Introductory Comments for EU Breakout on Consumer Electronics

1. Introductory Comments for EU Breakout on Consumer Electronics Noah Horowitz – Senior Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) nhorowitz@nrdc.org San Francisco, CA USA February 2014

2. Four Quick Points • Consumer Electronics – represent 10-15+ % of residential household electricity use and are ripe for standards and/or labeling – TV example • US and EU regulatory schemes and timing differ considerably • Settings Really Matter • Harmonization – some parts make sense, others unrealistic

3. Improvements since 2008, the year ENERGY STAR v3 was finalized and California started its Title 20 Rulemaking Typical 50 inch TV in 2008: 300 watts; 548 kWh/yr $77/yr; $770 over 10 years Typical 50 inch TV in 2012: 100 watts; 183 kWh/yr $26/yr $260 over 10 years Assumes 5 hrs/day viewing time and $0.14/kWh rate

4. 42 Inch TVs: Average Wattage Compared to ENERGY STAR and California Title 20 Levels • Three-fourths reduction from 2006 to 2012 • Together, ENERGY STAR and Title 20 had synergistic impacts

5. US Impacts = 206 MMT CO2e

6. Settings Really Matter • TVs – brightness level (home, vivid, retail), automatic brightness control on or off, quick start shipped • Game Consoles – Instant On, auto power down • Set Top Boxes – low power deep sleep • Computers and Monitors – power management settings

7. Initial Google TV - Quick Start Uses 24W standby If selected and in stdby 19 hrs/day = 166 kWh/yr or doubling of TV’s overall energy use. If enabled, LG 2013 model stays at 24W for 2 hours after being turned off Note: Google now has Chromecast “Google TV” product that has much lower energy levels

8. EU: Xbox One Opt-in Screen During Set-up(In US shipped w/ instant on enabled and no opt out option during set up) • Due to EU’s horizontal standby regulation, Xbox One is shipped with “Instant On” disabled by default, but a setup screen allows users to enable it • The user interface language is biased toward encouraging users to enable Instant On • Is this approach compliant with the spirit of EU’s standby regulation?

9. “Instant On” = Connected Standby Of 110 kWh/yr and 45% of Overall XBox One’s Annual Energy Use

10. Harmonization Opportunities • We should try hard to: • Use same metrics • Use same test method • Share test data – nothing confidential about an existing product’s energy use • Coordinate on verification/check testing

11. EU – US Harmonization Challenges • Standards setting processes on very different time lines. Almost impossible to coordinate • Very different labels: Europe (A-G), US Energy Star (just one level – yes or no). • Taking a weak or old standard and locking it in worldwide for many years to come is not the desired outcome. • Should update labeling levels whenever mandatory standards go into effect