Energy Efficiency Standards & Labels

Objective of these web pages:
encourage and facilitate the design of GEF project on energy efficiency S&L

These web pages are meant to provide UNDP staff, programming officer, project designer with policy and technical guidance for expanding GEF portfolio activities on climate change with energy efficiency Standards and Labels programme. Energy efficiency standards prescribe the energy performance of energy consuming products. Energy efficiency labels are affixed inform consumers about the energy consumption of a given products. Standards and Labels can be combined and serve as powerful policy instruments to transform the market toward higher energy efficient products and hence contribute to substantial greenhouse gas reductions.

The web pages comprise:

• a set of programming material for developing Standards and Labels projects under the GEF (from PDF A to full size);
• referenced materials on existing standards and labels;
• a practitioner's guidebook for S&L

Standards & Labeling Guidebook for Appliances, Equipment, and Lighting
(2nd Edition) English Version

This guidebook is designed as a manual for government officials and others around the world responsible for developing, implementing, enforcing, monitoring, and maintaining labeling and standards setting programs. It discusses the pros and cons of adopting energy-efficiency labels and standards and describes the data, facilities, and institutional and human resources needed for these programs. It provides guidance on the design, development, Read More