ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR Meeting Covers Tablets, Netbooks & Workstations
Late last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosted a two-day meeting to discuss the V2.0 ENERGY STAR® Computer Server Program and the V6.0 Computer Program. MET Laboratories’ ENERGY STAR Program Manager Sam Tetteh was there. Here are his notes: Tablets & Netbooks The EPA proposed the introduction of tablets and netbooks as a product category in... Read More
EPA Issues Updated ENERGY STAR Television Specification
On Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Version 5.3 ENERGY STAR Television specification. The Version 5.3 specification will take effect on September 30, 2011. This date is pushed back from July 2011 due to stakeholder feedback. Version 5.3 modifies the Download Acquisition Mode (DAM) requirements to 40 watt-hours per day (0.04... Read More
CES Features ENERGY STAR Testing & Verification Session
As part of the first day’s programming at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Tech Policy Summit featured a panel session on “ENERGY STAR and Consumer Electronics: What Does the Future Hold?” This session covered how the recent changes to verification, testing and enforcement affect manufacturers, retailers and consumers. As an EPA-recognized certification body, MET Laboratories... Read More
ENERGY STAR Testing and Certification Workshop for ITE Wraps Up
Today’s entry is a follow up to yesterday’s post, which covered the top takeaways from the first day of a two-day industry-sponsored workshop on ENERGY STAR testing and verification for IT equipment. This entry covers the highlights of the second and last day of the Austin, Texas event. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will make... Read More
EPA Outlines ENERGY STAR Testing and Certification Requirements for IT Equipment
Yesterday was the first day of a two-day industry-sponsored workshop on ENERGY STAR testing and verification for IT equipment. As an EPA-recognized testing laboratory and certification body, MET Laboratories was on hand to take notes. Following are highlights. The workshop is being co-hosted by Dell & ITI at the Dell campus in Austin, Texas. In... Read More
EPA ENERGY STAR CB Training Details Verification & Challenge Testing
Three MET Laboratories employees are attending an ENERGY STAR training summit in Washington, DC yesterday and today. At this summit, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing information about new rules and guidelines, including Verification and Challenge testing. Following are notes from the first day of the summit. Any ENERGY STAR partner must agree to... Read More
ENERGY STAR Meeting Closes With Specification Updates
Yesterday was the last day of the ENERGY STAR Partner Meeting in Denver, CO. On the agenda was an overview of planned and pending specification updates for ENERGY STAR qualified appliances, including clothes washers, dishwashers, room air conditioners, and refrigerators-freezers. Also covered was the ambitious Super Efficient Dryer Initiative. Clothes Washers Revised criteria takes effect... Read More
ENERGY STAR Meeting Provides Electronics Product Update
With the completion of the lighting track at the ENERGY STAR Partner Meeting in Denver, CO, the attention turned yesterday to appliances and electronics. Here is a summary of the Electronics Product Update, provided by Katherine Kaplan of the Environmental Protection Agency. Consumer electronics and IT equipment now accounts for over 30% of energy savings... Read More
ENERGY STAR Partner Meeting Reviews New Testing Requirements
Yesterday was the first day of the 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner Meeting in Denver, Colorado. Following are some notes that we took during the day’s sessions: Inaugural Event This is the first time the Partner Meeting has combined appliances, electronics & lighting in one event. There are over 400 registered attendees, a record. Here are... Read More
Manufacturers to Improve Appliance Efficiency, in Exchange for Concessions
In a surprise move, an appliance manufacturers group has teamed with energy efficiency and environmental groups to push for significantly beefed-up efficiency standards for refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, air conditioners and dishwashers. Here’s why: Efficiency upgrades are bundled with: The hope for a 3-year extension of the manufacturers’ tax credit A petition this month to... Read More
