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Estimates of consumer electronics electricity use range from 11 percent to 13 percent, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) respectively. EPA predicts this percentage is expected to increase to 18 by 2015. While consumer electronics represent a significant savings opportunity for efficiency programs, the product category also presents a unique challenge due to its fast changing nature and the dispersion of end-uses in the home each representing an often small share of total electronics energy end-use.

The current Initiative, launched in June 2007, serves as a framework for CEE's work in the consumer electronics product area. CEE expects to flesh out the Initiative as work progresses. The Initiative has two primary goals:

  1. To facilitate efficiency programs in their efforts to increase the sale and market share of energy-efficient consumer electronics; and,
  2. To develop a consistent definition of and criteria for energy efficiency in the consumer electronics product area, and to identify products that meet these criteria, in an effort to increase the sale and market share of energy-efficient products. (As part of this effort, CEE plans to work with the ENERGY STAR program.)

Through the Initiative, CEE is exploring five activities and six areas of focus:

Activities
  • Working with ENERGY STAR
  • Consumer education
  • Program guidelines
  • Industry outreach
  • Other Initiative support
Areas of Focus
  • Products - televisions, set-top boxes, computers
  • Components - internal and external power supplies
  • Standby power
  • Networking
  • Power management
  • Recycling
CONTACT
For more information about CEE's Consumer Electronics Initiative, contact Margie Lynch at 617-589-3949, ext. 231.
NEWS

CEE Consumer Electronics Initiative Launched!
The CEE Board approved the Consumer Electronics Initiative presented to them at their June 15 meeting in Boston, MA.

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