CLASP – as part of its organizational mission – facilitates international cooperation and best practices information sharing among S&L policy makers and practitioners worldwide. CLASP’s Global Research team takes a systematic and progressive approach for accelerating global timelines for S&L activities and information sharing at a global scale by conducting global research and analysis on S&L topics of relevance internationally and supporting training, capacity building, and knowledge exchange to expand and strengthen the expertise of S&L practitioners worldwide.
CLASP has identified untapped global potential to save 3.1 Gt CO2/year by 2020 through enhanced appliance efficiency measures. These measures include increasing the product coverage and stringency of minimum efficiency standards; implementing effective energy labeling schemes; creating a global pool of skilled S&L practitioners; accelerating monitoring, verification, and enforcement (MV&E) of established programs; and expanding global information dissemination.
CLASP's Global Research team engages in a wide range of S&L information dissemination projects including maintaining the CLASP website and S&L database with current policy information, conducting original research and analysis, developing best-practice guidebooks, and sharing information with policy-makers through conferences and publications. These efforts serve CLASP’s big-picture goal of putting S&L best practice into the hands of the people who need it when they need it to accelerate global implementation of best-in-class appliance standards and labeling policies.
Funding for current Global Research team projects comes from the ClimateWorks Foundation and various APEC Economies.
CLASP's Global Research team works to assist the global S&L community through sharing and tracking global S&L information; disseminating best practices information; developing modeling tools; and facilitating international S&L initiatives.
Recent accomplishments of the Global Research team include contributions to publications; development of benchmarking studies; sponsorship of international conferences and knowledge exchange; and the development and improvement of modeling tools.
To be held in Beijing on 14-15 June 2012, this conference will provide an opportunity for dialogue and best practice sharing among compliance mechanism stakeholders for energy efficiency standards and labeling.