"Appliance efficiency" refers to how well or effectively an electrical or mechanical device (such as a refrigerator, washing machine, or air conditioner) uses energy to perform its intended function. A more efficient appliance uses less energy, saving money on utility bills and reducing environmental impact.
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Site - based regulations, such as
appliance efficiency standards and measurement, can lead to higher energy resource consumption as well as higher levels of pollution.
In the U.S., for example, estimates of the SCC have played a key role in establishing the stringency
of appliance efficiency standards, fuel economy standards, and power plant regulations.
No question that the California home insulation standards of 1977, and the
electric appliance efficiency standards starting in the same year led to less fuel / electricity use and thereby less co2 emissions than if the standards had not been enacted.
Prominent among them are stronger automobile fuel - economy standards,
higher appliance efficiency standards, and financial incentives supporting the large - scale development of wind, solar, and geothermal energy.
Existing appliance efficiency policies in IEA Member countries, including the comprehensive US appliance standards programme, the Top Runner Program in Japan and several European programmes.
«Lighting and
appliance efficiency improvements, together with renewable energy, are key to simultaneously meeting the sustainable development goal of providing access to affordable and clean energy for all and the Paris Agreement 1.5 oC limit», said Jasmin Cantzler of Climate Analytics, another consortium member.
The good news is that policies put into place over the last three decades —
including appliance efficiency standards, voluntary labeling programs like ENERGY STAR, and state energy - savings targets — have already helped offset rising demand for electricity and saved consumers billions of dollars.
Where does Mr. Barnes stand on the role of laws that require more carbon efficiency, such as better CAFE and
appliance efficiency standards as well as building and electrical codes that would create a generation of much more carbon efficient buildings?
The scoop on energy efficiency standards Federal attempts to regulate consumer
appliance efficiency started with the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, which established appliance efficiency targets, but did not set efficiency standards.
There are four Uses themes for reworking the nation's energy matrix: 1) Efficiency —
appliance efficiency, building efficiency, vehicle efficiency, process heat efficiency.
I knew we had won in 1988 when I saw that every floor of the Borabadur Intercontinental hotel in Jakarta had CFL in the hall to save employee labor changing bulbs and reduce heat to theinside of the building (I was there by the World Bank to develop
an appliance efficiency program, the resutls of which were in Energy Policy in 1989).
This would in effect be the global version of Japan's Top Runner program to raise
appliance efficiency.
Decades of incremental improvements in car and
appliance efficiency have added up to major savings in energy consumption.
-- No credits shall be issued for electricity savings achieved as a result of compliance with a national, State, or local building, equipment, or
appliance efficiency standard.
These include utility program spending, Energy Efficiency Resource Standards (EERS),
appliance efficiency standards, building codes, combined heat and power, mass transit spending, state facility and fleet management, and vehicle fuel economy.
We are going to defend our fuel economy standards; we are going to defend
our appliance efficiency standards; our Congressional delegation is going to make sure that incentives for wind and solar investments stay on the books.
Collins acknowledged the Obama administration's tightening of auto and
appliance efficiency standards and then got down to business:
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