Where is EMSA’s work focus over the next few years?
February 26, 2026
A new Policy Brief gives an overview of EMSA’s work focus until 2029 and highlights relevant work outcomes to date.
Electric motors and motor systems in industrial and infrastructure applications with pumps, fans and compressors in buildings are responsible for 53% of the world’s total electricity consumption. New and existing technologies offer the potential to reduce the energy demand of motor systems across the global economy by 20% to 30% with short payback periods.
4E’s Electric Motor Systems Platform (EMSA) raises worldwide awareness of the efficiency potential of motor systems and provides guidance and tools to exploit the energy performance of new and existing motor systems worldwide.
A new Policy Brief gives an overview of EMSA’s work focus until 2029 and highlights relevant work outcomes to date.
Looking back over the past 15 years, experience shows that collaboration across governments, industry and experts — supported by sound analysis, aligned standards and practical tools — can help improve the efficiency of electric motor systems. EMSA has contributed to this shared learning by providing evidence, guidance and platforms for exchange, supporting ongoing efforts to improve policies, standards and real-world outcomes worldwide.
An EMSA workshop will be held on 23 February 2026 in Vienna. The workshop language is German.
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This Policy Brief gives an overview of EMSA’s work focus until 2029 and highlights relevant work outcomes to date.
This report summarises the test results of EMSA’s international round robin testing programme, exchanging two commercial, packaged electric motor-driven screw compressors between three laboratories worldwide. It includes a practical guide for measuring specific energy and isentropic efficiency of packaged air compressors in line with ISO 1217:2009 and Amendment 1:2016.
This Policy Brief assesses the importance of electric motor systems in the global energy system. In 2023, electric motor systems were responsible for 53% of global electricity consumption. Their share in electricity consumption varies widely across sectors: 72% in industry, 36% in buildings, 87% in agriculture and 86% in the transportation sector.
