China Cools with Tighter RAC Standards

Conference · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 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: Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; Energy Foundation
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 903364
• Report Number(s): LBNL--60446; BnR: 600303000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
BOILING
CAPACITY
CHINA
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
standards air-conditioners china