Cooperative Success Stories:

IEA DSM Technology Procurement Program

Paper for the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Distribution and Usage of Electricity
Ankara, Turkey - April 3-4 2000
Hans Westling

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Abstract

Annex III “Cooperative Procurement” within the IEA DSM Implementing Agreement with 8 countries and the European Commission as participants has been going on during 1994 – 1999. A procedure for collaborative procurement actions for introduction of innovative, more energy-efficient products has been developed and tested in a number of pilot projects. A clothes dryer with the energy use cut by half (the first “Class A” dryer), electric motors with losses reduced with 20-40% and a “copier of the future” using only 25% of the energy consumed in normal solutions, are concrete results. After evaluation of proposals and prototypes, the suppliers have received the “IEA DSM Award of Excellence”. The award-winning dryer from AEG and an energy-efficient motor from ABB were included among the successes shown at the IEA 25^th Anniversary and Ministerial Meeting in Paris in May 1999. Formulation of performance criteria and creation of mechanisms for recognition are two important elements in technology procurement efforts.