China Cools with Tighter RAC Standards

Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2006

OSTI ID:903364

Lin, Jiang; Rosenquist, Gregory

After boiling summer brought brown-out to most part of the country in 2004, China announced a new set of minimum energy efficiency standards for room air conditioners in September 2004, with the first tier going into effect on March 1, 2005 and the reach standard taking effect on January 1, 2009. This represents a milestone in China's standard setting process since the reach standard levels are significantly more stringent than previous standards for other appliances. This paper first analyzes cost-effectiveness of China's new standards for room air conditioners, and then attempts to evaluate the impact of the new standards on energy savings, electric generation capacity, and CO2 emissions reductions.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Energy Foundation
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 903364
• Report Number(s): LBNL-60446; R&D Project: 809PEE; BnR: 600303000; TRN: US200720%%296
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2006 International Conference on EnergyEfficiency in Domestic Appliances and Lighting, London, England, June21-23, 2006
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
BOILING
CAPACITY
CHINA
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
standards air-conditioners china