subject: U.s. Department Of Energy To Strengthen Efficiency Standards For Appliances Compliance Reporting [print this page] Announced that requires certain residential appliances manufacturers (including product manufacturers and has a trademark or label company) within 30 days to submit proof that their products meet energy efficiency requirements for proper reporting and compliance certification statement, as the DOE to enhance electrical energy efficiency standards as part of the implementation of action plans. The first 17 products by the impact of reporting requirements, including:
(1) Central Air conditioning (Central air conditioners);
(2) Central Air Conditioning Heat Pump (Central air conditioning heat pumps);
(13) Room Air Conditioner (Room air conditioners).
(14) shower head (Showerheads); (15) urinal (Urinals); (16) Toilet (Water closets); (17) Water heater (Water heaters). For the reporting requirements, DOE opened a 30-day period and the window, since December 9, 2009 release date, deadline for submitting the letters in the mail or the postmark date stamped date in January 8, 2010 e-mail before. According to DOE sites, as of January 12, 2010, DOE has received over 60 million products from 15 of 160
Home Appliances Manufacturer's product certification report and declaration of conformity.
This new reporting requirements is based on federal regulations (10 CFR430.62), the only products that meet the requirements related to energy consumption can be approved to enter or
Sell To the U.S. market, submitted by the manufacturer of energy use data will provide further validation DOE products on the market meet the energy efficiency of important information. Manufacturers should submit certification for each basic model of reporting and compliance statements, certification report, including product type, product class, name of the manufacturer, private label owner's name (if any), the product model number, as well as for various types of products additional information. For yet to reach energy efficiency standards or energy efficiency products properly, proof of compliance with domestic electrical appliances market, DOE will take a more active means of tracking.
Following the end of 2009, released the first batch of new reporting requirements to be met after the products, DOE on January 5, 2010 announcing a new energy efficiency certification report to be submitted a list of products, a total of 6 class electrical products, namely:
(18) Ceiling Fan (Ceiling fans); (19) ceiling fans with lights (Ceiling fan light kits);
(20) E26 Energy Saving Lamp (Medium base compact fluorescent lamps);
(21) Dehumidifier (Dehumidifiers); (22) A class of external power supplies (External power supplies, Class A, including switch-selectable single-voltage voltage external powersupplies);
(23) Torch light / overturned lamp (Torchieres).
The 6 products for marketing to the U.S. manufacturers need to certificate of conformity in the July 6, 2010 sent to the DOE. Failure to submit reports of energy use of products and manufacturers, in violation of the "Energy Policy Conservation Act of 1975," DOE will face civil penalties or fines.
The new reporting requirements related to the FAQ DOE official documents refer to the following
