Power Supply Workshop Craig W. Hershberg ENERGY STAR Office Equipment & Consumer Electronics US EPA January 14, 2002 San Francisco, California

What is ENERGY STAR ? Providing energy solutions to consumers and business

The ENERGY STAR ® Solution Voluntary partnership Easily identifies energy efficient products Reduces air polution and saves money Facilitates public-private collaboration

The ENERGY STAR Label One label at the national level Over 35 products for home and office –Representing top 25% in their category for efficiency Products either qualify or don’t qualify –Manufacturers test and label products –No cost for participating

ENERGY STAR Qualified Products Household appliances CFLs / residential fixtures / exit signs Consumer electronics Office equipment Heating and cooling equipment New homes Windows Transformers Roof Products Water coolers Dehumidifiers Traffic signals

ENERGY STAR - The Latest These just in: –Commercial solid door refrigerators and freezers –Ventilation fans –Ceiling fans –Telephony –Unitary HVAC Under revision: –Residential HVAC –TV/VCR –Monitors Being explored –Air purifiers –Vending machines –Food service equipment

Home networking –promise of better home energy management for miscellaneous devices 20% of home end use is miscellaneous energy –non-label approach monitoring rollout of home networks encouraging home energy mangement –Backend for all E* products a one two punch (the network and E*) significant home energy savings possible ENERGY STAR - Other Approaches

ENERGY STAR Partners

ENERGY STAR Marketing: A turnkey solution –Marketing tools and financing manufactuers utilities retailers institutional buyers –Purchasing tools –PR and advertising efforts Change campaign –Recognition of manufacturer efforts with annual awards

ENERGY STAR: A platform for success Widespread and growing participation –More than 1,600 manufacturer partners –More than 11,000 product models that comply with ENERGY STAR specifications –100 utility and state administrator partners promoting ENERGY STAR, –serving nearly 47% of households across the country –553 retail Partners, –more than 7,100 storefronts in 50 states and Puerto Rico

ENERGY STAR and Power supplies: A History Power supplies not labeled by ENERGY STAR - may be attached to inefficient product - label not easily visible on a power supply E* partners have told us they can build more efficient products if they had more efficient power supplies Solutions... – system approach to power supplies taken with telephony specification

ENERGY STAR is interested in learning more about Power supplies because... Increased production of more efficient products - Help ENERGY STAR partners meet current and future ENERGY STAR specifications Industry can take credit for monetary and carbon savings, industry leadership Improve product performance

Universal product –ENERGY STAR is a global program, working with EU, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and Aus. –International power supply efforts Specification harmonization - Easier for manufacturers to build power supplies to one specification –Any initiative should be coordinated ENERGY STAR is interested in learning more about Power supplies because...

ENERGY STAR…Global Reach

Product innovation & enhanced performance –efficiency –less heat –longer battery life –enhanced mobility –small footprint –increased functionality Regulations, standards –Executive Order (low standby) –Pending US Legislation –International power supply efforts –Kyoto Protocol More efficient power supplies help E* Partners with...

Potential credit for energy savings under regulatory scheme –In a future regulatory scheme companies may get credit for more energy efficient products Acting as catalyst for more EE products, encouraging more EE design More efficient power supplies help E* Partners with...

International Initiatives Slides provided by: Hans-Paul Siderius, Novem, Netherlands

International Initiatives (cont’d.) EU Code of Conduct for Power Supplies – Group for Energy Efficient Appliances (Europe) – Top Runner (Japan) IEC TC59 WG 9 IEA actions to reduce standby power consumption

EU Code of Conduct on efficiency of external power supplies Voluntary Agreement Levels phase 3 ( ): no load input power < 0.30 to 0.75 W (dependent on rated input power) Signed by manufacturers of mobile telephones, mobile computers and power supplies

Group for Energy Efficient Appliances Voluntary label Level : no load power consumption < 0.5 W (for separately sold external power supplies)

Top Runner Regulatory program Levels based on most efficient appliances No Top Runner criteria for external power supplies, but criteria for e.g. VCRs will influence power supply specs

IEC TC59 Working Group 9 Development of a test method to measure standby power Includes definition of standby but test method can also be used for other modes (except on-mode) Convenor: Lloyd Harrington (Aus) First meeting: March 2002, Paris

IEA Standby Initiative Analysis and publications –e.g. “Things that go blip in the night” Exchange of information –3 workshops on standby power consumption Platform for harmonization

Final thoughts Efficient power supplies can provide economic and technical benefits for a large variety of products Identified as a product that... –Can realize E* goals of achieving environmental objectives at a desirable cost Opportunity abounds for E*, E* Partners as well as OEMs and component manufacturers Next steps…..