I — Introduction.- Energy-Efficient Motor Technologies.- II — The Relevance of Motors and Drives.- Characterisation of the Electricity Use in European Union and the Savings Potential in 2010.- The United States Motor Systems Baseline: Inventory and Trends.- Motors and Drives:The Challenges to a Global Company.- Efficient Use of Electricity in Motors and Drives: The Utilities’ Perspective.- III — Energy-Efficient Motors.- The Whole Life Efficiency of Electric Motors — UK Developments.- Energy Efficient Motors.- Motor Developments and Energy Efficiency.- Efficiency Improvements in Induction Motors.- Induction Motor Technology: Experience in Design Optimization of High Efficiency Induction Motors.- Electric Motor and Belt Retrofits: Measured Savings and Lessons Learned.- IV — Energy Savings with Electric Drives.- Efficiency Gains in Electrical Drive Systems.- Electronic Drive Systems: A Major Source of Energy Savings.- Electric Variable Speed Drives: Development (1–300 KW) and Some Impacts on Energy Savings.- V — Advanced Motor and Drive Technologies.- Power Electronics and Electrical Drives, a Key to Flexible and Efficient Electromechanical Energy Conversion.- Advanced Motor Technologies: Reluctance Motors.- Advanced Motor Technologies: Converter Fed Machines (CFMs).- Advanced Motor Technologies: Synchronous Motors and Drives.- VI — Efficiency Testing Standards.- Efficiency Measurement Testing Standards Stray Loss, the Key to Efficiency Determination.- Comparative Efficiency Measurements IEC 34-2 vs IEEE 112.- Efficiency Measurement Testing and Labeling.- Considerations about the Determination and Designation of the Efficiency of Electric Machines.- VII — Policies.- Strategies to Promote Energy-Efficient Motor Systems.- Barriers Towards Successful Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Energy Efficient Advanced Motors and Drives.- Electric Motor Energy Efficiency Regulations: The Canadian Experience.- United States Department of Energy: National Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products and Commercial Equipment.- Industrial Motor Standards in Latin America.- VIII — Programmes I (America and Far East).- Overview of Programmes to Promote Energy Efficient Motor Systems in the United States.- A National Strategy for Energy Efficient Industrial Motor-Driven Systems.- High Efficient Motors in Brazil: a Perspective.- Energy Efficiency of Electric Motors and Drives: Australian and New Zealand Programmes.- IX — Programmes II (Europe).- Calculation of Energy Savings from Drives: The French Demand Side Management Approach.- Italian Programmes.- RAVEL — The Swiss Energy Programme: Information and Training in Efficient Drives and Energy Saving.- Energy Efficiency Improvements in Motors and Drives: United Kingdom Programmes.- The Danish High Efficiency Motor Campaign 1996–1998.- The Dutch Programme on Efficient Motors and Drives.- X — Motor Databases.- MotorMaster+: The Evolution of a Motor Energy Management Tool.- Data Integrity and the Canadian High-Efficiency Motors Database.- The Selection of Energy-Efficient Motors from Catalogues.