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ENERGY STAR ® : A Public-Private Partnership Benefiting the Environment & the Economy

ENERGY STAR ® : A Public-Private Partnership Benefiting the Environment & the Economy. Robin Clark, ICF International Presenting on behalf of ENERGY STAR. Residential Labeled Products 50+ products/1,500 manufacturers 10 to 60% more efficient Labeled New Homes

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ENERGY STAR ® : A Public-Private Partnership Benefiting the Environment & the Economy

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  1. ENERGY STAR®:A Public-Private Partnership Benefiting the Environment & the Economy Robin Clark, ICF International Presenting on behalf of ENERGY STAR

  2. Residential Labeled Products 50+ products/1,500 manufacturers 10 to 60% more efficient Labeled New Homes 15% more efficient than 2004 IRC Home Improvement Services Beyond Products Ducts/home sealing Whole home retrofits Commercial/Industrial Corporate energy management Benchmarking, goals, upgrades Whole building labeling for excellence Labeled products For plug loads, not system components Small Business initiative ENERGY STAR is a Portfolio of Broad Strategies

  3. ENERGY STAR: Homes, Buildings, Products

  4. ENERGY STAR Product Labeling • Objectives: • To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, caused by the inefficient use of energy • To make it easy for businesses and consumers to identify and purchase products with enhanced energy efficiency that offer savings on utility bills while maintaining performance, features, and comfort • What is ENERGY STAR? • Distinguishes what is efficient/better for the environment with no sacrifice in features or performance • Voluntary program • Products that earn the ENERGY STAR meet strict energy performance criteria set by the US EPA or DOE

  5. Early Years of ENERGY STAR • ENERGY STAR program: • Began as a label for computer and monitors • Has enjoyed 15 years of collaboration with the ICT industry and looks forward to many more • Has been a driving force behind the more widespread use of such technological innovations as power management systems for office equipment and low standby energy use 5

  6. ENERGY STAR Today • More than 50 product categories • More than 1,500 manufacturers labeling more than 35,000 product models • More than 800 retail partners • More than 450 utility and 30 state partners promote ENERGY STAR • To date, American consumers have purchased more than 2 billion ENERGY STAR qualified products • As a result, more than 65% of the American public could identify the ENERGY STAR label

  7. Web marketing from Wal-Mart during Change A Light promotion In-store signage by Sharper Image Customized box insert from Panasonic

  8. Specification Development Cycle

  9. Guiding Principles forSpecification Development • Cost-effective efficiency • Performance maintained or enhanced • Significant energy savings potential • Efficiency is achievable with several technology options • Product differentiation and testing are feasible • Labeling can be effective in the market

  10. Specification Revisions Commercial Solid Door Refrigerators/Freezers Computers/Imaging Enterprise Servers External Power Supplies Furnaces Programmable Thermostats Roof Products Televisions 2007 Specification Development • New Specifications • Advanced Set-tops/DVRs • Commercial Dishwashers • Commercial Ice Machines • Digital TV Adapters

  11. Computers • Tier 1 effective on July 20, 2007 • Desktops, notebooks, workstations, desktop derived servers • Sleep, standby, idle performance levels • External and internal power supply requirements • Tier 2 effective January 1, 2009 • Goal to develop benchmark and metric • Specification revision to be initiated in Fall 2007

  12. Imaging Equipment • Tier 1 effective April 1, 2007 • Covers copiers, digital duplicators, fax machines, MFDs, mailing machines, printers, and scanners • New Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC) test procedure • Tier 2 effective April 1, 2009 • Specification revision to be initiated in Fall 2007

  13. Televisions • Initial data collection completed • IEC Draft On Mode test procedure well-received by industry • Draft 1 specification release date: late June 2007 • Target completion: late 2007 • Effective date: fall 2008

  14. Complex Set-top Boxes • Specification process initiated mid March 2007 • IEA STB meeting July 4-6, 2007 • Planned effective date: September, 2008 • Proposed specification elements: • Partnerships for manufacturers and service providers • Duty cycle approach

  15. Digital TV Adapters • Became effective January 31, 2007 • 8 watts in On mode and 1 watt in Sleep mode • Auto power down after 4 hours or less of user inactivity • Received first product-submission week of June 4 • Meets ENERGY STAR specification and NTIA criteria for federal coupon • Modified specification released in early July • DTA definition aligned with NTIA • Antenna needed for testing clarified

  16. EPA Data Center Initiatives • Preliminary research shows that total energy used by data centers in 2006 was 1.5% of total U.S. electricity consumption • Projected to increased to 2.5% by 2011 • EPA activities to encourage energy efficiency: • EPA Report to Congress • ENERGY STAR server specification • ENERGY STAR data center benchmark tool

  17. Public Law 109-341: EPA Report • Purpose: assess energy impacts on and from datacenters, identify energy efficiency opportunities, and recommend strategies to drive the market for efficiency • Goals: • Inform Congress & other policy makers of important market trends, forecasts, opportunities • Identify and recommend potential short and long term efficiency opportunities and match them with the right policies

  18. ENERGY STAR for Servers • Currently no metric available to measure energy efficiency performance in servers • Industry groups are working on developing a benchmark • EPA will release strawman proposal outlining key objectives and approach -- targeted for June/July • EPA considering power supply efficiency & systemenergy efficiency performance • Initial focus will be on servers but EPA also interested in other IT equipment -- storage, networking equipment, etc.

  19. ENERGY STAR Energy Performance Benchmark for Data Centers • Add IT Power as an input in Portfolio Manager • Would allow anyone to see their ratio (i.e. total facility power/IT equipment power) • Building owners and operators could track data center energy use alongside their other facilities (i.e. offices) • Owners and operators can take advantage of all Portfolio Manager tools and ENERGY STAR strategies • EPA initiating a data center working group to: • Agree on an appropriate metric and terminology • Identify data needs and data collection method to establish a benchmark using that metric

  20. EPEAT: Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool • EPEAT is a desktop computers, notebooks and monitors procurement tool for volume purchasers • Operated by Green Electronics Council • Products certified against voluntary criteria in IEEE 1680 - American National Standard for the Environmental Assessment of Personal Computer Products standard • Standard identifies 23 required criteria and 28 optional criteria • ENERGY STAR qualification is required under “Energy Conservation” criteria • Participating manufacturers include: Apple, Dell, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, LG, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, and more…. Meets 23 required criteria Meets 23 required criteria plus at least 50% optional criteria Meets 23 required criteria plus at least 75% optional criteria

  21. International Harmonization • Policymakers and manufacturers both benefit by leveraging limited resources and sharing valuable knowledge • Cooperation can lead to one internationally recognized test procedure and potentially one specification for globally-traded products • Minimizes manufacturers’ cost of participation and compliance • Ensures comparability of efficiency claims worldwide • Government coordination facilitates specification levels based on a global data set

  22. ENERGY STAR is International • Agreements in place with government agencies in various countries to promote certain ENERGY STAR qualified products • Australia (office equipment and consumer electronics) • New Zealand (office equipment and consumer electronics) • Canada (broad range of products) • EU (office equipment) • Japan (office equipment) • Taiwan (office equipment) • Cooperating with China’s CSC

  23. Asia-Pacific Partnership • Focus on expanding investment and trade in cleaner technologies, goods, and services • Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and US • US is co-chairing Buildings and Appliances Task Force; Focus on test procedure harmonization (project 1) and standby power (project 2) • Project 1 Goal: Arrive at harmonized test procedure for selected product categories, ask labs/organizations to use it, compile large dataset to use to evaluate policy options • Project 2 Goal: Develop a common approach that all partners can endorse that delivers the lowest feasible standby power for agreed upon appliance types by 2015

  24. Test Procedure Harmonization

  25. ENERGY STAR Delivers • Prevented 37 MMT of GHG emissions • Saved >170B kWh (5% of electricity demand) • Avoided >35,000 MW of peak power (generation capacity of 70 new power plants)

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