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U.S. EPA Shines Light on Latest Lamp Specification Draft

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Agency (EPA) distributed the latest draft of their ENERGY STAR® Lamps Version 1 program specifications. The new specification, in development since mid- 2011, is intended to replace the existing CFL and LED ENERGY STAR program specifications. Draft 4 includes a number of changes from the previous draft: Updated definitions [...]

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The EPA Adds Large Network Equipment to its Data Center Initiatives

Friday, October 19, 2012

As part of its ENERGY STAR® Data Center Energy Efficiency Initiative, the EPA is beginning the development of a specification for Large Network Equipment. The effort will begin with a stakeholder webinar to be held later this month. The webinar will focus on scope and test procedure. Started in 2008, the ENERGY STAR Data Center [...]

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ENERGY STAR’S Most Efficient Program Continues Through 2013

Friday, September 28, 2012

At the end of last year I reported that ENERGY STAR’S Most Efficient program would be extended through 2012 (see blog: Will the Most Efficient Products Please Stand Up?). Because the program is succeeding, the EPA has announced that it will continue through 2013. The Most Efficient program identifies and promotes the most efficient products [...]

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ENERGY STAR® Imaging Equipment Update

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Last March I reported that the EPA was in the final stages of drafting its ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Spec, Version 2.0 (see: ENERGY STAR Imaging Equipment Spec Moves Forward). The latest draft was recently released and includes the following proposed changes. Expanded scope of allowable variations within product families New digital front end (DFE) [...]

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U.S. EPA Moves Closer to Harmonized Lamp Spec, but Still Has a Way to Go

Friday, July 27, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just released its Draft 2 of a program specification aimed to combine the individual specs for LED and CFL light bulbs (lamps). The ambitious project began last October, when the EPA issued a first attempt at a technology-neutral specification for a wide range of general lighting lamps, including [...]

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Major Revisions Booting-up in Version 6 of ENERGY STAR’s Computer Program?

Monday, June 11, 2012

The U.S. EPA continues on their quest to reduce computer energy waste. A couple of weeks ago, I attended a stakeholder meeting held to discuss draft 2, version 2 of the ENERGY STAR® Program Requirements for Computers. Over the years, computer program specs have gotten more comprehensive (and complicated). Early versions consisted of simple modal [...]

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U.S. EPA Reopens Future TV Set-top Box Program Spec Version 4.0

Thursday, May 31, 2012

For years, energy efficiency agencies around the world have been trying to fine-tune a set-top box (STB) program specification that dramatically reduces their energy consumption, especially when consumers have turned them off. Last year, the EPA revised their ENERGY STAR® STB Specification, establishing versions 3.0 and 4.0 (with effective dates of September 1, 2012, and [...]

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