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Green vs. Green — Energy Efficiency and the Bottom Line

Thursday, May 31, 2012

At the beginning of the year, the U.S. EPA implemented a new ENERGY STAR® certification process, requiring manufacturers to have their products tested by third-party EPA-recognized labs. (In the past, companies were allowed to submit test results based on in-house testing.) The change was implemented after products were found to have received approval for using [...]

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India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency is on the Move

Thursday, May 31, 2012

It’s been a while since I’ve written about India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). However, this month there were a couple of interesting developments. First, BEE just announced new authority to recall frost free refrigerators and room air conditioners that prove to be energy inefficient. The bureau sponsors a star-rating labeling program (similar to ENERGY [...]

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“Game On” Again for Video Games

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Back in 2010, I wrote how ENERGY STAR was getting close to incorporating a spec for video game consoles into its requirement for computers. (See blog: ENERGY STAR Getting Closer to Energy Efficiency Spec for Game Consoles.) Not long after that, the effort was put on hold. As things began moving again this summer, rather [...]

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Is India Greening Up?

Monday, October 24, 2011

Earlier this year, I wrote about how India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Star ratings labeling system was gaining traction and adding new products. (See blog: India’s BEE Star Label to Include Notebooks.) At the time BEE covered 12 product categories, now this number is up to 14. According to a recent article in The [...]

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China to Begin Computing with Less Energy

Friday, June 17, 2011

Last month I wrote about India’s new BEE Star computer efficiency labeling program, setting requirements for notebooks sold in that country (desktops will follow later). This program fully adopts the US EPA’s current ENERGY STAR® computer program (version 5.2) which limits the energy a computer can consume in non-active modes as well as the minimum [...]

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India’s Star Labeling to Include Notebooks

Thursday, April 21, 2011

There was news out of India this week that the government’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is moving forward on including notebook (laptop) computers in its star ratings labeling system. The BEE was set up in 2002 to help develop policies to mitigate the increased energy consumption caused the growing Indian economy. The star labeling [...]

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EU Energy Efficiency Rating Expands to Include TVs

Friday, November 5, 2010

The European Commission recently proposed that its many-colored efficiency ratings label should be applied to television sets. In his latest blog, Mr. Green takes a look the new efficiency requirements and reports on how today’s televisions stack up.

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