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High Quality Super-Efficient Lighting Products: the SEAD Global Efficiency Medal

Panel: 7. Appliances, product policy and the ICT supply chain

This is a peer-reviewed paper.

Authors:
Chad Gallinat, World Resources Institute, USA
Michael Scholand, IEA 4E Solid-State Lighting Annex, United Kingdom
Peter Bennich, Energy Efficiency Department, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden
Mike Walker, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK, United Kingdom
Christofer Silfvenius, Energy Efficiency Department, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden
Jonas Pettersson, Energy Efficiency Department, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden
Nils Borg, IEA 4E Solid-State Lighting Annex, Sweden
Debbie Karpay Weyl, US Dept. of Energy, USA

Abstract

The Global Efficiency Medal (GEM) competition, a cornerstone activity of the Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) Initiative, is an awards programme that encourages the development, production and sale of super-efficient products. SEAD is a voluntary multinational government collaboration of the Clean Energy Ministerial. This winner-takes-all competition recognises energy-efficient products, guides purchasers towards energy-efficient product choices, and demonstrates the levels of energy efficiency achievable by commercially available and emerging technologies. This competition is designed to complement existing national and regional appliance and product labelling programmes, and to advance comparable and transparent international test methods that support minimum energy performance standards.

This paper summarises the findings from the fourth Global Efficiency Medal competition, which focused on super-efficient lighting products in four regions around the world. For an emerging technology like light emitting diodes (LEDs), the competition provides an opportunity for manufacturers to distinguish themselves in the market and it informs policymakers who are considering policies to promote high quality, energy-efficient LED products. This competition attracted more than 19 product applications in Australia, Europe, India, and North America. Global Efficiency Medals were issued on 27 May 2015 at the Clean Energy Ministerial, covering replacement lamps and luminaires in each of these regions. Building on these positive outcomes, SEAD is considering another lighting competition in the near future focusing on other common luminaires.

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