Cooling for All Policy Review

The Cooling for All Policy Review, published by Sustainable Energy for All in March 2018, examines the global landscape of cooling policies, focusing on Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for air conditioners and refrigerators, building efficiency codes, urban heat island mitigation, and cold chain infrastructure.

• Many countries lack Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for air conditioners, and where they exist, they are often not stringent enough to drive demand for the most energy-efficient models available on the global market.
• Implementing or strengthening room air conditioner MEPS to align with Best Available Technologies (BAT) could result in an energy performance improvement of approximately 50%.
• There is a significant potential for energy savings in domestic refrigerators through more stringent MEPS, with an estimated improvement potential of 55% to 65% compared to Business As Usual (BAU) scenarios if BAT is adopted.
• Building energy efficiency codes are often missing, voluntary, or lack technical requirements for passive cooling (such as insulation and shading) in rapidly developing countries. Furthermore, global implementation is poor, with nearly two-thirds of countries scoring 33 points or less on the RISE scale for code design and enforcement.
• The adoption of urban heat island policies, such as cool roofs and heat action plans, is hindered by a lack of awareness, insufficient markets for products, and a mismatch with existing resiliency funding mechanisms.
• In Sub-Saharan Africa, some governments have shifted focus toward reducing postharvest loss in agricultural supply chains, with Kenya and Tanzania appointing officials to address this from a market perspective.

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2018). Cooling for All Policy Review. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-05/PolicyReview.pdf

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. Cooling for All Policy Review. 2018. https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-05/PolicyReview.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2018cooling, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{Cooling for All Policy Review}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://www.seforall.org/system/files/2019-05/PolicyReview.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }