Latin America Regional Launch of the IEA's Appliances Energy Efficiency Policy Online Course

Background information

Worldwide electricity consumption is expected to grow by 60 per cent by 2030, driven in part by the increasing use of equipment, appliances, lighting and other energy-using devices.

Energy-efficient equipment and appliances benefit both consumers and governments; increasing efficiency lowers energy costs, enhances energy security, helps expand access to energy services and reduces harmful emissions. In particular, recent evidence shows that energy efficiency policies have helped halve the energy consumption of key appliances in the longest-running appliance efficiency programmes. In the countries with the longest-running appliance energy efficiency policies, the policies have contributed to a reduction in energy consumption of key appliances by half.

For this reason, the IEA has developed the Appliance Energy Efficiency Policy free online course that prepares participants to advance appliance energy efficiency policy successfully. It does so by introducing the fundamentals to effectively design and implement an energy efficiency policy package by integrating regulations, information, and incentives to move appliances towards higher efficiency standards. The IEA developed it in collaboration with the SEAD Initiative.

The launch event will feature experts from the IEA and government officials from the region. It will be held in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and Portuguese.

09:00 Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico City, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

10:00 Panama, Colombia / 11:00 Dominican Republic

12:00 Brasilia, Santiago de Chile / 17:00 Paris

This webinar will last 75 minutes. The agenda is shown in Paris time.

• 17:00 – 17:10 Welcome Remarks

• 17:10 – 17:20 Importance of Appliance Energy Efficiency Policy

• 17:20 – 17:30 Introduction to the Online Course

• 17:30 – 18:10 Discussion Panel: Advancing energy-efficient appliances in Latin America

• 18:00-18:15 Closing

IEA online courses on Energy Efficiency

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