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Tightening the Belt on Large Screen TV Energy Consumption

Friday, August 31, 2012

Once a major component of our monthly electricity bill, big screen televisions have reduced their energy consumption over the last few years due to improvements in technology and energy efficiency programs. The U.S. EPA hopes to continue that trend by recently publishing the final draft of the next version of its ENERGY STAR® television program [...]

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ENERGY STAR® Begins Display Update Process

Thursday, June 23, 2011

The U.S. EPA’s ENERGY STAR team has just released Draft 1 of a new version of its Program Requirements Product Specification for Displays. The proposed Version 6 draft of the efficiency spec was developed in cooperation with the European Commission and is intended to replace the current Version 5.1 which has been in effect since [...]

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Can One Size Fit All with Networked Standby Power Regulation?

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

It’s no secret that the latest generations of home and office electronic products (i.e., TVs, DVD players, printers, major appliances, etc.) are being introduced with network connectivity capability. But what most consumers may not realize is that this added functionality comes at the cost of significantly increased energy consumption because many of these communication-enabled products [...]

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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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An Update on California’s New Mandatory TV Spec

Thursday, September 23, 2010

September 7, 2010 – Last fall, I wrote about the California Energy Commission (CEC) approving the first mandatory TV efficiency standard (see my blog from November 18, 2009). At the time, the CEC had just unanimously voted to amend the state’s Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Title 20) to include tighter energy efficiency standards for televisions. On [...]

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China Tunes In to a New TV Efficiency Standard

Friday, August 13, 2010

China has officially joined the battle in reducing large screen flat panel TV energy consumption.  The new standard, GB 24850-2010, published in June, becomes effective on December 1, 2010. The specifications include the usual components – standby power consumption and active mode efficiency/power consumption. But while the standby power limits (see Table 1) fall in line [...]

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Another Label is Coming Our Way

Friday, April 16, 2010

FTC Unveils Energy Use Label for Televisions: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently proposed it’s plan to require energy use labels on television sets. The new labels will show a product’s yearly energy costs and how it compares to similar models.

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