Tag Archives: Energy Efficiency
Verizon Revises VZ.TPR.9203 to Include Testing Requirements by Location for Wireless NEBS Equipment
Last month, Verizon revised its Technical Purchasing Requirement VZ.TPR.9203 to include testing requirements by location for wireless Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) equipment. Issue 5 replaces Issue 4, which dated from March, 2009. Wireless equipment is a small, but growing, portion of the overall NEBS market. VZ.TPR.9203 Issue 5 includes a new “Table 2,” which details... Read More
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
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
HOUS Seminar Covers Testing Requirements for Various Countries
Today and tomorrow, MET Laboratories partner Nemko is hosting HOUS Seminar 2010, a seminar in Oslo, Norway on new testing and certification requirements for household appliances. MET’s Product Safety Laboratory Director Rick Cooper is there, and files these key points from today’s seminar on “Market Access and Nemko Direct,” presented by Nemko’s Morten Smith: Russia... 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
