After a month of discussions following an informal September kick-off meeting in London at the International Energy Agency's 4E Implementing Agreement Compliance Conference, the 14 CEM partners participating in the Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment initiative (SEAD) are moving forward with an aggressive agenda engaging governments and the private sector. SEAD's five working groups are addressing standards and test procedure coordination, awards for energy efficient equipment, policy support for incentives and procurement, and technical analysis to guide these efforts.
On 25 October, the SEAD team presented the initiative's work plan and agenda to the International Partnership on Energy Efficiency Cooperation's Policy Committee in Delhi, India. As the team told the committee, the success of SEAD will rely on governments' commitments to implement standards and test procedures and support award, incentive, and procurement programs.
SEAD is working to transform dialogue about appliance efficiency into real, large-scale energy savings. Within 20 years, aggressive global appliance efficiency efforts could avoid the need for more than 1,300 mid-sized coal power plants worldwide.
Member governments participating in SEAD include Australia, Canada, the European Commission, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.