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Barrier Removal for the Widespread Commercialization of Energy-Efficient CFC-Free Refrigerators in China
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Project details
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Leading Organization:
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Implementing Agency:
UNOPS/China National Environmental Protection AgencyImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
State Environmental Protection Administration of China (SEPA), UNOPS/China National Environmental Protection Agency; United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; China Ministry of Finance (MOF); SEPA Foreign Economic Cooperation Office; China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC); China State General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ); China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS); China State Administration of Internal Trade (SAIT); China Household Electric Appliance Association (CHEAA); China Household Electric Appliance Research Institute (CHEARI); China Certification Center for Energy Conservation Products (CECP); Collaborative labeling and Appliance Standards Program (CLASP: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Energy Engineering (UMd CEEE)Summary:
From 1980 to 1995, residential power use rose from 3% to 12% of the total electricity consumption in China. This growth has been driven by an explosive increase in household appliance use in which refrigerators account for approximately half of all electricity consumption in urban households. Production of household refrigerators in China has doubled since 1990, rising from 4.63 million units in 1990 to 9.28 million in 1996, making China the country with the second highest number of refrigerators in the world. The refrigerators produced in China over the next decade will require an additional 601 billion kWh of energy during their expected lifetimes, equivalent to an annual average of 60 million tons of additional CO2 emissions. The increase of production levels will require higher energy consumption and will result in correspondingly higher CO2 emissions.
Project Components:
Supported by Global Environment Facility (GEF), the project has improved energy efficiency and reduced GHG emissions by removing barriers to the widespread commercialization of energy-efficient refrigerators. It successfully combined elements of “technology push” by providing a combination of training, technical resources and financial incentives to induce refrigerator manufacturers to increase the efficiency of the household refrigerators they produce; and “market pull” by preparing and developing the consumer market through a combination of standards, labeling, an information campaign, to accept and purchase in quantity the energy-efficient refrigerators produced.
UNDP’s partners on this project included the State Environmental Protection Administration, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 16 refrigerator manufacturers and 10 compressors manufacturers. The participating manufacturers produced 70% of refrigerators and compressors in China.
Expected Outputs:
Achievements of the project include:
- An increase of nearly 29% in the weighted-average efficiency of household refrigerators produced in China between 1999 and 2005, as well as impressive improvements in refrigeration compressor efficiency.
- Reduction of 11 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by 2005, and will result in a total of 42 million tonnes of CO2 emission reduction by 2010.
- Cumulative CO2 emissions reduction over the life of the project total 170 million tonnes of CO2 for refrigerators produced through 2005 and 630 million tonnes of CO2 for refrigerators produced through 2010 will be reduced.
- Successful implementation of an award winning public awareness campaign on energy efficient refrigerators.
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Project Status:
Completed in December 2006Resources:
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