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National commitment to the environment - Grenelle 2
Grenelle 2 is the law establishing France "national commitment to the environment," and corresponds to the implementation of part of the Grenelle Environment Forum suggestions. Objective : design and construct buildings more energy-conscious and better coordinated with the…
Energy Act 2004
The Energy Act 2004 received Royal Assent 22 July 2004. Regarding climate change mitigation, the Act is important in providing the framework for the development of offshore wind and other marine renewable energy sources outside territorial waters. The Act…
White Paper: A New Deal for Transport
The then government's White Paper on the future of transport, entitled "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone", was released in July 1998. This document recognised that the environmental impacts of the growth of road traffic may be a threat to sustainable development and…
Pilot program 'Einsparzaehler'
The promotional scheme provides financial incentives for companies to implement innovative pilot projects aiming on improving the energy efficiency of their industrial, commercial or residential customers by means of applying digital technologies. Projects are meant to allow for…
Enova and the Climate and Energy Fund
The Climate and Energy Fund is made up of government budget transfers (84% in 2023), a surcharge on energy bills (9%) and returns on fund investments (7%). Enova, a state agency, is responsible for distributing these funds to R&D projects (from pilot to first commercial phase)…
Planning and Energy Act 2008 (England and Wales)
Enacted on 27 November 2008, the Planning and Energy Act enables local planning authorities in England and Wales to set requirements for energy use and energy efficiency in local plans. It allows local authorities to establish their own requirements for a proportion of energy…
The Energy Savings Trust
The Energy Saving Trust was established as part of the government's response to the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. The Energy Saving Trust helps citizens cut their carbon dioxide emission by promoting the sustainable and efficient use of energy in the home as well as in…
Authorisation for the right to receive the return on operation for high-efficiency cogeneration facilities using renewable fuels or natural gas
The high-efficiency cogeneration, which uses renewable fuels, natural gas or low-emission fuels, is an important tool for improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions in industrial uses of energy. Faced with the upcoming end of the statutory useful life of a significant…
SANS 60901: MEPS for fluorescent lamps
Specifies the performance requirements for single-capped fluorescent lamps for general lighting
SANS 50242: Electric dishwashers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance
Electric dishwashers for household use - Methods for measuring the performance. Applies to electric dishwashers for household use that are supplied with hot and/or cold
SANS 62301 - Household electrical appliances - Measurement of standby power
Household electrical appliances - Measurement of standby power. Specifies methods of measurement of electrical power consumption in standby mode(s) and other low modes (off mode and network mode), as
National Environment and Climate Change Policy
The proposed goal of the Environment and Climate Change Policy is: “Rwanda to be a nation that has a clean and healthy environment, resilient to climate variability and change that supports a high quality of life for its society.” Policy Objectives and Statements: Greening…
Republic Act 10963-Senate Bill 1592-Excise tax
Under RA 10963, vehicle excise taxes are as follows: 4% - up to PhP 600,000 10% - PhP 600,000 over up to PhP 1,000,000 20% - over PhP 1,000,000 up to PhP 4,000,000 50% - over PhP
Duty to save energy - Communication Campaign
A large communication campaign was initiated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and by the sector organisations. Not only online, but also on radio and via gatherings
Fund to sustain local energy efficiency interventions
A fund of 500 million € to support energy efficiency municipal projects. The interested municipal administration can request between 50.000€ and €250.000 according to thir number of inhabitants. Intervantions must start before the 31st of October
Mandatory EV charging infrastructure in buildings
Non-residential buildings over 500m2 or residential building with more than 10 abitative units starting from the first of January 2018 can receive a building permit only if the project contemplate charging infrastructures for EV. This applies also to buildings undergoing deep…
Mandatory Energy Audits for Large Companies
This is a requirement for large companies to conduct mandatory energy audits. It first entered into force with the Energy Efficiency Act at the start of 2015, and the first audits were to be reported by the end of 2015. A small number of companies did not pass the threshold…
Purchase Subsidies Bulgaria
A purchase grant of EUR 10.000 for a BEV, since January 2018. The list of EVs eligible for purchase under the programme has been significantly expanded. The subsidies are: per medium class M1 (vehicles with up to 8 seats) and N1 (cargo vehicles with a permissible maximum weight…
Ordinance (2015: 579) on support for promoting sustainable urban environments
The Government has adopted a national plan for infrastructure for the period 2018–2029. It is a total investment of SEK 700 billion and the largest railway investment in modern times. The plan covers major investments in both new construction and restoration and modernisation of…
Subsidy for EVSE's for housing companies
Subsidy for housing companies for building EV charging infrastructure. In the year 2018 budget, 1.5 million EUR was reserved for the first year. The subsidy covers 35 % of the costs incurred from building electrical system surveys, wiring installations and charging equipment.…
e-Standby Power
This program is designed to promote technologies for standby power reduction and the widespread use of energy saving products. The devices that are automatically switched to energy saving mode, minimizes standby power and meet the standby power reduction standards are…
Savings Targets and Use of Equipment Lists for Procurement for Government Agencies (part of 21/2011/ND-CP and decision 68/2011/QD-TTg)
This policy forms part of the Regulations and Measures for Enforcing Energy and Efficiency Energy Use (21/2011/ ND-CP) The policy governs the reporting and energy saving targets for government agencies and units. This also specifies a procurement list of energy efficient…
MEPS and Labelling for Water heaters with reserves: TCVN 7898: 2009 (applied by 78/2013/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 51/2011/QD-TTg & Decision 03/2013/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. For…
MEPS for Boilers in industrial enterprises: TCVN 8630: 2010 (applied by 78/2013/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 51/2011/QD-TTg & Decision 03/2013/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. For…
MEPS and Labelling for Electronic ballasts for fluorescent lamps: TCVN 7897:2013 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Electromagnetic ballasts for fluorescent lamps: TCVN 8248:2013 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Refrigerator: TCVN 7828: 2016 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Televisions: TCVN 9536: 2012 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Household washing machines: TCVN 8526:2013 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Electric fans: TCVN 7826:2015 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
Ordinance (2016: 836) on electric bus premiums
The premium corresponds to 20 per cent of the purchase price of the bus, but not more than 100 per cent of the price difference between the electric bus and the almost comparable bus that is classified in the emission class Euro 6 in accordance with Section 30 or 31 of the…
The Swedish Climate Act
The Climate Act entered into force on the first of January 2018. The Act establishes that the Government's climate policy must be based on the climate targets and specifies how the implementation is to be carried out. The Act states that the Government shall carry out climate…
Ordinance (2017: 1317) on grants to private individuals for the purchase of electric bikes, mopeds, motorcycles and outboard motors
Currently suspended due to lack of funding (2019) Subsidy for an electrically driven outboard engine may include that battery or, if the engine's function requires several batteries at the same time, the batteries needed for the engine to be used for the ship's progress from…
MEPS for Commercial refrigerator: TCVN 10289: 2014 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS for Distribution transformer: TCVN 8525: 2015 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
Ordinance (2017: 1318) on grants to private persons for the installation of charging points for electric vehicles
Grants may only be given to private individuals and if the charging point: 1. is installed on a property that the applicant for the grant owns or holds with the right of use; 2. is installed after January 1, 2018; 3. is installed by an electrical installation company…
Support for retrofits and energy efficiency in certain areas
Since October 2016, the government has supported investment to stimulate renovation and greater energy efficiency of rental housing in areas with socio-economic challenges. The government allocated SEK 800 million for the aid in 2016 and has proposed SEK 1 billion annually for…
Strategic Energy Plan (2018)
In 2018, Japanese government formulated its 5th edition of the Strategic Energy Plan. This plan, based on the 3E+S principles, set the following objectives: - Safety: safey innovation by technological and governance reforms - Enegy Security: raise technical self-sufficiency…
High-efficiency Appliance Certification
The High efficiency equipment certification programme certifies equipment as being high efficiency. The programme is a voluntary scheme operated by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy and the Korea Energy management Corporation (KEMCO). Certified products may bear the…
Tyre Efficiency Standards and Ratings
The program helps consumers to purchase energy efficient Tyres and induce competition in the Tyre manufacturing industry to produce highly efficient products in order to help saving transportation energy. Korea Energy Agency (KEA) standardizes Tyre efficiency test method,…
MEPS and Labelling for Compact fluorescent light bulbs TCVN 7896:2015 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Tubular fluorescent lamp: TCVN 8249:2013 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Electric rice cookers: TCVN 8252:2015 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Photocopiers: TCVN 9510: 2012 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
MEPS and Labelling for Printer: TCVN 9509: 2012 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
Performance Evaluation of Eco-friendly Home
This program was designed to develop standards for the construction of energy-saving and eco-friendly housing and construct 2 million of such housings by 2020 in order to meet the challenges of climate change and achieve low-carbon green growth. Owners of more than 30…
MEPS for Electric motor: TCVN 7540:2013 (applied by 24/2018/QD-TTg)
This standard is adopted based on the title year, but only takes effect in the market based on the following laws: Decision 24/2018/QD-TTg stipulates the list of equipment subject to energy labelling program, application of MEPS and the roadmap. 1. Import, production and…
Registration Tax Benefit for All-Electric Vehicles
The ISV (Imposto Sobre Veiculos) is a registration tax that is only paid once when the vehicle is first registered in Portugal. ISV is calculated on the basis of two criteria: the engine cubic capacity and CO2 emissions. Some types of vehicles, such as commercial and…
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for domestic and non-domestic generators
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was introduced in UK in March 2011 to support renewable heat installations with fixed payment for each generated kWth. Initially the scheme was supporting only non-domestic installations. The scheme was expanded on 9 th of April 2014 in order…
Negotiation on Energy Use Plan
Organizations who want to conduct business or install facilities that consume more than maximum level of energy allowed have to consult the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in respect to energy supply and demand and efficiency enhancement. This is to promote energy saving…