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Roadmap for Energy-Efficient Buildings and Construction in the ASEAN: Timelines and actions towards net zero-carbon buildings and construction
Provides a holistic, strategic framework for ASEAN Member States to transition to net zero-carbon buildings. Emphasizes national coordination, integration of energy efficiency and cooling in climate and energy strategies, regulatory policy packages, financial incentives, and multi-stakeholder collaboration. Stresses capacity building, monitoring, and data frameworks to track progress, making it a key cross-cutting policy instrument for sustainable cooling.
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Roadmap towards Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Space Cooling in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The Roadmap towards Sustainable and Energy-Efficient Space Cooling in ASEAN addresses the rapidly growing demand for space cooling (air conditioners and fans) in ASEAN due to economic development, population growth, and urbanization. It sets ambitious regional targets and milestones aimed at decoupling cooling access from high electricity demand and greenhouse gas emissions. The roadmap outlines a suite of foundational policy measures such as MEPS, energy labelling, and harmonized test standards along with complementary incentives, regulatory, information, and enforcement tools. It provides guidance to ASEAN Member States on designing policy packages tailored to their national contexts, including timelines and milestones to guide progress.
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Rwanda Cooling Initiative (R-COOL) and Rwanda Cooling Finance Initiative (R-COOL FI)
The Rwanda Cooling Initiative (R-COOL) is a national programme launched in 2018 to accelerate the transition to energy-efficient and climate-friendly refrigerators and air conditioners. R-COOL integrates policy development, awareness campaigns, financial mechanisms, and other market transformation efforts.
R-COOL FI, part of the programme, is an on-wage financial mechanism, where eligible salaried employees from the public and private sectors may request loans from participating banks to purchase new cooling appliances that meet strict performance criteria.
The Coolease scheme lets enterprises get latest cooling equipment without an upfront investment. A financial institution provides the cooling system through a leasing agreement, using the AC and refrigeration equipment as collateral. A special subsidiary, set up by Rwanda Business Development Fund, manages financing and monthly payments. Technology providers install and maintain the equipment as part of the deal. Only approved efficient and climate-friendly technologies are eligible. A guarantee fund covers part of the risk if clients fail to pay.
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Stepping up to Passive : A new brief on the pathway to the policies we want
Provides a step-by-step roadmap for integrating Passive House building codes, emphasizing market confidence, professional training, incentives, and supply chain readiness. Highlights examples from Brussels, Scotland, and Massachusetts, showing how phased policy adoption can mainstream energy-efficient and passive design.
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Sustainable, Affordable Cooling Can Save Tens of Thousands of Lives Each Year
Highlights the health risks of heat stress and the rapid growth of AC ownership, while calling for technical and policy measures that prioritize affordable, sustainable cooling. Stresses the need for passive cooling, energy efficiency, and inclusive policies to ensure thermal comfort without worsening GHG emissions or urban heat.
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The Go-to Guide for Sustainable District Cooling
The Go-to Guide for Sustainable District Cooling summarises state-of-the-art technologies, methods, and approaches for designing and operating district cooling systems in a sustainable way. It covers innovative cooling technologies, residual heat use, storage, free cooling, solar cooling, and demonstrates how to combine systems to improve efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and lower operational costs. The resource aims to help practitioners and policy makers understand what direction district cooling should move toward (efficiency, sustainability, integration of low-GWP refrigerants) and provides detailed examples of existing demonstration plants.
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The Passivhaus Principles
Outlines core and building principles of Passivhaus design, emphasizing passive strategies such as high insulation, airtightness, minimized thermal bridges, optimized glazing, and controlled ventilation to reduce heat gains and cooling demand while maintaining indoor comfort.
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The Potential for Nature-Based Solutions Initiatives to Incorporate and Scale Climate Adaptation
Focuses on scaling nature-based solutions (NBS) that can indirectly support passive cooling through urban greening, improved ecosystem health, and climate-resilient design, reducing heat stress in vulnerable communities. Highlights the role of NBS in enhancing climate adaptation, which can include shading, urban forests, and green infrastructure.
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The Procurement Handbook for Off- and Weak-Grid Appliances
This handbook provides practical guidelines to help procure energy appliances that are suitable for off- and weak-grid environments. It helps procurement officers and implementers set quality requirements for tenders, and select appliances that are durable, energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable, and economically viable over time. The guide aims to reduce premature product failures, avoid wasted spending, and ensure that essential services remain reliable in communities with constrained infrastructure.
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World’s Best MEPS: Tracking Leaders in Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards
The World’s Best MEPS evaluates minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for six major energy-consuming appliances across ten economies. It benchmarks existing standards against United for Efficiency’s Model Regulation Guidelines or, where guidelines are unavailable, against Best Available Technologies (BAT) derived from market analysis. This resource helps policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders understand how their MEPS compare internationally, identify opportunities to strengthen regulations, and track progress toward higher efficiency and climate-friendly appliances.