Electronics

How Can TVs Improve Peoples’ Lives?

The United Nations' Sustainable Energy for All campaign, the International Finance Corporation's Lighting Global program, and the Clean Energy Ministerial's Global LEAP Awards are coordinating to support global markets for quality-assured, energy-efficient energy access products. These efforts are priming opportunities to manufacturers and distributors, and transforming the lives of people throughout the developing world.

21 Feb 2014

Lighting

Global LEAP Awards Launches Competitions to Identify Energy Efficient Off-Grid Appliances

The Global LEAP Awards’ first round of competition identified energy-efficient, high quality off-grid LED room lighting appliances and flat-panel color televisions. Nominations for the LED room lighting appliance awards closed on October 11, 2013.

10 Sep 2013

20 Feb 2013

Electronics

Clean Energy Ministerial Roundtable Highlights Opportunities to Accelerate Market Transformation for Super-Efficient Appliances

SEAD has undertaken several market transformation initiatives to recognize most efficient products and the development of procurement tools to help procurement officials make more sustainable procurement decisions. Through these activities, SEAD member governments have been "pulling" the global market towards more efficient products.

21 May 2012

This report, the first in a series, provides an analytical framework to evaluate proposed policies in terms of their economic benefits and effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

06 Dec 2011