How much energy can be saved through digitalisation of motor systems?
EMSA presents eight concrete cases of companies who used digital solutions to optimise their processes, thereby saving energy.
International Lighting Seminar: Metrology, Lifetime, Health and Smart Sustainable Lighting
An in-person (London, UK) seminar and on-line webinar.
New policy brief – Energy Management Protocols
This new policy brief summarises the EDNA Guide to Energy Management Protocols, which is a resource for policy makers.
IEC ACEE has published the IEC Guide 118:2024 Preparation of basic and group energy efficiency publications including energy efficiency aspects
The IEC Guide 118:2024 intends to support the work of all Technical Committees (TCs) on their work on energy efficiency publications within their specific scope.
IEC JAG22 provides input to the update of EMSA’s Motor Systems Tool
Armin Hauer, the Convenor of JAG 22, talks in an interview about the goals and current activities of JAG 22. These include providing input and critique for the update of EMSA’s Motor Systems Tool.
Webinar and report: policy development on energy efficiency of data centres
This webinar provided policymakers with information and evidence-based recommendations for policy measures to improve the energy efficiency of data centres.
New strategy for 2024-2029 approved by IEA
In January 2024, the IEA endorsed the work of 4E by extending its mandate for a further five-year period, as requested by the 15 Members.
IEA 4E SSL Annex wins Global Award from International Solid State Lighting Alliance
The SSL Annex has been given the “Global SSL Award for Outstanding Achievement” from the International Solid State Lighting Alliance on 27 November in Xiamen, China. This award recognises the thirteen years of research, reports and other information that the SSL Annex has shared with the global lighting community.
Energy Efficient Electric Motor Systems webinar: potentials, tools, WBG technology
Join us for the Energy Efficient Electric Motor Systems webinar on 14 November NZDT (13 November CET), exploring the efficiency potential of electric motor systems, new and existing tools for assessing motor system efficiency, and breakthrough Wide Band Gap (WBG) semiconductor technology.
IEA 4E SSL Annex finds LED retrofit lamps cut environmental impact by 44 to 61% compared to T5 and T8 fluorescent lamps
Preliminary findings from the IEA 4E SSL Annex show that environmental impact for T5 lamps can be reduced by 44% and for T8 lamps by 61% if they are replaced by LED retrofit tubes. These are LED “plug-and-play” retrofit tubes that can be installed directly into existing fluorescent fixtures.
The new EDNA: Efficient, Demand Flexible Networked Appliances
Over the past decade, EDNA has provided policy guidance aimed at improving the efficiency of smart devices and associated systems. In recent years EDNA has done a lot of work in the area of ‘demand flexible’ devices.
What has EDNA learned in the past decade?
Since 2014 EDNA – the Electronic Devices and Networks Annex of 4E – has helped its 14 member countries to better understand digital technologies. Our extensive research into how policies can both encourage ‘energy smart digital devices’, and minimise the additional energy used to connect devices to the internet, has resulted in more than 60 publications.
EEMODS’24: call for abstracts until 15 November 2023
The call for abstracts for the 13th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Motor Driven Systems (EEMODS) is launched. Abstracts are due until 15 November 2023.
SSL Annex Webinar: Smart Lighting – New Features Impacting Energy Consumption
On 9 October 2023, the SSL Annex held a webinar on new features in smart lighting that impact energy consumption delivered by Casper Kofod, an Expert based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The webinar summarised the findings from a report on Smart Lighting published last year.
PECTA’s EPE 2023 paper contributions now online available
PECTA proudly served as an institutional partner at the highly anticipated EPE 2023 Conference. This prestigious collaboration highlighted PECTA’s commitment to advancing technological innovation and fostering knowledge exchange on a global scale.
Interlaboratory Comparison 2023 (IC 2023) for Temporal Light Modulation (TLM) measurement
The SSL Annex has launched its 2023 Interlaboratory Comparison (IC 2023) of temporal light modulation (TLM) measurements. IC 2023 is open to all photometric labs that have capability for measuring TLM quantities, in particular, short-term flicker indicator (PstLM), and stroboscopic effect visibility measure (SVM), of LED lighting products.
Key findings of the international round robin testing programme for Variable Speed Drives
The summary of key findings is now available in a new Policy Brief.
New PECTA paper available
A new PECTA paper has been published. This paper focuses on the effects of incorporating GaN components for energy conversion on the product design and the resulting environmental impacts along the life cycle, in particular for the case of consumer chargers for electronic devices such as notebooks and mobile phones.
Workshop on digitalisation in motor systems
EMSA will host a workshop on ‘digitalisation in industrial electric motor driven systems’ on 19 September 2023.
IE4 motors are required in the EU
From 1 July 2023, electric induction motors with a rated output between 75 kW and 200 kW must meet the requirements of efficiency class IE4 (or better) in the European Union.
