Global residential appliance standards

Conference · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6497711

Turiel, I; McMahon, J E ^[1]; Lebot, B ^[2]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
2. Agence Francaise pour la Maitrise de l'Energie, Valbonne (France)

In most countries, residential electricity consumption typically ranges from 20% to 40% of total electricity consumption. This energy is used for heating, cooling, refrigeration and other end-uses. Significant energy savings are possible if new appliance purchases are for models with higher efficiency than that of existing models. There are several ways to ensure or encourage such an outcome, for example, appliance rebates, innovative procurement, and minimum efficiency standards. This paper focuses on the latter approach. At the present time, the US is the only country with comprehensive appliance energy efficiency standards. However, many other countries, such as Australia, Canada, the European Community (EC), Japan and Korea, are considering enacting standards. The greatest potential impact of minimum efficiency standards for appliances is in the developing countries (e.g., China and India), where saturations of household appliances are relatively low but growing rapidly. This paper discusses the potential savings that could be achieved from global appliance efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers. It also could be achieved from global appliance efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers. It also discusses the impediments to establishing common standards for certain appliance types, such as differing test procedures, characteristics, and fuel prices. A methodology for establishing global efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers is described.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6497711
• Report Number(s): LBL-33772; CONF-9306174-2; ON: DE93015045
• Resource Relation: Conference: European Council for an energy-efficient economy summer study, Rungstedgaard (Denmark), 1-5 Jun 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY CONSERVATION
FREEZERS
REFRIGERATORS
CONSTRAINTS
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
EVALUATED DATA
FORECASTING
GLOBAL ASPECTS
IMPLEMENTATION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
LIFE-CYCLE COST
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PRICES
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
APPLIANCES
COOPERATION
COST
DATA
EQUIPMENT
INFORMATION
NUMERICAL DATA
POWER
STANDARDS
TESTING
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