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ENERGY STAR Product Specifications
One of the main goals of the ENERGY STAR program is to develop performance-based specifications that determine the most efficient products in a particular category. Products that meet these specifications earn the ENERGY STAR label.
To develop ENERGY STAR product specifications, EPA and DOE use a systematic process that relies on rigorous market, engineering, and pollution savings analyses as well as input from industry stakeholders. This process ensures that the ENERGY STAR:
- identifies products where large gains in energy efficiency and pollution reduction can be cost-effectively realized
- can play an influential role to expand the market for these products.
New Specifications in Development
EPA and DOE continually develop new ENERGY STAR specifications to expand the program to new products.
Revisions to Existing Specifications
ENERGY STAR specifications are then periodically revised to ensure relevancy under current market conditions. EPA and DOE strive to make certain that specifications differentiate the most efficient products and move the market toward more energy-saving designs.
Other Product Development Initiatives
In order to protect the integrity of the ENERGY STAR program and the label, the product development team also implements product testing and coordinates with other countries to promote international harmonization of specifications.
News
- ENERGY STAR is proud to announce the finalization of two new specifications for commercial food service products. Restaurant and commercial kitchen owners and operators will be able to purchase ENERGY STAR qualified Commercial Dishwashers starting October 11, 2007 and Commercial Ice Machines beginning January 1, 2008. Over the next five years, these new ENERGY STAR products are expected to save restaurants $100 million in reduced energy and water costs.
- On August 2, 2007, the EPA Report on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency was released to Congress, outlining the potential for $4 billion in annual electricity savings for United States data centers through more energy efficient equipment and operations. It’s estimated that data centers consumed about 60 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2006, roughly 1.5 percent of total US electricity consumption.
Specification Development Activities
- New Specifications in Development
- Revisions to Existing Specifications
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Spring 2008 Product Development Activities Update
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Specifications At-A-Glance (192KB)
- Enterprise Server and Data Center Initiatives
- Standby Power
