Sentences with phrase «energy label»

Of all the green conferences I've attended, it's the first time that I've seen embodied energy labels in bathrooms.

At present pregnancy warning information is voluntary but this may change in the future and there have been discussions around energy labeling.

There may be ways to encourage energy labeling or other forms of consumer education, to help increase that competition.

When you go into an open house of a listed energy labelled property, is the information accessible and explained well?

The Ontario Conservation Act allows the government to «impose» a time of sales energy label for houses at any time.

Smart Grid — Amending the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, the bill wants to include information indicating smart grid compatibility on energy labels for appliances.

Consumers seem to value this type of information: a large - scale study on the effect of energy labels on the selling prices of homes in the Netherlands shows a price premium for more efficient homes.

This all starts with the Conference Committee understanding that requiring energy inspections and home energy labeling before you can sell a house in Massachusetts provides no energy efficiency, but is merely another government mandate.

Energy Directive Construct Ireland and Century Homes present the need for Energy Labels before the Joint Oireachtas Committee

These include eco-design and energy labelling standards, greenhouse gas emission standards for vehicles, the internal energy market, construction product standards, chemicals regulation and nuclear safety and safeguards.

The EPC looks similar to other energy labels already familiar on home information packs (HIPs), «white goods» and even cars.

I believe that OREA could have an exceptional influence on shaping the delivery of the act and the time of sale energy label by simply moving its official position to «in favour of labeling with appropriate caveats, including «Realtors should not be the police, responsible for deploying and managing the rating»».

Voluntary energy labelling of houses offers untapped potential for individual Realtors, brokerages and franchises to create value for home buyers and sellers.

These are pieces of what a voluntary or market driven energy labelling process might include.

A: Thanks to the Federal Trade Commission's Energy Labeling Rule, lightbulb packages must be labeled with «Lighting Facts» to help make choices, similar to how food packages are labeled with «Nutrition Facts.»

In this issue: HUD Clarifies FHA Mortgage Insurance Requirements on 15 Year Loans; NAR Comments on Proposed Energy Labeling Program for Commercial Buildings; Congress Extends Flood Insurance until Nov. 18.

By Chris Chopik Mandatory time of sale energy labeling appears to be coming to Ontario.

CHBA's Dave Foster says, «While there are legitimate concerns on how to effectively implement a resale home energy label, it is important for buyers to receive energy related information from an objective third party.

The EnerGuide rating is the underpinning for time of sale energy labeling in B.C. and Ontario.

One of the key areas being considered is energy labelling.

Refrigeration is the first category of foodservice equipment to be considered under the Energy Related Products Directive and, clearly, energy labelling will be a major benefit to catering equipment buyers and specifiers.

But the process and programmes by which we quantify the energy consumption of dwellings are, in my opinion, rather blunt instruments and the comfort deficit highlighted above will almost certainly guarantee that the real energy consumption (and carbon emissions) of your dwelling will be considerably higher than that suggested on your energy label.

For the past decade, the net zero energy label has been applied most frequently to buildings — although the focus has become much broader over the past two years, as the DOE indicated.

An energy label is probably not the tipping point in a buyer's decision process but knowing if you are buying an insulated house matters.»

Think about the energy labels on appliances and cars and food.

The government is failing to protect the interests of consumers by not implementing a mandatory time - of - sale energy label.»

A portion of the Green Energy Act is a mandatory time of sale energy label.

Time of sale energy labeling will help Ontarians achieve this target by monetizing conservation.

«Ultimately, energy labels are about transparency for consumers,» says Jeff Colley, editor of Construct Ireland.

British Columbia, the United Kingdom and myriad global jurisdictions have already implemented time of sale energy labeling to protect consumers from housing affordability issues in the face of energy inflation.

Colley has suggested that the government of Ireland is missing an opportunity to meet a future market demand sooner by delaying implementation of a time of sale energy label to 2009.

In Europe, an energy label for homes has been in place for some years now, providing prospective homebuyers with a simple assessment on the energy efficiency of a dwelling.

Proponents like to compare home energy labels to MPG ratings of new cars or Energy Star scores on new appliances.