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Unit C3Jacek Truszczynski
10/06/2010
Energy Star Board 10 June 2010
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Overview
.EPA's Enhanced Testing and Verification Programme: overview
.Possible continuation of the EU Energy Star Programme: presentation of options and discussion
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Background (EPA)
. Increased scrutiny of voluntary programs» Proliferation of green standards – national, international, media, retail» Concern over “greenwashing”» Inspector General Reports at EPA and DOE» General Accounting Office ENERGY STAR Investigation. New Partnership Agreement» “Verification of compliance with program requirements will be
increased and efforts will be enhanced to identify and address product performance issues.”
» “Verification of ENERGY STAR Qualifying Products will be enhanced in two ways:
• All products will be required to be tested in an accredited laboratory and qualifying product information be submitted to the government before the product can be qualified as ENERGY STAR
• Enhanced ‘off-the-shelf’ product testing will be instituted across the full suite of ENERGY STAR covered product categories through a combination of EPA/DOE testing, manufacturer funded/EPA-DOE administered testing, or other third party testing.”
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Key elements (EPA)
. Testing and reporting prior to qualification (all products)» Ensure that EPA has testing information on all
products prior to labeling» Require test data from accredited labs that is
representative of the product in the marketplace.Continued testing after qualification (10-30%)» Verify that products continue to meet the ENERGY
STAR requirements regardless of changes in the production process
» Provide consumers with confidence that ENERGY STAR products are delivering the savings they expect.Both to be carried out by CB
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Timeline (EPA)
Key Milestones
May 3: Draft AB requirements
May 17: Draft Lab requirements
June 4: Draft Qualification and Verification requirements
July: Finalize all requirements; begin accepting AB and CB applications
July-Dec: Recognize ABs, CBs, and labs
Sept: Finalize Partner Commitments and resign all agreements
Dec 31:Require qualification in recognized labs for all new ENERGY STAR products; phase-in retesting requirements for existing products
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Expectations towards us (EPA)
.2 Options» Host Country institute changes in product
qualification that harmonizes with EPA enhanced testing requirement and share data with EPA
» Have EPA manage the qualification of products using the new testing requirements and export data back to host country
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Possible options
.Continue with full involvement
.Continue under new terms
.Replace Energy Star with other instruments
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Continue with full involvement
. Third-party verification - use labs accredited under Ecolabel? » Ecolabel specifications for office equipment do not
require 3rd-p verification on the energy aspect ->lack of accredited labs to do the testing
.More market surveillance» Resources?» Are these products a priority for m. surveillance?
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Continue under new terms
.Have EPA manage the qualification of products using the new testing requirements and export data back to host country» Approach already applied for e.g. in the case of
Canada» EPA does not exclude accrediting labs outside of the
US (using for e.g. recognised schemes such as TCO in the case of computers; the primary reference will be accreditation with ISO/IEC 65)
» Provisions on public procurement would probably need to be dropped
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Replace Energy Star with other instruments
.Is it desirable in light of calls for strengthened international cooperation?
.Is it feasible for office equipment?
.Timeline
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