Sunday, June 14, 2009

Electrical and electronic equipment labeling

Electrical appliances such as refrigerators, freezer, dishwashers and microwaves display a label with their energy efficiency. This has been implemented in EU since 1992 (Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992).
Electrical equipment labeling
This label is highly visible to the consumer to increase its awareness on the real energy use of household appliances.
Manufactures are also compelled to improve the product design to lower the energy consumption at their use and to have minimal energy consumption requirements.
Although A appliances are more expensive than D and E appliances, their energy savings will pay off in a couple of years.

For electronic equipment there is the Energy Star symbol.
Energy Star symbol
This is a voluntary labeling scheme that helps consumers choose more energy-efficient equipments.

2 comments:

  1. This blog is really informative; I have gone through all the posts.
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  2. This is very informative blog for all the consumers. We do purchase electrical and electronic items but are not aware of how much energy they going to consume. Thanks for sharing the post.

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