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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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ENERGY STAR® Extends Effective Date for New Luminaires Spec

Friday, June 17, 2011

A month ago, I wrote that ENERGY STAR’s new Luminaire spec had been published and would go into effect in October of this year (see: Shedding Some Light on the New ENERGY STAR Luminaires Spec (v1.0)). However, this month ENERGY STAR announced that they’re pushing the effective date out to April 1, 2012. The reason [...]

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Shedding Some Light on the New ENERGY STAR Luminaires Spec (v1.0)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

The recently published ENERGY STAR specification for luminaires takes effect on October 1, 2011. (See previous blog: ENERGY STAR Releases Second Draft of Luminaires Spec.) Here are a few of the final updates: The new spec limits the types of eligible luminaires to those consuming less than 250 W. The spec excludes “Luminaires employing screw [...]

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ENERGY STAR Publishes Test Method for Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Friday, February 18, 2011

ENERGY STAR recently released the final draft of its test method for Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs). UPSs are primarily used to protect computer systems and servers from disruption and data loss when the main power fails. The Test Method serves as the basis for determining product compliance with the future specification.

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ENERGY STAR Finalizes Latest Set-top Box Spec

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

At the end of 2010, in my blog A New Lullaby for Set-top Boxes?, I wrote about how ENERGY STAR’s new spec for set-top boxes was in development. One specific focus was describing the new “Deep Sleep” feature — a power state within sleep mode characterized by reduced power consumption and increased time required to [...]

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Canadians Take a Second Look at Mandatory Standby Power Specs

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Standby Power Performance Standards Get Trimmed: Natural Resources Canada has decided to remove two product categories from its soon-to-be-released standby power performance standards. In addition, certain standards for other products will not be included in the spec.

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