Thursday October 26, 2006

EU plans tough laws on energy efficiency

peakoil.com -> ft.com :

Wasteful television standby settings and the energy efficiency of computers and water heaters are to be targeted in a new legislative drive aimed at slicing 100bn euros a year from the European Union's energy bill. Stringent new European Commission energy efficiency targets for items such as electrical appliances and cars could set new global standards, since all imports into the European market would have to comply.

Andris Piebalgs, EU energy commissioner, will announce that he wants to put the bloc on course for a 20% energy saving by 2020. From next year he wants to implement directives setting down minimum energy performance requirements for 14 priority products, including boilers, computers, washing machines, office lighting and air conditioning. His plan says "special attention will be devoted to standby loss reduction" – a reference to the power-consuming standby modes on televisions and other appliances.

The proposed regulations would impose European energy efficiency standards on any company seeking access to the EU's 480m consumers, including US manufacturers. European standards and norms in the car sector and mobile telephony have already become accepted in many countries worldwide, to the annoyance of Washington, which believes the EU sets too many rules.

See also :

1. Your power bill is standing by
2. TV standby buttons will be outlawed

(2006-10-26 08:05:21 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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