Assessment of the Impacts of Standards and Labeling Programs inMexico (four products).
This study analyzes impacts from energy efficiency standards and labeling in Mexico from 1994 through 2005 for four major products: household refrigerators, room air conditioners, three-phase (squirrel cage) induction motors, and clothes washers. It is a retrospective analysis, seeking to assess verified impacts on product efficiency in the Mexican market in the first ten years after standards were implemented. Such an analysis allows the Mexican government to compare actual to originally forecast program benefits. In addition, it provides an extremely valuable benchmark for other countries considering standards, and to the energy policy community as a whole. The methodology for evaluation begins with historical test data taken for a large number of models of each product type between 1994 and 2005. The pre-standard efficiency of models in 1994 is taken as a baseline throughout the analysis. Model efficiency data were provided by an independent certification laboratory (ANCE), which tested products as part of the certification and enforcement mechanism defined by the standards program. Using this data, together with economic and market data provided by both government and private sector sources, the analysis considers several types of national level program impacts. These include: Energy savings; Environmental (emissions) impacts, and Net financial impacts to consumers, manufacturers and utilities. Energy savings impacts are calculated using the same methodology as the original projections, allowing a comparison. Other impacts are calculated using a robust and sophisticated methodology developed by the Instituto de Investigaciones Electricas (IIE) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), in a collaboration supported by the Collaborative Labeling and Standards Program (CLASP).
- Research Organization:
- COLLABORATION - Instituto de InvestigacionesElectricas
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 913169
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-62813; R&D Project: 80ED82; TRN: US200802%%570
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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AIR CONDITIONERS
BENCHMARKS
CLOTHES WASHERS
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
ENERGY POLICY
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MOTORS
REFRIGERATORS
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