8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting Set for August

Following the success of the previous EEDAL conferences, the iHomeLab of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – iHomeLab a...

Following the success of the previous EEDAL conferences, the iHomeLab of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – iHomeLab and the European Commission Joint Research Centre, have announced the 8th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting – EEDAL’15, 26-28 August 2015 Horw-Lucerne, Switzerland. iHomeLab reports that its previous EEDAL conferences have been very successful in attracting an international audience, representing a wide variety of stakeholders involved in policy implementation and development, as well as the manufacturing and promotion of energy-efficient residential appliances and lighting. The international community of stakeholders dealing with residential appliances, equipment, metering and lighting (including manufacturers, retailers, consumers, governments, international organisations and agencies, academia and experts) have already gathered seven times at the International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL)  (Florence 1997, Naples 2000, Turin 2003, London 2006, Berlin 2009, Copenhagen 2011, Coimbra 2013) to discuss the progress achieved in technologies, behavioural aspects and policies, and the strategies that need to be implemented to further progress this important work. Energy efficiency improvements in residential appliances, heating and cooling equipment, ICT equipment and lighting can play a key role in achieving a sustainable energy future and socio-economic development, and at the same time mitigate climate change, iHomeLab has noted. Energy efficiency measures related to residential appliances, heating equipment and lighting are in most cases highly cost-effective CO2 emission reduction actions, and offer good opportunity to increase the security and reliability of energy supply. In developing countries efficient residential appliances and lighting are vital to reduce household energy costs, to improve living conditions while reducing local pollution. In addition to technical progress on efficiency, large energy savings and carbon reduction can only be achieved with a paradigmatic change in consumer behaviour in the context of usage patterns of energy using products. These changes must be aided by “smart” product design providing automatic optimisation of energy and water resource usage for a given task and providing readily accessible feedback to the consumer to catalyse optimum usage patterns. iHomeLab says that these themes are echoed in a growing number of policy commitments and in strategies calling for action at local, regional, national and global levels. The challenge, now, is to ensure market, policy, trade and information barriers do not impede the timely development, delivery and proper use of energy efficient residential equipment, resulting in a missed opportunity for climate change mitigation, security of energy supply and socio-economic development, particularly considering the present global economy. Last, but not least, the consumer must accept these changes and not misuse energy saving on one side by energy consumption for other purposes. In addition, smart appliances and equipment, smart meters and communication protocols, allow households to be a key part of the smart grids, with storage, load flexibility and generation capabilities through renewable energies and demand response and system energy savings. To register for EEDAL 2015 visit www.eedal-2015.eu/#!registration/c1i00          

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