By HDK / Published on Tue, 2009-06-09 12:18
In partnership with the Smart-A project.
Smart Domestic Appliances in Sustainable Energy Systems (Smart-A)” develops strategies for an intelligent operation of domestic appliances, which contributes to load management in future energy systems. Therefore, the project assesses the options for load shifting by a variety of appliances across Europe and evaluates them against the Demand Side Management requirements of future energy systems, which will feature large shares of variable wind and solar power production.
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Appliances & Lighting
By HDK / Published on Tue, 2009-06-09 11:32
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Mon, 2009-05-25 16:31
The international workshop “Smart Domestic Appliances Provide Flexibility for Sustainable Energy Systems” will be held on Monday 15 June 2009 from 14:00 to 18:00 in the Estrel Hotel & Convention Centre in Berlin (Germany). The workshop is an official side event of the 5th International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting (EEDAL 2009), which takes place in Berlin from 16-18 June 2009 (www.eedal.eu).
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Tue, 2009-04-28 15:04
Jørgen S. Nørgård, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Birgitte Brange, Elsparefonden, Denmark
Tom Guldbrandsen, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Peter Karbo, Elsparefonden, Denmark
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Mon, 2009-02-23 08:10
A home owner in The Netherlands bought and moved into a house. After 3 months, he checked the electrical installation (he has an engineering background) and counts his blessings. The picture shows a connection box for a washing machine which was a ticking time bomb. It was only a matter of time before the poor connection caused a fire, for example when the washing machine is running at night and residents are sleeping.
When seeing this picture, I immediately agreed within my own family not to run the washing machine or dryer when we're out of the house.
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Thu, 2009-01-15 14:13
Mark Ellis and Nigel Jollands, International Energy Agency,
France Lloyd Harrington, Energy Efficient Strategies, Australia
Alan Meier, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, US
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Wed, 2008-12-10 10:00
Year: 2007
Policy Status: In force
The
Energy-Efficient Household Appliance Promotion Forum (provisional name) was established with the aim of further promoting the widespread use of
energy-efficient household appliances (e.g. air conditioners, refrigerators, lighting) as a national movement through collaboration with concerned parties, including household appliance
manufacturers/
retailers and
consumer groups.
Driven by its members, the forum will be engaged in the rollout of campaigns to promote energy-efficient household appliances, the wider provision of information on such appliances, the development of domestic energy saving diagnosis tools, and the co-hosting of the "Energy Saving Contest".
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By Bryony Samuel / Published on Tue, 2008-12-02 14:43
This new webcast, prepared by Laborelec for Leonardo ENERGY, discusses the basic principles of artificial lighting, light sources and armatures in relation to energy efficiency in lighting systems.
View webcast (14 minutes)
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By Hans De Keulenaer / Published on Tue, 2008-11-25 17:40
The workshop Contribution of Domestic Appliances to the Integration of Renewables and DER will be held on Tuesday 9th December 2008 from 14:00 to 18:00 in the Hotel Palais de la Mediterranée in Nice, France as a pre-conference workshop to the 3rd International Conference on Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources (www.conference-on-integration.com).
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Mon, 2008-11-24 10:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
The 2005 revision of the
Energy Conservation Law introduced new and reinforced
labelling provisions for appliances. Labels must now contain information on the appliance's
expected electricity cost or fuel usage information. The new comparative rating system is presented as
five-star rating, and provides consumers with the information needed to compare across products in the same category. Fuel or electricity cost information is now required for three designated products:
air conditioners,
electric refrigerators and
TV sets.
Use of labels indicating energy efficiency levels for other appliances are to be provided on a voluntary basis. However the revised Energy Conservation Law makes it necessary for retailers to make efforts to provide information concerning energy conservation features of products. Certain products have labels indicating both energy conservation standard achievement and expected annual electricity bill and annual fuel usage (Electric freezers, lights, electric toilet seats, gas cooking appliances, gas and oil water heaters). Computers, magnetic disk units, space heaters and transformers can be labelled according to energy conservation standard, while electric rice cookers, microwave ovens, video casette and DVD recorders are covered by expected annual electricity bill and annual fuel usage labels.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Sun, 2008-11-23 10:00
Year: 2005
Policy Status: In force
A 2005 plan of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) aimed to make home appliances more energy-efficient to reduce excessive standby power. Appliances sold in Korea will be subject to compliance with a 1-watt usage of power when in standby mode.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Thu, 2008-11-13 10:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
In 2006, India pledged to launch a comprehensive energy labeling program for appliances under the framework of the
Energy Conservation Act of 2001. The Indian
Bureau of Energy Efficiency's long-planned labeling program first addressed refrigerators and fluorescent tube lamps. The rating grade models on their energy efficiency, starting from one star, implying low energy efficiency, to a five star grade for the most energy efficient model.
Energy labels became mandatory for many electricity-consuming appliances in 2007, including pumps, motors, air conditioners and televisions. The BEE plans to coordinate a consumer education campaign to publicize the new labels.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Thu, 2008-10-23 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
Aiming to reduce electricity consumption by 29 billion kilowatt-hours over the 11th Five-Year Period, China has mandated the:
- promotion of high-efficiency lighting systems and three-primary-color phosphorous in public facilities, hotels, shopping centers, office buildings, and sports venues
- the renovation of production and assembly lines of high-efficiency electronic appliances.
In 2004, lighting required 13% of China's total power. As stated by the National Development and Reform Commission, 70 to 80%t of power can be saved by replacing ordinary incandescent lamps with high-efficiency energy-saving fluorescent lamps and 20 to 30 percent can be saved by replacing traditional electromagnetic ballasts with electronic ballasts. In traffic lights, 90 percent of power used can be saved by replacing incandescent lamps with light emitting diodes (LEDs).
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Mon, 2008-10-20 09:00
Year 2006
Policy Status In force
In January 2006, Natural Resources Canada's (NRCan's) Office of Energy Efficiency proposed to amend Canada's
Energy Efficiency Regulations to require dealers of
self-contained, commercial refrigerators and freezers imported or shipped interprovincially for sale or lease in Canada to
comply with minimum energy performance standards.
NRCan aims to eventually
harmonize Canadian efficiency and certification
standards with those of Energy Star and California. To this end, NRCan proposed a new testing procedure commercial refrigerators and freezers and new efficiency verification and reporting procedures.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Sat, 2008-10-18 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
In October 2005, Natural Resources Canada proposed to regulate the
energy efficiency levels of bottled and canned beverage vending machines to the
ENERGY STAR Tier 1 levels - thereby
harmonizing with the efficiency standards of California Energy Commission. The California levels were chosen rather than those of CSA C804-96 because the market data available to NRCan indicate that regulating to the CSA standard would have little effect on the market, since the major manufacturers are already working toward the more stringent California standard which took effect on 1 January 2006.
NRCan also proposed to regulate solid/opaque-front vending machines to the ENERGY STAR Tier 2 levels effective January 1, 2008, since 99 percent of the latest models of solid/opaque-front vending machines already meet the ENERGY STAR Tier 1 levels.
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By Stefan Fassbinder / Published on Wed, 2008-09-03 18:32
Incandescent lamps are cheap but tend to have short lifetimes. The light emitted by incandescent sources is perceived as particularly pleasant because these hot radiators generate a continuous (or full) emission spectrum. But this very fact means that they waste much of the electrical energy supplied to them. Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) are actually the least compact of all the various lamps commercially available at present (Figure 1).
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Mon, 2008-08-11 09:00
Year: 2007
Policy Status: In force
Many of the major energy-using products are globally traded goods and therefore to realise its goal of raising product standards, the UK Government has made a commitment 'to promote international cooperation on product labelling and standards':
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Sun, 2008-07-20 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
Participating in the Market Transformation Programme, the Chinese and UK governments aim to harmonise and converge product performance specifications at a global level, fostering the development of efficient products at a lower cost.
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By Angelo Baggini / Published on Thu, 2008-07-17 09:00
Year: 2006
Policy Status: In force
Under the auspice of DEFRA, the Market Transformation Programme publishes Product Strategy Guides and Policy Briefs, which set out the measures required to reduce the energy consumption of appliances. These Policy Briefs are public consultation documents that inform UK Government decisions on product policy.
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