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Guide to Building Sustainable Testing Capacity in ECOWAS
This guide offers step-by-step instructions for establishing sustainable and effective testing capacity in ECOWAS states to support energy efficiency programmes. It helps stakeholders assess whether to build national test laboratories or pursue alternatives (e.g. outsourcing) and provides tools (including a financial evaluation tool) for evaluating cost, demand, and institutional requirements. The guide is particularly useful for regulators and programmes in early stages, helping them avoid underutilized or unsustainable investments, ensure credible compliance testing, and bolster market surveillance of regulated products.
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Guidelines on Integrating Nature-based Passive Cooling Options into Urban Planning and Design
Provides 39 strategies to mitigate Urban Heat Island effects through nature-based cooling, including urban greening, permeable surfaces, improved ventilation, and ecological asset protection. Designed for Guangzhou but draws on global best practices from Singapore, New York, and Sydney.
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Harmonizing of Energy-Efficiency Standards for Room Air Conditioners in Southeast Asia
This study examines how ASEAN countries can harmonize energy-efficiency standards and testing methods for room air conditioners. It provides a detailed comparison of performance metrics across member states, including adjustments for different climate zones, and highlights approaches for developing climate-sensitive minimum energy performance standards (MEPS). The resource is particularly useful for government agencies, standards bodies, and regional policymakers seeking to align national regulations, reduce market barriers, and enhance regional cooperation. It includes practical recommendations on harmonization pathways, technical considerations for MEPS and labelling programmes, and insights into how consistent standards can drive higher efficiency and cost savings for both governments and consumers.
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Heat Pumping Technologies-Technology Collaboration Programme (HPT TCP)
The Heat Pumping Technologies TCP (HPT TCP) is an international programme dedicated to advancing research, development, demonstration, and deployment of heat pump technologies used in heating, cooling, air-conditioning, and refrigeration. It supports member countries in overcoming technical, regulatory, and market barriers by organizing collaborative “annex” projects that focus on technical innovation, harmonizing test methods, exploring low-GWP refrigerants, and enabling system integration (e.g. with thermal networks or smart grid). The programme also publishes annual reports, organizes triennial conferences (Heat Pump Conference), and provides a platform for sharing best practices among policy, industry, and research actors.
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Heat Pumps Savings Potential Assessment
This assessment estimates how much energy and emissions could be saved by introducing energy-efficient heat pumps in countries with high heating demand. It compares several scenarios, including Baseline (no new interventions), Minimum Ambition (introducing MEPS from 2023), High Ambition, and a Replacement Scenario where all new heating demand is met with heat pumps. The report uses country-specific data on product efficiency, lifetime, fuel sources (gas, coal, oil, biomass, etc.), and heating degree days to project savings in delivered (and primary) energy, reductions in CO₂ emissions, and cost savings from energy bills by 2040. It shows that switching traditional heating systems (like boilers and burners) to efficient heat pumps plus stricter performance standards can offer substantial benefits. The resource helps users understand what policy levers matter most (e.g. MEPS and market penetration assumptions), and it supports planning efforts (e.g. setting efficiency targets, designing incentives) with quantitative evidence.
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International Benchmarking Analysis of Air Source Heat Pump and Chiller Standards
This study provides a technical comparison of how the world’s three largest markets; China, the European Union, and the United States, define, measure, and regulate the cooling efficiency of air-source heat pumps and chillers. By mapping differences in testing procedures, performance metrics, and efficiency requirements, the analysis highlights opportunities for greater alignment and harmonization. Policymakers, regulators, and manufacturers can use the insights to strengthen national efficiency standards, support trade and compliance, and accelerate market transformation toward climate-friendly, high-efficiency cooling technologies.
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Mainstreaming Nature-based Solutions in Planning, Design, and Operation of Infrastructure in Ghana
Investigates the barriers and enablers to mainstreaming green infrastructure (GI) in the peri-urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa and identifies eight overarching categories of interconnected barriers to GI implementation. The analysis, based on surveys in drought-prone Windhoek and flood-prone Dar es Salaam, details how these barriers differ across local (household) and national governance levels.
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Manual of Financing Mechanisms and Business Models for Energy Efficiency
This manual presents a wide range of innovative financing mechanisms and business models that have enabled investments in energy efficiency in the residential, commercial, and public sectors. It covers the barriers to investment, such as high upfront costs, risk perception, limited access to finance, and split incentives, and shows how mechanisms like loans, green credit lines, subsidies, guarantee schemes, on-bill finance, ESCOs, and public-private partnerships are used globally to overcome those challenges. For someone designing or implementing policy, this document provides examples, structuring principles, and approaches to adapt mechanisms to local conditions. It helps you understand what financing and business models are likely to work in your context, how to pair them with regulatory tools like MEPS and labels, and how they can unlock private investment.
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Market Surveillance for Air Conditioners: Voluntary Guidelines for ASEAN Member States
The Market Surveillance for Air Conditioners: Voluntary Guidelines for ASEAN Member States provide practical guidance for governments and compliance authorities on how to design, implement, revise, and strengthen national market surveillance programmes. These guidelines help ensure that air conditioners placed on the market meet energy performance and labelling requirements, safeguard consumer trust, and support policy objectives related to energy efficiency and climate change mitigation. By outlining best practices, the guidelines enable ASEAN countries to improve compliance monitoring, prevent the circulation of inefficient products, and foster regional harmonization of energy efficiency policies.
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Mepsy: Appliance & Equipment Climate Impact Calculator
Mepsy is CLASP’s digital tool for modeling the energy, emission, and cost impacts of different policy assumptions for appliances and equipment. It is pre-loaded with data for over 160 countries, enabling users to simulate policy scenarios through 2060. Users can select countries, set policy timelines, and adjust assumptions to see the projected outcomes of efficiency measures, helping them make informed decisions, track progress, and design targeted strategies to drive appliance markets toward higher efficiency.