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Bridging the Cooling Gap: Energy Efficiency as a Driver for Appliance Access.

Author(s) : BOUCHER L., RUFF Y. E., REEVES A., BUSKIRK R. van

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

Minimum energy performance standards and other appliance energy efficiency policies accelerate efficiency improvements and long-term trends in affordability. This study builds upon CLASP’s 2023 publication, “Net Zero Heroes: Scaling Efficient Appliances for Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience,” which defines ambitious efficiency targets for ten appliances to meet global net-zero emissions goals and reduce access gaps. It provides estimates of the impact that efficiency-induced affordability improvements can have on cooling appliance access in India, Indonesia, and Nigeria, and presents a long-term policy scenario model with adoption accounting to estimate increases in cooling appliance access by 2050. Doubling the energy efficiency of room air conditioners, fans, and refrigerators by 2030 in line with the SEAD Product Efficiency Call to Action would reduce lifecycle costs by 60% for air conditioners and refrigerators and 58% for fans, expanding access to an additional 320 million, 100 million, and 90 million people, respectively, by 2050—20 percent of the total population for the three countries. The consumer economic benefits are estimated as 210 billion USD per year, 40 billion USD per year, and 35 billion USD per year for room air conditioners, fans, and refrigerators, respectively. The model estimates a decrease in heat-related deaths from increased cooling appliance adoption of approximately 20,000 per year by 2050.
Most critically, the analysis shows that with the appropriate increases in air conditioner efficiency, a more than 6x increase in air conditioner use is possible by 2050, while total residential air conditioner energy consumption increases by a factor of less than 2x.

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  • Original title: Bridging the Cooling Gap: Energy Efficiency as a Driver for Appliance Access.
  • Record ID : 30033748
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Figures, economy
  • Publication: CLASP
  • Publication date: 2025/01

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