Role of Regulations and Financial Mechanisms

in Scaling Up Sustainable Cooling

meetMED Workshop on

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN APPLIANCES

Barcelona, Spain

4 December 2019

Souhir Hammami

UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

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United for Efficiency – Leapfrogging to Energy-

Efficient Lighting, Appliances and Equipment

• Launched United for Efficiency (U4E) in 2014 at

the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit.

• The Programme combines the forces of the private

and public sectors on high impact opportunities –

lighting, appliances and equipment

• Supports the second goal of the UN Secretary

General’s SE4ALL initiative: to double the global

rate of improvement in energy efficiency

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U4E Approach for Transforming Markets

Comprehensive Market Transformation

Costa Rica

Peru

Chile

Morocco

Bolivia

South Africa

Sudan

Indonesia

Myanmar

JordanTunisia

Turkey

Pakistan

Kazakhstan

Panama

Dominican Republic

Nigeria

Rwanda

Ivory Coast

Caribbean

Ghana

Senegal

Projects Map

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Manufacturers &

Industry

Associations

Partner Organisations

Funders &

Implementing

Agencies

Technical

Organisations

& Initiatives

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Sources: International Energy Agency; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; UN Environment

Method: Approximate savings in 2030 in emerging & developing economies if today’s best available technologies are adopted

*Electric motors systems use over half of global electricity, some of which is accounted for in ACs and Refrigerators

Room Air Conditioners•Can improve efficiency by 30%

Indoor & Outdoor Lighting •Can improve efficiency 40 - 60%

Electric Motor Systems*•Can improve efficiency 20 - 30%

Residential Refrigerators•Can improve efficiency by 60%

Distribution Transformers•Can improve efficiency by 30%

Tackle Products That Use >50% of Electricity

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Minimum Energy

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(MEPS) ban the worst

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Financial incentives

support adoption of the

best products

Tools to Transition a Market

Labels help

buyers

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energy

efficiency

benefits

Test to Verify

compliance,

Enforce rules

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New Market Transformation Tools

Sample Product Registration Form - Refrigerators Logout >

Home > Registrations> Application forms> Refrigerators Record ID: PR000022

Test DetailsForm Navigation Testing Details

① Applicant Details Test method* IEC 62552:2015

② Product Details Test laboratory* ▼

(Select from dropdown list - if your

③ Test Details lab. does not appear in the dropdown Add Another Laboratory

list then select "Add another Laboratory")

④ Performance Claims

Test laboratory accreditation* ▼

⑤ File Uploads

Test Report or CAR Report No 1

⑥ Declaration and Fees Test Report/Certificate Number/s Add >

Test Report Date/s

Serial Number of Test Unit/s

Test Results

Adjusted volume (AV)* Litres

24 hour energy consumption (16C)* Wh/24hours

24 hour energy consumption (32C)* Wh/24hours

Weighted energy consumption* Wh/24hours

Annual energy consumption* kWh/year

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Country Savings Assessments (tailored for 156

countries)

• Assess the electricity, GHG and utility bill impacts

of adopting Model Regulation Guidelines

Model Regulation Guidelines and Supporting

Information

• Suggested MEPS, energy labelling levels,

refrigerant GWP limits and other typical core

requirements

• Refrigerating Appliances; ACs; Lighting; Electric

Motors; Distribution Transformers

Product Registration Systems

• Guidance notes, prototype and software

specification to support creation of a national

system for monitoring products sold in the

marketwww.united4efficiency.org

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Country Savings Assessment example

All Products Cooling Products

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Model Regulations !

Thanks to 60+ Expert Reviewers!

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U4E Model Regulation Guidelines are:

→intended as a guideline to help inform

regulatory authorities and policy makers in

developing and emerging economies.

→sets a minimum efficiency floor to prohibit

future sales of inefficient products from the

market.

A range of stakeholders, including governments,

manufacturers, technical institutions and

environmental groups have contributed to their

development.

Model Regulation Guidelines

Supporting Global Market

Transformation:

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Make it easier to adopt new / enhance existing MEPS and Energy Labels:

✓ Target energy-efficiency

✓ Encourage higher performing products through labelling

✓ Vary requirements to capture climatic differences

✓ Use proven best practices and tap into global policy and technology trends

Benefits:

✓ Simplify adoption and implementation of a robust regulation

✓ Catalyze product innovation, giving consumers more choice

✓ Easier to harmonize requirements to reduce trade barriers and unlock

economies of scale to make products more affordable

✓ Enable more effective market enforcement using proven test procedures and

an easier exchange of compliance info

Aims of the Model Regulation Guidelines

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Facilitate national adoption and harmonization across countries

Includes many key elements:

➢ Scope & definitions, exemptions

➢ Test methods

➢ Energy efficiency regulations (MEPS)

➢ Performance Labelling

➢ Refrigerant and foam blowing agent regulations

➢ Does not include:

➢ Product registry, lab certification procedures

➢ Monitoring, verification, & enforcement procedures

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Air Conditioners Refrigerating

Appliances

(non-ducted single split, self-

contained, portable and reversible

heat pumps)

Scope

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Energy Performance Evaluation Methods

Refrigerators Air Conditioners

Category

• Refrigerators

• Refrigerator-Freezers

• Freezers

• Air conditioners, Heat pumps

(reversible)

• Fixed-speed, variable-speed

Reference

Standards

• IEC 62552:2015 (Part 1, 2, and

3)

• ISO 5151:2017

• ISO 16358-1, -2, -3: 2013

• ISO 16358-1: 2013/Amd 1: 2019

Key

parameters

• Volume adjusted by

compartment

• Manual/automatic defrost

• Energy consumption measured

at 16°C and 32°C

• Performance measured at 35°C (and

46°C for extremely hot-dry regions)

• Outdoor temperature bin hours by ISO

16358 and climate regions (per

ASHRAE definitions)

Efficiency

metric

• Annual Energy Consumption

(kWh/year) for 24°C (plus 20°C

and 32°C)

• Cooling Seasonal Performance Factor

(CSPF, Wh/Wh) for cooling-only units

• Annual Performance Factor (APF,

Wh/Wh) for reversible heat pumps

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Refrigerators Air Conditioners

• The Model Regulation Guidelines suggest requirements to be

consistent with the market transition expected from technology and

policy improvements in major and emerging economies.

Inefficient products can’t meet these levels, and there are stretch

tiers for labels.

Minimum Energy Performance Requirements

Small capacity products (≤ 4.5

kW)

See the Model Regulation Guidelines Supporting Information for more

details.

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Energy Performance Grade Requirements

Refrigerators Air Conditioners

• The high-efficiency levels represent approximately 30-60 percent of the efficiency

improvement that is possible in energy-efficient technologies globally, but similar to

or less than the efficiency levels of best available technologies.

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• Requirements for ozone depletion potential (ODP) and global warming

potential (GWP) over a 100-year time horizon.

• Refrigerant designation (ISO 817), Safety requirements (ISO 5149 or IEC

60335-2-40, IEC 60335-2-24).

Refrigerators Air Conditioners

GWP 20• 750 (Split system)

• 150 (Self-contained system)

ODP 0 0

Refrigerant & Foam Blowing Agent Requirements

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Conclusions

• MEPs and labels needed to minimize growth in energy use and pollution caused by new A/Cs and refrigerators

• Address the refrigerant and efficiency simultaneously

• Harmonizing across countries benefits consumers, manufacturers, and governments

• Compliant products are already on the market

• More efficient models are cost-effective for consumers (utility bill savings can far exceed incremental cost)

U4E Model Regulations Make it Easy!

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U4E Model Regulations Guidelines

Light Bulbs Residential

Refrigerators

Air

ConditionersDistribution

Transformers

Electric

Motors

Find all on https://united4efficiency.org/

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Innovative financial mechanisms in development

•Rwanda: coolease scheme that enables

suppliers and consumers of air

conditioning and refrigeration products to

transition to the latest technology without

an upfront investment.

•Dominican Republic: cooling as a

service model, which moves from the

traditional product purchase model to a

pay-per-service model.

•Costa Rica: revolving loan fund for

government procurement of energy-

efficient products.

• On-bill financing

• Service Model (“cooling as a service”)

• Revolving loan fund

•Vendor/retail financing

• Qualified purchase lists

• Partial risk guarantees

• Bulk procurement

Types of Energy Efficiency

Financial Mechanisms

Examples of Current Projects

Underway

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Raising Ambition via the Cool Coalit ion

www.coolcoalition.org

Who: Coalition of Governments, Businesses, Philanthropy, Civil Society

working together to advance sustainable cooling

Why: Raise awareness and promote transformative actions on cooling

How to get involved: Review the Guidance Note, Complete an Endorsement

Form

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Partners

The Cool Coalition already has more than 80 partners driving change in the cooling sector.

P H O N E

+33 1 44 37 42 56

E M A I L

U4E@un.org

W E B S I T E

united4efficiency.org

T R A N S F O R M I N G M A R K E T S T O E N E R G Y - E F F I C I E N T P R O D U C T S

Contact

Souhir Hammami +33 1 44 37 42 60 souhir.hammami@un.orgEnergy Efficiency

Advisor

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Nearly a Doubling of Electricity Consumption by

2030 from Cooling Products

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Many Countries have Energy Efficiency Policies but this Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story…

R e f r i g e r a t o r s A i r C o n d i t i o n e r s

Mandatory

Voluntary

In Progress

No Data Found

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Impacts of Refrigerator Policies, Innovation, and Scale

Sources: AHAM, Rosenfeld (1999),

LBNL, and Bureau of Labor Statistics