Liaison with other IEA implementing agreements
4E is related to other electricity implementing agreements on end-use technologies within the
International Energy Agency (IEA).
Coordination will be ensured, especially to the Demand Side Management programme (DSM IA), which has been operating since 1993 to provide member states with information and guidance on forming and implementing demand side policies and measures as well as technologies and applications that facilitate the transformation of the energy system and market. Further, coordination will also be ensured with the Energy Conservation and Building and Community Systems Implementing Agreement (ECBCS IA).
Liaison with other initiatives
The 4E is coordinated with other relevant international initiatives concerning energy using produts, both on-going and possible new initiatives.
ENERGY STAR is an international endorsement programme for efficient products, buildings, and homes, run by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Energy. This programme has agreements with the EC, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Taiwan, China, and other countries. Energy Star has an international implementation agreement with the EU on office equipment.
APP - Asian Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate - is an innovative new initiative to accelerate the development and deployment of clean energy technologies. The partners (Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States) are working in together with private sector partners to help each country meet nationally designed strategies for improving energy security, reducing pollution, and addressing the long term challenge of climate change. Eight public-private sector task forces are approved; one of them covers
buildings and appliances, including workgroups focused on harmonization of test procedures, and standby power.
- The EC international energy efficiency initiative (Platform for international cooperation) was announced in the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (COM (2006) 545). 4E could support this initiative through the 4E Executive Committee's forum activities.
- The European Directive on the Eco-design of Energy-using Products (EuP) was adopted in 2005 and covers electrical and electronic devices or heating equipment, and provides coherent EU-wide rules for eco-design and ensures that disparities among national regulations do not become obstacles to intra-EU trade.
The European Energy Network (
EnR) is a voluntary association of European organisations having a responsibility for the planning, management or review of national research, development, demonstration or dissemination programmes in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy at the national level. The GEEA group is linked to this network.
The International Task Force for Sustainable products (
ITFSP). ITFSP was established by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in November 2005 to encourage more environmentally sustainable, energy efficient products. ITFSP is led by the United Kingdom with participants from 13 countries, the IEA and the UN.
