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Key Takeaways from the 2012 Energy Star Partner Meeting
December 3, 2012
Didn’t get to attend this year’s Energy Star Partner Meeting? Never fear—we attended for you! In this seven-minute video, we share some key takeaways, helpful resources and intriguing graphs.
Content type: Research Brief | Document ID: TAS-RB-62 | Author: Andrea Salazar, Lee Hamilton
Update on Appliance Efficiency Standards
May 22, 2012
This 25-minute video highlights some of the key findings from a report recently released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Appliance Standards Awareness Project entitled “The Efficiency Boom: Cashing In on the Savings from Appliance Standards.”
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: TAS-TB-3 | Author: Katie Elliott
Research on External Power Supplies Will Save Californians Millions
April 1, 2011
If all existing stock of power supplies were upgraded to the California Energy Commission’s external power supply standard, Californians would save an estimated 644 gigawatts per hour the amount of energy used by 92,000 homes in one year, or about $90 million annually.
Content type: Fact Sheet | Document ID: CEC-FS-1 | Author: California Energy Commission/Public Interest Energy Research
Plug-Loads Programs
Results from an E Source Roundtable Discussion
February 1, 2009
New energy-efficiency programs are emerging to short-circuit impending load growth with market transformation. Can education and incentives shape consumers’ purchase preferences or will upstream efforts affect product design before the next hot item hits retail shelves?
Content type: Focus Report | Document ID: EDRP-F-28 | Author: Gwen Farnsworth
Energy Use of Household Electronics
Taming the Wild Growth
August 1, 2008
On behalf of the California Energy Commission, researchers from Ecos Consulting, EPRI Solutions, and RLW Analytics have performed field measurements to document the use patterns, energy consumption, and load profiles for electronic devices in homes. This study, which included 50 California homes, ...
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-32 | Author: Ira Krepchin
Electronic Products
Making Battery Chargers More Efficient
August 1, 2008
Ecos Consulting and EPRI Solutions (the Electric Power Research Institute) formed a team of researchers to come up with candidate efficiency standards for battery chargers. The first step was to create an efficiency-testing procedure that all stakeholders can agree on. The project team consulted extensively ...
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-44 | Author: Dan Greenberg
What Lies Within
Improving the Efficiency of Internal Power Supplies
August 1, 2008
Researchers from Ecos Consulting and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) worked with industry leaders and other stakeholders to develop test procedures and measure the efficiency of a sampling of internal power supplies used in today's electronic products. The researchers also presented their ...
Content type: Tech Brief | Document ID: CEC-TB-41 | Author: John Sustar
New Standards Will Usher In Big Changes for Efficiency Programs
November 1, 2002
A host of new federal efficiency standards affecting lighting products, HVAC systems, and appliances have recently been passed into law or are under development in the U.S. and Canada. In this report, we explain how these new standards will likely affect energy service provider efficiency programs and ...
Content type: Core Report, Research | Document ID: ER-02-16 | Author: Rachel Reiss
