2024 World’s Best MEPS: Technical Appendix
Explore the criteria used by CLASP’s World’s Best MEPS tool to compare leading energy performance standards globally and identify the most stringent policies.
Minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) are a proven regulatory measure used widely to drive improvements in appliance energy efficiency. CLASP’s tool, World’s Best MEPS, compares current standards for six key appliance and equipment types across ten economies and identifies the most ambitious standards.
This document explains the tool’s methodology behind benchmarking different policies from around the globe. It outlines representative units, efficiency targets and thresholds, and the standardization of metrics needed to ensure fair and consistent comparisons across products and economies.
Types of appliances & equipment covered:
- Lighting
- Industrial electric motor systems
- Air conditioners
- Refrigerators
- Water heaters
- Space-heating equipment
Economies covered:
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- European Union (EU)
- India
- Indonesia
- Japan
- South Africa
- United Kingdom
- United States