CSD 14 Partnership Fair

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The Collaborative Labeling and Appliance
Standards Program (CLASP) A Type II Partnership
CSD 14 Partnership Fair May 1, 2006 Christine
Egan Executive Director, CLASP cegan_at_clasponline.o
rg 1-202-543-8515
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CLASP
CLASP Mission

• CLASP seeks to serve as the primary international
  voice and resource for energy efficiency
  standards and labeling (SL) worldwide.
• CLASP has conducted work in Argentina, Bahrain,
  Brazil, Colombia, Chile, China, the Dominican
  Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, India, Mexico,
  Nepal, Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
  Tunisia, and Uruguay.
• It has supported regional SL projects in 30
  additional countries.

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What is SL?

• SL Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels
• Energy Efficiency Standards
• are regulations that prescribe the energy
  performance of manufactured products, often
  prohibiting the sale of products less
  energy-efficient than the minimum standard.
• Energy Efficiency Labels
• are informative labels affixed to manufactured
  products that indicate a products energy
  performance and provide consumers with the
  information necessary to make an informed
  purchase-decision.

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Standards and labelling dynamic policy measures
to raise equipment efficiency
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What about energy labelling?
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MEPS are Highly Cost-Effective and Greatly
Benefit the U.S. EconomyLifetime Benefits from
1987-2001 Standards for 9 Residential Products

• Federal spending 2 per household
  Efficiency investments
  stimulated 900 per household
  Energy bill savings 2400 per household
  Net savings to the
  US economy 1500 per household
• Average benefit/cost ratio 2.81
• Primary energy savings 8 of 2020 residential
  energy use
• Peak power savings 20 of 2001-2020 growth
• Cumulative net dollar savings 150 billion
• Annual carbon reductions 37 million metric
  tons of carbon (in 2020), a 9 reduction

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Investment in SL Is Better Than Investment in
Power Production
Cost of Electricity from Various New Sources
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The Nature of the CLASP Partnership

• International Governing Board (12 members from 8
  countries)
• Open to all SL stakeholders from around the
  world including
• Country counterparts (who benefit from technical
  assistance)
• Implementing partners (who provide technical
  assistance)
• Sponsors (who fund technical assistance) and
• Affiliates such as appliance manufacturers and
  retailers (who are affected by SL programs).
• Secretariat Executive Director in Washington DC
• Registered UN WSSD partnership
• Partners throughout the World who commit to the
  CLASP Guiding Principles and Service Guarantee to
  Donors

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CLASP Has Attracted Diverse Sponsors
US 9.7 Million Total
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Going Forward the UN and Other Governments are
Playing a Much Larger Role
FY05 Awards of US1.3 Million
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A Measure of CLASPs Success

• Since 1999, CLASP has assisted with the
  implementation of 21 standards and/or labels.
• These efforts alone will save over 90 terawatt
  hours (TWh) of electricity and 86 megatonnes of
  CO2 (MtCO2) annually by 2014.
• CLASP's future goal
• Support adoption of policies that will reduce
  global anthropogenic CO2 emissions by 2 (230
  MtCO2 per year) by 2030 avoiding 140 1000 MW
  plants.

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54 countries with 80 of the worlds population
have standards and labelling