| Completion
Date |
Activity |
Progress |
|
March 2003
|
Setting up institutional mechanism
for administration of standards and labelling programme
|
Steering committees comprising of
Manufacturers, Research & Development Institutions,
Manufacturers Association, Consumers, Test Laboratories
and BEE set up to Guide implementation of BEE S & L
Programme.
(Click
here for Steering Committee members)
(Click
here for first Steering Committee minutes)
(Click
here for second Steering Committee minutes)
Technical Committee set up to finalise
technical parameters for labeling and star rating plan
and testing procedure & protocol.
(Click
here for Technical Committee members)
|
|
December 2003
|
Situation analysis to assess existing
voluntary standards and labelling programme of Bureau
of Indian Standards
|
(1) Determination
Analysis report
(2) BEE-Steering Analysis
(3) Annexures
|
|
January 2004
|
Notifying distribution transformers
as notified equipment and appliances
|
The Ministry had recommended that
the notification process would be concurrent with notification
of labels, standards. Launch date of label is Jan 2004.
|
|
June 2003
|
Test Procedure and protocol for testing
|
The technical committee have identified
the parameters for energy performance testing and have
adopted the IS test procedure with minor modifications.
Sampling and other protocols have also been drafted.
Minutes of TC – I (Click
here for MoM)
Minutes of TC – II (Click
here for MoM)
Minutes of TC – III (Click
here for MoM)
Minutes of TC – IV (Click
here for MoM)
|
|
June 2003
|
Selection of Laboratories for conduct
of testing as per the agreed test procedure.
|
NABL approved laboratories identified.
CPRI & ERDA identified for testing.
Specification of mobile test laboratories
frozen. (Click
here for Document)
|
|
December 2003
|
Conduct of testing for determining
energy performance of different models
|
ERDA and CPRI have been identified.
Utilities to acquire mobile test units and get accreditation. The
testing would start in the month of October 2003.
|
|
June 2003
|
Enforcement Mechanism
|
Enforcement mechanism in the form
of check testing and challenge testing protocols has
been developed. (Click
here for Document)
|
|
November 2003
|
Preparation of consumer awareness
and education programme
|
This activity is linked to testing.
Consumer awareness programme study would be commissioned
in August 2003.
|
|
January 2004
|
Launching of labels
|
This activity is linked to testing.
Labels would be launched by January 2004.
|
|
January 2004
|
Commissioning of engineering economic-market
study for fixing minimum energy performance standards
|
Study commissioned and likely to be
completed by January 2004.
|
|
June 2004
|
Development of minimum energy performance
standards
|
Recommendation for improving minimum
standards prepared by January 2004 and notified by
June 2004.
|
| You
are requested to send your comments/observations to Mr.
S.Ramaswamy, Thrust area Manager at ramaswamy@bee-india.com |
