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EMSA Newsletter May 2020 – English
Read our latest newsletter including announcements of upcoming events, news on our work, the latest information on standards and the new publications.

Policy Guidance for Smart, Energy-Saving Consumer Devices
This report provides considerations for policy makers to encourage ‘smart’ consumer devices which save energy and provide demand flexibility. It includes key findings for the prioritisation of

Wide Band Gap Technology: Efficiency Potential and Application Readiness Map
Technologies, systems and applications incorporating power electronic conversion devices and modules are defining many aspects of our modern society, making possible higher living

Round Robin of Converter Losses – Report of Results of Phase 1
The current report covers the results, the key findings of the tests in phase 1 of Round Robin program for Converter Losses (RR’C) between December 2017 and October 2018 and the first set of recommendations for amending IEC 61800-9-2, edition 1

2019 4E Annual Report
Read the 2019 Annual Report for the IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Energy Efficient End-use Equipment (4E).

Policy Brief – The Wasted Energy of Connected Devices
Connecting devices to the internet has profound implications for energy use, in three areas: Digitalisation, Wasted Energy and Upstream Consequences. This policy brief covers the second topic

Policy Brief – Upstream Consequences from Connected Devices
Connecting devices to the internet has profound implications for energy use, in three areas: Digitalisation, Wasted Energy and Upstream Consequences. This policy brief covers the third topic

Domestic Air Conditioner Test Standards and Harmonization
This report is a comparative review of test procedures and efficiency metrics for room air conditioners across six countries, as well as the ISO standard. The findings of this report are intended to inform

Huge energy-savings by WBG semiconductors
This is one of the latest articles published by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) related to wide bandgap technology, and its potential promising applications for SiC and GaN Semiconductors.

Policy Brief – The Role of Connected Devices in the Digitalisation of the Energy System
Connecting devices to the internet has profound implications for energy use, in three areas: Digitalisation, Wasted Energy and

Policy Brief – Wireless Charging Energy Use
This briefing summarises the key findings of the EDNA report Global Forecast of Energy Use for Wireless Charging, which estimates the additional global energy that would be consumed if wireless charging is adopted for a wide range of small consumer devices

Policy Brief – Energy Harvesting Technologies for IoT
This briefing summarises the key findings of the EDNA report Energy Harvesting Technologies for IoT Edge Devices, which explores the potential to deploy Energy Harvesting Technologies (EHTs)

EMSA Newslettter January 2020 – Spanish
Spanish translation of December 2019 Newsletter.

EMSA Newsletter December 2019 – Chinese
Chinese translation of December 2019 Newsletter.

EMSA Newsletter December 2019 – Japanese
This is the Japanese translation of our December 2019 Newsletter.

EMSA Newsletter December 2019 – English
Read the latest Newsletter including announcements of events, news on our work, information on standards and new publications.

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.


Test Procedures for Measuring Network Standby Power
This paper examines elements of existing test procedures that address network standby in some way. This includes horizontal test procedures that cover standby and network standby for

Global Forecast of Energy Use for Wireless Charging
In this report, we have built on the modeling methodology published in a recent white paper by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Suzanne Foster Porter of Kannah Consulting