Visual Perception under Energy-Efficient Light Sources – – Detection of the Stroboscopic Effect under Low Levels of SVM

Temporal light modulation (TLM, known colloquially as “flicker”) of light sources has visual, neurobiological, and performance and cognition effects on viewers.
Network Standby Power Basics (revised April 2018)

This report incorporates and organizes our collective understanding of the network standby function, identifies the primary factors that influence its power draw, develops a framework for understanding these factors, and estimates power ranges associated with different network standby function implementations.
Energy Audit Guide for Motor Driven Systems

This guideline gives a systematic and comprehensive overview on how to use available standards and tools for a motor system audit. This guideline gives a systematic and comprehensive overview
Intelligent Efficiency – A Case Study of Barriers and Solutions – Smart Homes

This report highlights the role of energy efficiency policy makers in improving the value proposition for smart homes for energy management, by supporting the development of methodologies and studies quantifying benefits, and the provision of accessible information to consumers via labels or other mechanisms
EVSE Scoping Study for 4E

The delegates from EDNA member countries decided to conduct a Scoping study, to investigate the energy performance of Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), looking also at the existing policy approaches for this emerging product group. This Scoping study
Lessons Learnt Bringing LEDs to Market

The purpose of this report is to provide policy makers with examples and a summary of how IEA 4E SSL Annex member countries’ have introduced and promoted LED illumination products in their respective markets. This report highlights key policy and
Standby Consumption Measurements

This document summarises the standby and networked standby measurements of the following products and concludes the compliance with ecodesign requirements: Standby consumption of 31 TVs, 14 audio equipment, 5 printers, 9 complex set top boxes
Encouraging Intelligent Efficiency – Study of Policy Opportunities

This research project investigated the policy and program opportunities for governments to encourage greater investments in network connected devices and their application in reducing
Benchmarking Report for Domestic Gas and Electric, Storage, Instantaneous and Heat Pump Water Heaters

This Benchmarking Report seeks to compare the performance of storage, instantaneous and heat pump water heaters available in a number of national markets by type, between type and by energy source
Energy Aware Devices – Study of Policy Opportunities

This report addresses a technical concept, “energy aware” devices, that enables energy use data of individual devices in buildings to be made available by the devices themselves. Energy aware devices
Energy Efficiency of the Internet of Things – Policy Options

Discusses the objectives, scope of work and policy options for the Energy Efficiency of the Internet of Things. The impact of the network standby energy consumption of mains connected IoT devices on
Development of Conversion Factors and Overall Approach for International Comparisons of Water Heaters

The analysis of the energy performance of water heaters is the first time the IEA 4E Mapping and Benchmarking activities have
SSL Annex Executive Briefing – Lessons Learned Bringing LED’s to Market

This memo presents some of the national-level approaches, initiatives and ideas to accelerate and support LED lighting in the market by the IEA 4E SSL Annex member countries
Energy efficiency roadmap for electric motors and motor systems

This report provides a market assessment of the energy efficiency of electric induction motors, rated between 0.12 kW and 1,000 kW. The scope includes motors designed to operate on either three or
Policy Brief – Mapping & Benchmarking of set top boxes – GERMAN

This briefing describes the outcomes of an analysis of the energy consumption of set top boxes in Australia, EU and USA. The policy brief has been translated to German
Policy Brief – Mapping & Benchmarking of set top boxes – KOREAN

This briefing describes the outcomes of an analysis of the energy consumption of set top boxes in Australia, EU and USA. The policy brief has been translated to Korean
Policy Brief – Mapping & Benchmarking of Dishwashers – GERMAN

This briefing describes the outcomes of an international comparison of the energy consumption of dishwashers and includes data analysis of information drawn from Australia, Austria, Canada
Policy Brief – Mapping & Benchmarking of distribution transformers – GERMAN

This briefing describes an international comparison of the energy efficiency of distribution transformers and associated policies which was carried out by IEA 4E in close cooperation with the
Policy Brief – Mapping & Benchmarking of the Impact of “Phase-out” on the Lighting Market (Updated) – GERMAN

This briefing updates the outcomes of the international comparison on the impact of polices to phase-out inefficient lighting products
Benchmarking Report – Packaged Liquid Chillers

This report aims to compare standards for packaged liquid chillers as far as practicable at present, and indicates possible pathways towards better comparability in future, both for market average performance and to enable comparison of the stringency of regulations between economies