At the invitation of the General Director of ANME, LBNL presented to the Cooling Task Force set up by the government in April 2023. The team showcased how a revision to the current energy efficiency standards for ACs could result in significant energy savings, utility bill savings, and avoid additional MWs of electricity generation. The Director […]
Energy consumed by Tunisian hotels accounts for one quarter of the final energy consumed in the Tunisian services sector and is growing by 5.5% annually. On March 7th, LBNL and Power Tunisia organized a workshop and gained concurrence from ANME and the Tourist Hotel Federation (FTH) to jointly implement a Tunisia Net Zero Energy (NZE) […]
As part of the USAID-Berkeley Lab-ANME collaboration and taking advantage of the visit carried out by the LBNL team in Tunisia (March 4-8, 2024), a workshop on the design of a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) was organized by both parties with the participation of the main Tunisian stakeholders concerned (the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry […]
As part of continuing engagement conducted by LBNL and USAID through the Energy Efficiency Development program (EE4D) to advance energy efficiency in Ecuador, a Cooling Summit was convened on November 15, 2023, to address the environmental and economic impacts associated with growing electricity use by air conditioners (AC) in the country. The event was organized […]
An update of the current minimum energy performance standard for air conditioners in Ecuador could achieve an avoidance of generation capacity of 240 MWs by 2035 and 460 MWs by 2045, according to a report developed by Berkeley Lab with support of USAID’s Energy Efficiency for Development program (EE4D). The results of the analysis were […]
LBNL and USAID/Mexico delivered technical assistance to the 2022-2023 Mexico City Efficient Building Challenge, an initiative aimed at reducing energy use and GHG emissions in public and private buildings. The project, led by WRI Mexico and the Mexico City Secretariat of the Environment (SEDEMA), achieved the reduction of energy usage and GHG emissions by 6% […]
Uganda’s Efficient Productive Use of Energy Chapter was recently launched in a virtual event. Watch the webinar here.
The Demand Side Management (DSM) Project, a collaboration between USAID and Berkeley Lab in South Africa (SA), addressed the load shedding crisis in SA by emphasizing energy efficiency strategies in the Energy Efficiency Business Intelligence webinar. Project experts, Theo Covary, Dr. Yu-Chieh (Jessie) Yen, and Prof. Ken Nixon, focused on DSM, highlighting significant reductions in […]
Today, as part of the US government’s Power Africa initiative, USAID launched a Women’s Local Chapter on Efficient Productive Use of Electricity (EPUE) in Uganda that brings together women entrepreneurs who rely on energy for production and advises them to leverage clean energy for producing, processing, and adding value to goods and services. The Chapter […]
EE4D’s photo documentation of the Energy Empowers East Africa program has been selected as winner in USAID’s 2023 Energy Sector Photo Contest! The winning photo in the Energy Efficiency category showcases how modern, clean and efficient electric equipment supports women in all business settings to increase productivity and generate income. Measuring and monitoring your equipment […]
