IMPACT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS REVEALED
FOR
ECONOMIES IN TRANSITION
UNECE Energy Efficiency 21 Project Releases New Study Jointly
with the
European Commission as a CD-ROM e-Book
Geneva, 12 March 2002
Significant energy savings and lower CO2 emissions could be easily achieved
if energy efficient household appliances were widely introduced in eastern
European countries. This is an effective method of introducing energy saving
technology as old appliances wear out and need to be replaced. If European
Union appliance standards were used in the seven eastern European countries
covered in the study, more that 3000 GWh of electricity would be saved each
year. This amounts to the average household consumption of over 1 million
European households. On a global scale, this would reduce CO2 emissions by
2.7 million tonnes of carbon per year or the equivalent of the world average
for 700,000 people.
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) just issued an
e-book entitled East West Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels. This
e-book contains the final report of the Project "State of the Art of
Cooling Household and Other Major Appliances Standards, Market and Technology
in Central and Eastern European Countries for Energy Efficiency Programmes
Improvement in ECE Countries" or SACHA2. It provides policy recommendations
on standards and labels for the introduction of energy efficient technology
in the countries that participated in the SACHA2 Project. It also describes
the work accomplished and the results achieved in analysing the present stock
of household cooling appliances, the current level of energy efficiency, the
technical potential and policy implications for efficiency improvements. It
provides a well-illustrated description of the quantitative analyses carried
out.
The SACHA2 Project was implemented under the European Commission Special
Action Programme for Vigorous Energy Efficiency (SAVE) and the UNECE Energy
Efficiency 21 Project. It was designed to analyse and interpret the situation
of cooling household appliances in seven central and eastern European Countries:
Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and the Ukraine.
The intention has been to increase the knowledge and understanding of energy
efficiency and related environmental issues in the participating countries
and to identify possible scenarios for improvement.
The SACHA2 Project has been implemented by a multilateral consortium led
by the Italian firm Istituto di Studi per l'Integrazione dei Sistemi (ISIS)
in collaboration with the Italian National Agency for Energy, New Technology
and the Environment (ENEA), the Italian Federation of Manufacturer's Associations
(ANIE) and the German market research firm GfK Handelsforschung GmbH. The
central and eastern European countries were represented in the Project by
the following national participating institutions: Belarus, State Committee
on Energy Saving and Energy Supervision; Bulgaria, the Centre for Energy Efficiency
(EnEffect); Czech Republic, Centre for Energy Efficiency (SEVEn); Hungary,
Energy Information Agency; Romania, Romanian Agency for Energy Conservation
(ARCE); Slovenia, Agency for Efficient Use of Energy; and Ukraine, Ukrainian
National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Energy Saving Problems.
For more information please contact:
Mr. Frederic Romig
Division for Sustainable Energy
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41(0)22 917 24 07
Telefax: +41(0)22 917 00 38
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.unece.org and www.ee-21.net
The publication referred to may be obtained from:
Sales and Marketing Section, LDP/DPI
United Nations
Palais des Nations
CH - 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Telephone: +41(0)22 917 26 06
Telefax: +41(0)22 917 00 27
E-mail: [email protected]
Sales and Marketing Section, LDP/DPI
Dept. DO17 - Room DC2-853
United Nations
New York, NY 10017, U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 212 963 8302 or 800 253 9646
Telefax: +1 212 963 3489
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.un.org/Pubs
Bibliographic information
East West Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels, ECE Energy Series
No. 18, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2001
Sales No. GV.E.01.0.8, ISBN 92-1-101036-5 (Book and CD-ROM), US$ 60
Hard cover, 26 pages and CD-ROM
Ref: ECE/ENE/02/02