Analysis, which establishes technical feasibility and product attributes including costs of design options to improve appliance … efficiency. A Consumer Analysis at two levels: national aggregate impacts, and impacts on individuals. The national aggregate …

underway for residential furnaces and boilers, as well as a number of products in the commercial (tertiary) sector, such as … impacts of energy efficiency increases over a sample population of consumers to quantify the proportion of households having … derive the incremental change in retail prices associated with increased manufacturing costs for improving energy efficiency. …

efficiency; each program is thus subject to specific constraints. The market and policy contexts are different, with the USA … producing most of its own products and conducting pioneering engineering-economic studies to identify maximum energy efficiency … energy efficiency is based on current market, while the US approach uses prospective estimates. Both approaches may benefit …

This study estimated energy, environmental and consumer economic impacts of U.S. Federal residential energy efficiency …

The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 … efficiency requirements for implementation within 6 months of a standard's approval. Since 2003, China has adopted a new approach … a second tier at a more aggressive level of energy efficiency for implementation three to five years later. The second …

Energy efficiency standards for appliances mandate that appliance manufacturers not manufacture or import models that … have a test energy efficiency below a specified level after the standard effective date. Thus, appliance standards set a … floor for energy efficiency. But do they also induce more significant changes in the efficiencies that manufacturers offer …

Korea, are considering enacting standards. The greatest potential impact of minimum efficiency standards for appliances is … if new appliance purchases are for models with higher efficiency than that of existing models. There are several ways to … ensure or encourage such an outcome, for example, appliance rebates, innovative procurement, and minimum efficiency standards …

In support of the federal government's efforts to raise the minimum energy-efficiency standards for residential … consumers that are either benefiting or being burdened by increased standards. Relative to the existing minimum efficiency … benefit or be insignificantly impacted by increased efficiency standards of up to 13 SEER. …

This study estimated energy, environmental and consumer economic impacts of U.S. federal residential energy efficiency … conclusions--DOE's energy efficiency standards save significant quantities of energy (and associated carbon emissions) and reduce …

A typical prospective analysis of the expected impact of energy efficiency standards on consumers is based on average … among individual households and to calculate the life-cycle cost of appliances taking into account those differences. Using …