This presentation gives an overview of ENERGY STAR, the voluntary product labeling program designed to identify and promote energy efficient products in the marketplace. Learn about new specifications finalized in September 2012 by the EPA for televisions and displays, and what products are next on the list. Gain an overview of products covered and the Most Efficient Program label, as well as the authorization cycle, third-party testing and certification. Find out what countries outside the US are partnering with the EPA to unify voluntary energy-efficiency labeling programs in major global markets.

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ENERGY STAR®
Program Overview
September 2012

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What is ENERGY STAR®?
• Voluntary product labeling program
• Identifies and promotes energy efficient products in the
marketplace
• Jointly managed by the US EPA & DOE
• Work with industry to provide a uniform, consumer-
recognized logo for products that offer energy savings
over the industry average

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ENERGY STAR Updates
• ENERGY STAR product specifications are continually
assessed to determine whether updates are appropriate
given the state of the industry
• In September 2012, EPA finalized new specifications for
televisions and displays, both of which are now on version
6.0
• In addition to updates to the energy consumption
requirements, 6.0 specifications require that partners test
and ship products at a luminance value greater than or equal
to 65% of their maximum luminance
• New specifications also provide for improved measurements
for devices with automatic brightness controls enabled by
default

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Current Version Latest Draft Revision
Battery Charging Systems Version 1.1, 2006 Version 2.0, Draft 1, December
2010
Computer Servers Version 1.1, 2009 Version 2.0, Draft 3, 2012
Compact Fluorescent Lamps
(CFLs)
Version 4.2, October 2010 Version 4.3, Draft, January 2012
Telephony Version 2.2, 2010 Version 3.0 Test Method, Draft 1,
June 2012
Clothes Washers Version 6.0, Final, May 2012 Version 7.0, Draft 1, August 2012
Residential Refrigerators and
Freezers
Version 4.1, 2008 Version 5.0, Draft 2, February 2012
Computers Version 5.2, Final, October 2010 Version 6.0, Draft 2, May 2012
Imaging Equipment Version 1.2, October 2010 Draft 2, Version 2.0, June 2012
Major Product Specifications Under Revision*
*compiled using C2P, current at 27 September 2012

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Partner Commitments
• ENERGY STAR depends on commitments from
industry to ensure that only qualified products bear the
ENERGY STAR label
• Manufacturers seeking to use the label submit partner
commitments to the EPA for each qualified product
category
• Partners abide by the terms and conditions in
exchange for the right to use the ENERGY STAR label

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Product Qualification Third Party
Testing & Certification
• Partners must submit product samples and information
to an EPA-recognized laboratory for 3rd party testing
• The products are tested and the test results and
product information are sent to an EPA-recognized
certification body to determine ENERGY STAR
eligibility
• The certification body then reports the results to the
EPA, which maintains a publicly available list of
qualified products based on the certified test results
and information submitted by the manufacturer

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ENERGY STAR Authorization Cycle
Product
Testing Lab
Certification
Body
EPA Listing
Authorized
Energy Star
Label

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Product Specifications & Development
EPA and DOE consider:
• Significant energy savings will be realized on a national basis?
• Product energy consumption and performance can be
measured and verified with testing?
• Product performance will be maintained or enhanced?
• Purchasers of the product will recover any cost difference within
a reasonable time period?
• Specifications do not unjustly favour any one technology?
• Labelling will effectively differentiate products to purchasers?
Partners & stakeholders are invited to participate in the development of
new and updated specifications during the drafting process

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‘Most Efficient’ Program
• Identifies products that represent the ‘state of the art’ in
efficient design
• ‘Most Efficient’ product specifications have been
developed for clothes washers, refrigerators, televisions
and home heating and cooling products
• Product categories were selected and recognition
criteria were established to ensure that products that
receive this recognition demonstrate efficiency
performance that is truly exceptional, inspirational, or
leading edge

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International Partnerships
EPA have agreements with the following foreign
governments / associations to promote specific ENERGY
STAR qualified products in their markets:
• Australia
• Canada
• European Union
• European Free Trade Association
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Taiwan

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Tracking Updates
We currently track ENERGY STAR specification updates for the
major consumer and office product categories, including:
• Computers
• Imaging Equipment
• Displays
• Audio and Video Products
• Televisions
• Battery Charging Systems
• Computer Servers
• Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)
• Telephony
• Luminaires
• Clothes Washers
• Dishwashers
• Room Air Conditioners
• Residential Refrigerators & Freezers

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