Th Strategy of Implementing Energy Effiency Standards and Labels for Domestic Air Conditioners in Libya

Abstract

The residential sector in Libya has grown over the past decade in the construction of residential buildings due to the increase in the population. Moreover, the increase in the level of income has contributed to the increase in the purchase of household appliances, which leads to increased demand for energy. Energy consumption in the household sector accounted for 31% of total energy consumption during 2010, and the share of air conditioners in this sector consumed 18.35%. To reduce energy consumption and improve energy effiency in this sector, policies should be considered to apply energy effiency standards and markers to household electrical appliances, as they are considered one of the most successful programs used in the world. Countries are implementing such programs to reduce energy consumption in the domestic sector. Ths paper presents the possibility of implementing such programs to introduce the importance of energy effiency standards and labeling programs for home appliances in Libya. Th calculations required to design such programs show the energy savings that can be achieved during cooling loads in the summer period of 4 months July, August, September). A strategic plan has been developed during 10-year (2020-2030) to estimate
the expected savings of energy consumed and to identify possible obstacles and diffilties by gradually increasing the energy effiency ratio for comestic air conditioners in two stages, from EER10 to EER11 in the fist stage is then raised to EER12 as the second stage.