: Utility-Enabled Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper, co-authored with the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, focuses on one of the critical roadblocks to the uptake of appliances — a lack of access to consumer financing for lower income households — and explores how energy providers can close the credit gap.

21 May 2020

Solar Water Pump Durability Research Memo

This memo fills important knowledge gaps on solar water pump durability by sharing key data from Global LEAP Awards laboratory testing and summarizing information from the existing literature and interviews with industry experts. It provides useful recommendations for how to enhance solar water pump durability and identifies opportunities for how to improve existing test methods and future quality assurance efforts.

14 May 2020

The Role of Appliances in Achieving Gender Equality and Energy Access for All

Energy-efficient off-grid appliances are essential to ensuring the advantages of electricity translate into measurable social and economic benefits for the millions of households without access to modern energy. Evidence from the Efficiency for Access Coalition and ENERGIA finds the benefits of modern energy are not reaching those who need it most.

12 May 2020

A Study on the Feasibility of Ecolabeling in India

Recognizing the need to factor in overall environmental footprint associated with products and encourage the penetration of environmentally-friendly products in the market, this study assess the feasibility of developing a comprehensive ecolabeling program in India, and focuses on its applicability on cooling appliances

11 May 2020

Staying cool: The development of India’s pioneering energy efficiency policy for chillers

India recently announced new energy efficiency policies for chillers, projected to avoid 28 TWh of electricity consumption and 23 million tons of CO₂ emissions cumulatively through 2030. This article presents a case study of the unique challenges and solutions required to design a new energy efficiency policy for chillers in India.

09 Apr 2020

Bulk Procurement Inspection Manuals

In November 2019, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), an energy service company set up under India’s Ministry of Power, published a series of inspection manuals to guide bulk procurements for five product categories: electric motors, LED street light fixtures, room air conditioners, smart meters, and submersible water pumps.

17 Mar 2020

Standards and Labeling Policy for Deep Freezers in India

Using both surveys and in-person interviews of manufacturers and their associations, this report examines the Indian deep freezer market in order to understand product segmentation and projected growth rates.

17 Mar 2020

Market Assessment of Light Commercial Air Conditioners in India

This paper examines the methodologies and labeling thresholds adopted for room air conditioners in Japan, China, and South Korea in order to make recommendations for an impactful labeling policy in India.

17 Mar 2020

Assessing Annex III Fluorescent Lamp Exemptions in the Light of Scientific and Technical Progress

This report provides a technical assessment of the exemptions provided in Annex III of the Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment for fluorescent lamp types.

28 Feb 2020

Quality Assurance for Off-Grid TVs and Fans: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward

The learning paper documents key learnings from testing and evaluating off-grid TVs and fans and provide recommendations for future quality assurance efforts.

12 Feb 2020

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Indonesia Residential End-Use Survey

Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Fans

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Indonesia Market Study and Policy Analysis for Rice Cookers

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Electric Pressure Cooking: Accelerating Microgrid E-Cooking Through Business and Delivery Model Innovations

Off- and Weak-Grid Solar Appliance Market: India

The Socio-Economic Impact of Super-Efficient Fans in Bangladesh

Electric Bankers: Utility-Enabled Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Solar Water Pump Durability Research Memo

The Role of Appliances in Achieving Gender Equality and Energy Access for All

A Study on the Feasibility of Ecolabeling in India

Staying cool: The development of India’s pioneering energy efficiency policy for chillers

Bulk Procurement Inspection Manuals

Standards and Labeling Policy for Deep Freezers in India

Market Assessment of Light Commercial Air Conditioners in India

Assessing Annex III Fluorescent Lamp Exemptions in the Light of Scientific and Technical Progress

Quality Assurance for Off-Grid TVs and Fans: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward