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U.S. Proposed Battery Charger Standard Moving Forward

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has just published a new Federal Register notification regarding its March 2012 notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) on efficiency standards for External Power Supplies (EPS) and Battery Chargers (BC). While many stakeholders were hoping for a final decision on the proposed efficiency levels by now, the DOE’s latest notification [...]

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Give a talk without writing a formal paper for APEC 2013

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Paul O’Shea Since 2004, APEC has featured a special presentation session, now called Industry Sessions that allows speakers to give a presentation without submitting a formal manuscript. That enables more authors to present their information. APEC says that the Industry Sessions target not only engineers but also system engineers and architects, as well as business-oriented [...]

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Getting Clean with Greater Efficiency

Monday, July 2, 2012

Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) announced a number of new efficiency standards that step up the efficiency requirements for residential dishwashers and clothes washers. Not to be confused with ENERGY STAR®, which is a voluntary program; these standards are mandatory and will affect all products sold in the United States. It’s projected [...]

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The CEC Looks at Efficiency Enforcement

Friday, March 23, 2012

In the fall of 2010, I attended a weeklong conference focusing on the verification, monitoring, and enforcement (VME) of energy efficiency regulations. Over 100 agency professionals from countries including China, India, Korea, Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States met in London to discuss how efficiency standards were being enforced in other [...]

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California Puts Battery Chargers on an Energy Consumption Diet

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has started off 2012 all charged up and ready to reduce battery charger system (BCS) energy waste. On January 12th, the Commissioners voted to adopt limits (proposed in last December’s 15-day Language) as amendments to the Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20). That makes the CEC the world’s first government agency [...]

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US DoE Moves Closer to the Finish Line – New BCS and Expanded EPS Test Standards Published

Monday, July 18, 2011

Last month, the US Department of Energy published amendments to its Battery Charger Systems (BCSs) and External Power Supplies (EPSs) test procedure. This completes an important milestone for the DoE, allowing the focus to turn to the next (and extremely important) part of the EISA2007 BCS and EPS requirement – issuing its first energy conservation [...]

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Starting a New Year of Efficiency Watch

Thursday, April 21, 2011

The first 2011 issue of my quarterly newsletter, Efficiency Watch, has just been published. This year, staying on top of the ever-changing world of power supply energy efficiency standards promises to be more challenging than ever. As the energy efficiency meeting and conference schedule heats up, stay tuned to my blog and subscribe to Efficiency [...]

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