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Nobel Prize in Physics to SSL inventors

The IEA 4E SSL Annex congratulates Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura for their joint award of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for developing blue-light LEDs that enables general illumination white-light LED products.

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Worldwide comparison of 110 LED testing laboratories: Results Presented

Today, the governments of ten countries announced the publication of the world’s largest interlaboratory comparison on solid state lighting (SSL). This project compares the ability of 110 laboratories worldwide to test Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps and luminaires. The outcome of this large-scale interlaboratory comparison will help governments and manufacturers around the world ensure that new LED products sold to consumers and companies are of high quality and meet the claimed performance.

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Smart Appliance Workshop

The IEA 4E Electronic Devices and Networks Annex (“EDNA”) will hold a Smart Appliance Workshop in Korea on 4 November 2014.  The workshop will serve to introduce EDNA to the smart appliance industry and explore ways

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IEA to launch Network Standby book July 2, 2014

The launch of this publication will take place at 13:30 Paris time on 2 July, 2014 via webinar presented by the IEA Executive Director and the Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology. Read the introduction here….

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4E helps IEA to track Clean Energy Progress

4E analysis of appliance trends has been used by the IEA in it’s latest report: Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2014 which examines progress in the development and deployment of key clean energy technologies.  This Energy Technology

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EDNA Inaugural Meeting Held

The newly formed IEA 4E Electronic Devices and Networks Annex (“EDNA”) held its first meeting on 14 May 2014 in Utrecht, Netherlands.  At the meeting the official member countries agreed: The Netherlands (Hans-Paul Siderius) was appointed

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Distribution transformers benchmarking report published

The international comparison of the energy performance of distribution transformers and associated MEPS levels is now available. This report shows key differences in the spread of product performance in Australia, Canada, India, the Republic of Korea, and the USA. It also examines and compares variations in the scope and stringency of national minimum performance levels and other policies.

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Dishwashers benchmarking report published

The benchmarking report discussing the international comparison of the energy performance of dishwashers in nine countries/regions is now available. It examines variations in the scope and stringency of national minimum performance levels and other policies and shows key differences in product performance between countries over the 1996-2012 period.

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EDNA Annex Created

The International Energy Agency’s 4E initiative has created its newest “annex” targetting the growing energy use from communications networks and networked equipment. The newly formed Electronic Devices and Networks Annex (“EDNA”) will cover most types of

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