IEA 4E EDNA: Electronic Devices and Networks Annex (Working period 2022 - 2024)

By 2030, the number of network-connected electronic devices worldwide is expected to exceed 100 billion, resulting in significant consequences for global energy consumption. The IEA 4E Electronic Devices and Networks Annex - EDNA therefore aims to develop policy recommendations to promote the energy efficiency of network-connected devices, and make those project results available to key stakeholders such as policy makers and product developers in the form of reports, policy briefs and tools.

Short Description

The aim of EDNA is to support policy makers to develop and introduce regulations for network-connected devices and thus contribute to the energy efficiency of these devices and systems. The ECODESIGN company GmbH (ECO) represents the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) in this Annex to position Austrian interests in this international research collaboration.

Since the funding of the Annex, various tasks and projects have been established, to explore and analyze opportunities and barriers for the promotion of energy-efficient measures, and to develop policy recommendations made on this basis. During the period 2022 to 2024, the Annex focused its work on the following product groups:

Data centers (Task 23),
Mobile devices (Task 24) and
Battery technologies (Task 25).

In addition, the development and formulation of policy recommendations went beyond products; into device interoperability (in Task 26) and standardization (in Task 27).

EDNA extended its previous work in Task 23 to create a Workstream on energy efficiency of data centres. EDNA also launched a new Workstream on Demand-Flexible devices, and continued its work on network standby of connected products.

In 2024, EDNA changed its name to Efficient Demand-Flexible Networked Appliances Platform, to reflect its new strategy and content for the period 2024 to 2029.

Project Images

Terms of use: The pictures listed underneath the header “Project Pictures” originate from the projects in the frame of the programmes City of Tomorrow, Building of Tomorrow and the IEA Research Cooperation. They may be used credited for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC).

Participants

Australia (Operating agent), Denmark, European Commission, France, Japan, Canada, Korea, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America (Chair)

Contact Address

ECODESIGN company engineering & management consultancy GmbH
Dr. Adriana Díaz Triana
Schwindgasse 4/2
A-1040 Vienna
E-Mail: diaz@ecodesign-company.com