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Thrust
Area 3: Standards and Labelling Programme
Draft Regulations made for S & L Programme.
This is a guideline and process for label
and
standard formulation. You are requested to
go through the document and provide comments
within
1 month
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- Dated 30th January 2003 |
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For various equipment and appliances of common
use, there is wide variation in energy consumption
of products made by different manufacturers.
Further, information on a product’s energy consumption
is often not easily available or easy to understand.
These factors lead to continued manufacture
ad purchase of equipment and appliances that
are energy intensive and inefficient.
Energy – efficiency labels are informative
labels fixed to manufactured products which
describe the product’s energy performance (usually
in the form of energy use, efficiency, or energy
cost) and rate the product on a comparative
scale, thereby providing consumers with necessary
information to enable making informed purchase.
Energy-efficiency standards are procedures and
regulation that prescribe limits on the energy
performance (usually maximum energy use or minimum
efficiency) of manufactured products.
Standards and Labelling (S&L) Programme
is the most cost effective programme implemented
all over the world. The S&L Programme in
USA has resulted in avoided capacity of over
10, 000 MW. Over 35 countries have implemented
such programmes The S&L programme when in
place would ensure that only energy efficient
equipment and appliances would be made available
to consumers.
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| B. Provisions in the Energy
Conservation Act |
The provisions in the Energy Conservation
Act regarding Standards and Labelling provide
for the following:
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Notifying specified equipment
and appliances for the purposes of the Act.
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Directing mandatory display
of label on notified equipment and appliances.
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Specifying energy consumption
standards for notified equipment and appliances
not conforming to standards.
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Prohibiting manufacture,
sale, purchase and import of notified equipment
and appliances.
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Developing testing and
certification procedures and promote testing
facilities for certification and testing
of energy consumption of equipment and appliances.
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Identification of equipment and appliances
for the standards and labeling programme has
been carried out based on the following criteria.
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They are commonly used,
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The energy intensity of
the equipment and appliances are high,
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They contribute to significant
portion of electricity used in that category,
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They contribute to the
peak demand,
- The potential for savings, in terms of both
energy consumption as well as peak demand,
are high
To begin with, the following
equipment and appliances have been selected:
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Refrigerators with or without
low temperature compartment
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Room air conditioner (unitary)
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Stationary storage type
electric water heaters
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Electric motors up to 100
KW
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Agricultural pump sets
including horizontal centrifugal pumps,
mono set pumps and submersible pump set
up to 15 KW
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Electric light sources,
control gears and luminaries including tubular
fluorescent lamps, inductive type ballasts,
electronic ballasts, luminaries and compact
fluorescent lamps
Distribution Transformers
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Industrial fans and blowers
up to 100 KW
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Air compressors up to 100
KW.
For the selected equipment and appliances, energy
labelling will be introduced first followed
by minimum energy performance standards. The
labelling programme, when in place, would provide
the much needed market pull for transition from
the current low level of energy efficiency to
a higher level. Minimum energy performance standards
will ensure that after the kick- off date, no
manufacturer can sell a specified product if
it does not conform to the minimum standards.
This will assure increase in efficiency level
of domestic appliances and engineering products.
A participatory approach is being followed
wherein BEE will interact with manufacturers
and industry associations of the respective
equipment and appliances and help the manufacturers
to develop and decide on their own regarding
programme design, processes and procedures,
implementation and enforcement mechanisms.
For this purpose, a steering committee and
Technical Committee for each selected equipment
and appliance will be set up. The emphasis
will be on voluntary compliance and self-regulation
with minimum check testing and provision for
challenge testing of the manufacturer’s declared
values by any manufacturer, consumer association
or consumer.
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The role of BEE would be to.
Network with and ensure participation of stakeholders
such as industry associations, R&D institutions,
manufacturers, Bureau of Indian Standards, etc.
at all stages in the entire process. Facilitate
and assist manufacturers to develop testing procedures
and protocols for determining energy performance,
label setting, fixing of standards, and enforcement
mechanisms. Encourage manufacturers to improve
energy efficiency of equipment and appliances
in the manufacturing stage. Promote integration
of efficient technology in manufacturing of equipment
and appliances. Stimulate market transformation
and promote energy efficient equipment and appliances.
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The benefits of the approach and activities
would be the following:
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Manufacture of energy efficient
equipment and appliances.
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Enabling consumers to exercise
considered choice based on energy consumption
at the time of purchase.
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Reduction of energy consumption
in equipment and appliances of common use.
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The expected savings in
five years are 11, 689 million kWh/year
equivalent to 1,962 MW avoided capacity.
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