New publication on EU Market Surveillance Activities released
Market Surveillance of Energy Labelling & Ecodesign product requirements
SEAD motor award webinars
On 15 and 22 January two webinars will be held on the SEAD Electric Motor Awards Competition: https://cleanenergysolutions.org/training/sead-electric-motor-awards-competition.
Conference on Products Policy – International Trends in Ecodesign and Energy Labelling
Brussels, EC Premises, Charlemagne Building – 20 & 21 February 2014
Workshop on International Standards for Energy Efficiency
Paris, France – March 2014
4E Extended to 2019
This week the IEA CERT committee approved 4E’s extension for a second term to 2019, endorsing the unanimous request from the 12 existing member countries.
IEC 60034-2-3 ed1.0 published
The new international standard IEC/TS 60034-2-3 ed1.0 for testing converter-fed motors was published on 28 November 2013.
IEA “Energy Technology Initiatives 2013” publication now available
The IEA publication “Energy Technology Initiatives 2013 – Implementation Through Multilateral Co-operation” is available for download
SEAD Global Efficiency Medal Competition for Electric Motors
Manufacturers can nominate their most efficient electric motors for the SEAD Global Efficiency Medal Competition until 31 January 2014.
13th ExCo & Annex meetings dates announced
13th ExCo & Annex meetings to be held in The Netherlands, 12-16 May 2014
New measurement method for motor-drive systems
The Australian testing laboratory CalTest proposes a new measurement method for determination of efficiency of new technology motors and motor-drive systems using output/input measurements.
Updated refrigeration report published
The latest Annex benchmarking report which is an international comparison of the energy performance of refrigerator-freezers and freezers is now available. This is an update of an Annex report published in 2010. 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 1996-2011 period.
4E 2012 Annual Report now available
The 4E 2012 Annual Report is now available
Policy briefs published for standby power, vending machines and retail display cabinets
Following the recent publication of the full benchmarking reports for vending machines, standby power and retail display cabinets, the key policy observations from these reports have now been distilled into these two page summaries.
Seven webinar recordings now online
The IEA 4E Mapping and Benchmarking Annex runs Webinars (online seminars) to present the results and key conclusions for each product analysed to a wider audience. To date, there have been seven product analyses presented in this format and recordings of all of these webinars can be viewed at any time on this website.
CLASP launches new MV&E web resources
Recently launched MV&E web resources from CLASP provide quick and direct access to technical and policy studies, best practices information and economy-specific links and resources.
Four Mapping and Benchmarking webinars announced for March 2013
The IEA 4E Mapping and Benchmarking Annex is pleased to announce four new on-line seminars to present the outcomes of recent product analyses: standby power, washing machines, vending machines and retail display cabinets.
Bright Spark Issue 4 now available
The latest issue of the 4E newsletter “Bright Spark” is now available for download. Download
IEA, SEAD and 4E Engage with Standards Organisations
29 government energy efficiency officials and experts from 12 economies met on 7-8 November 2012 in Tokyo to collaborate on initiative to deliver greater international comparability of energy efficiency polices for appliances and equipment. As a
Motor Systems Tool new version
The Motor Systems Tool has been recently updated to version 1.53.
4E Data used in New EU Report
Latest EU Energy Efficiency Status Report for 2012 draws on information from 4E’s M&B Annex amongst other sources
