Policy Brief 21: Overview of Flexibility Platforms
This Policy Brief summarises the key findings of the EDNA report – Overview of Flexibility Platforms, which assesses how flexibility platforms can facilitate the utilisation of flexibility from networked appliances, and identifies current barriers hindering their effective deployment.
Policy Brief 20: Cybersecurity for Demand Flexible Appliances
This Policy Brief summaries the key findings of the 4E EDNA report – Cybersecurity for Demand Flexible Appliances, which identifies critical cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities in demand flexible appliances and approaches to mitigate them.
Successful PECTA Experts Workshop 2026 in Vienna
On February 23, 2026, the IEA 4E PECTA Experts Workshop took place at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) in Vienna. International experts from research, industry, and policy discussed the latest advances
The next wave of LED lighting: Smarter, circular and more efficient
Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France published a commentary on the lighting sector. Offering a global perspective, the IEA provides insights into trends in lighting consumption in buildings and street lighting, and discusses
PECTA Workshop 2026
This 2026 PECTA Workshop provided an excellent opportunity for leading experts from academia, research, industry and government to learn first-hand about the activities and novel results of PECTA´s work. The workshop covered the readiness of different
Where is EMSA’s work focus over the next few years?
A new Policy Brief gives an overview of EMSA’s work focus until 2029 and highlights relevant work outcomes to date.
Policy Brief #0 – Electric Motor Systems Platform Overview
This Policy Brief gives an overview of EMSA’s work focus until 2029 and highlights relevant work outcomes to date.
What have we learned about motor systems’ efficiency in the past 15 years and how has EMSA contributed to that?
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.
The Role of LED Lighting in Climate
In the January/February 2026 issue of LED Professional Magazine, Dr. J. Norman Bardsley, Chief Analyst for the International Solid-State Lighting Alliance (ISA) in Beijing, China, published an article that looks at the global lighting market and
What have we learned in the past 15 years and how has EMSA contributed to that?
Electric motor systems are responsible for 53% of worldwide electricity use. In the industrial sector their share is more than 72%. Significant savings are possible and can be benefited from. According to the International Energy Agency,
EMSA CompressorCalc
Version 1.02 (January 2026) This Excel-based tool was developed by EMSA to perform the stepwise calculation of air compressor isentropic efficiency based on test results as specified in ISO 1217 Annex C and Amendment 1.
DTI-Hydracalc
Version 1.3 (September 2019) This addition to the family of tools by EMSA is the hydraulic calculator: DTI-Hydracalc. It is a tool that evaluates all possible control strategies for a cyclic hydraulic installation and calculates the
Motor Systems Tool
Version 4.21.01 (April 2022) The Motor Systems Tool is an independent calculator for complete motor systems that uses impartial models of standardised components, to determine the efficiency at any given duty point on a complete motor
Electric motor systems efficiency standards, digitalisation & demand flexibility
An EMSA workshop will be held on 23 February 2026 in Vienna. The workshop language is German.
How to compare air compressor energy efficiency—globally and consistently?
EMSA conducted an international round robin testing programme and developed a guide to the measurement of packaged air compressor specific energy and isentropic efficiency based on ISO 1217:2009. An Excel calculation tool has been developed to perform the stepwise calculation of the isentropic efficiency based on test results as specified in ISO1217.
Round Robin for small, packaged air compressors & Guide to air compressor energy efficiency measurement method
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.
Electric motor systems – a key element on the way to global net zero
EMSA released a Policy Brief, assessing 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.
Policy Brief # 9 – Electric motor systems: why are they important?
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.
Policy Brief: Data Centre Energy Efficiency Labels
This Policy Brief summarises the key findings of the 4E EDNA report: Data Centre Energy Efficiency Labels, which explores the characteristics and effectiveness of existing data centre energy efficiency labels and suggests features for a worldwide applicable labelling scheme.
Policy Brief: Public Data on Data Centre Energy Use
This Policy Brief summarises the key findings of the 4E EDNA report: Public Data on Data Centre Energy Use which examines what data on energy use by data centres is publicly available and how this can be collected, stored and presented on a regular basis.
