
Critical Issue: Energy Efficiency
• Energy Star, DOE, CEC, CEE, who are they?
Energy Star: Sets the EFFICIENCY threshold
DOE: their standard determines what can
LEGALLY BE SOLD in US
CEC: CA Energy Commission, they got it started
CEE: Consortium of Energy Efficiency, SI Group
• What’s going on?
E-Star vers. 2 (Jan.10) is current efficiency std.
Goal to identify top 25% of market
6/09: 1632 models, 6/10: 738 models approved
DOE’s legal sell level equals pre-2010 E-Star std.
CEC & CEE currently in hold mode
EPA/DOE/E-Star working to develop better, more
consistent, enforceable stds. Next action 2016
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