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Energy Efficiency and Productive Use of Electricity in Women Businesses in Uganda
Energy Empower East Africa is a woman-focused demand-side program that seeks to unlock the benefits of modern energy access for women, highlighting the crucial role of women in driving Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) initiatives. During program implementation, EEEA identified critical gaps and constraints that inhibit women from leveraging on ...
Energy Empowers East Africa: Kampala Workshop, 27th July
USAID and LBNL co-organized a national workshop with the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development of Uganda in Kampala on July 27th as part of the Energy Empowers East Africa (EEEA) program. The workshop focused on Productive Use of Electricity (PUE), Energy Efficiency, and Gender Equality, addressing critical energy challenges ...
Uganda – Matchmaking Event to facilitate Access to Finance for Efficient and Productive Use of Electricity in Women-run Businesses
The Energy Empowers East Africa program organized a matchmaking event on March 16th in Uganda, Mbarara District where women entrepreneur connected with financial institutions and local vendors of electric appliances. This event is a continuation of the program's efforts to promote gender inclusion in electrification programs throughout East Africa. In ...
LBNL collaborates in SURE webinar exploring energy efficiency opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa
USAID’S Scaling Up Renewable Energy (SURE) program convened a webinar on October 27th, 2022 with participation by TetraTech, CLASP and LBNL to identify potential energy efficiency interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), region that is experiencing a rapid population growth and increased energy demand in the sectors of transportation, cooling, buildings ...
Training on Efficient and Productive Use of Energy and Business Development delivered to Women Entrepreneurs in Uganda
The USAID’s Energy Empowers East Africa (EEEA) program, whose objective is to advance the role of women entrepreneurs as agents of change through productive use of electricity (PUE) and the use of energy efficient appliances, concluded its 6th week of trainings in Bushenyi, Uganda. The training series, to be delivered ...
Launching of USAID/Mexico Partnership for Net Zero Cities
LBNL (along with members of USAID's Energy and Green Cities Division) was invited by USAID/Mexico and RTI to collaborate in the co-creation workshop held in Mexico City on October 25th-27th to kick off the USAID/Mexico Partnership for Net Zero Cities program (PNZC). LBNL provided an overview of previous and ongoing ...
LBNL Supporting Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards in Kenya
As part of technical assistance provided by USAID’s Kenya Energy Regulatory Partnership Program to develop capacity building on energy efficiency and energy management, LBNL participated in a webinar convened by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on October 18th for the local USAID mission and for Kenya’s Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) to ...
Energy Efficiency and Productive Use of Electricity in Women Businesses in Uganda
Energy Empower East Africa is a woman-focused demand-side program that seeks to unlock the benefits of modern energy access for women, highlighting the crucial role of women in driving Productive Use of Electricity (PUE) initiatives. During program implementation, EEEA identified ...
LBNL Delivers Training Improve Energy Efficiency in Buildings in Mexico
On August 10, 2022, USAID/Mexico partner Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) held a virtual training session for the building energy efficiency team at the National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy (CONUEE) on the use of the Building Efficiency ...
USAID and LBNL Help Advance Demand-Side Management in South Africa
USAID and LBNL are supporting the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) in its effort to design a new Demand-Side Management (DSM) program. The LBNL team is providing inputs on DMRE's approach to integrate energy efficiency as ...
Berkeley Lab Briefs USAID/Power Africa Delegation on Clean Energy Development Opportunities
Berkeley Lab hosted a USAID/Power Africa delegation led by Coordinator Mark Carrato and Special Advisor Dan Kammen to discuss clean energy innovations across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors and tour the FLEXLAB® and the Biomass Stoves Laboratory. Michael McNeil, Energy and Environmental ...
USAID-LBNL project promoting Gender Equality through the Energy Empowers East Africa program highlighted at COP 26
The USAID-LBNL project “Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in East Africa”, whose objective is to increase the inclusion of women in electrification programs and advance their role as productive agents of change through the use of energy efficient appliances, was ...
Blog post: Energy Efficiency Can Help Countries Meet Rising Energy Demand and Climate Targets
EE4D collaborated with USAID and the Sharing Environment and Energy Knowledge (SEEK) project in the development of a blog post to highlight the importance of energy efficiency in achieving climate and energy security objectives. The blog post was published in ...
Berkeley Lab helps the South Africa Department of Energy save the equivalent of a 500 MW coal plant
The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) of South Africa issued a revision of mandatory energy performance standards (MEPS) for seven appliances on February 17, 2020. This revision will result in savings of 3 terawatt-hours of electricity by 2040, ...
Advancing discussions on building codes implementation in Mexico City
The MEI team (Lead Michael McNeil and Program Manager Alberto Diaz) held a meeting last July in Mexico City with partners in the Mexico City government and the non-governmental sector to advance collaboration projects on energy efficiency, including implementation of ...
Supporting improvement of energy management systems standards in Indonesia
In February of 2019, Berkeley Lab expert Peter Therkelsen participated in an “Measurement & Verification Standards” Workshop organized by USAID in Jakarta for the Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) and other stakeholders. As part of his participation ...
South Africa Energy Efficiency Modeling Workshop – July 2019
The Department of Energy of South Africa and the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) hosted a workshop on July 31st on Energy Efficiency Modelling in the Residential Sector. The workshop gave the opportunity for DOE to present the modeling methodology, ...
