Estimating Program Impacts of Energy Star® Voluntary Labeling Programs

Estimating Program Impacts of the ENERGY STAR® Voluntary Labeling Program

Project Description

ENERGY STAR® is a voluntary labeling program designed to identify and promote energy-efficient products, buildings and practices. Operated jointly by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ENERGY STAR labels exist for more than thirty products, spanning office equipment, residential heating and cooling equipment, commercial and residential lighting, home electronics, and major appliances. Our latestreport presents savings estimates for a subset of ENERGY STAR program activities, focused primarily on labeled products. We present estimates of the energy, dollar and carbon savings achieved by the program in the year 2000, what we expect in 2001, and provide savings forecasts for two market penetration scenarios for the period 2001 to 2020.

The target market penetration forecast represents our best estimate of future ENERGY STAR savings. It is based on realistic market penetration goals for each of the products. We also provide a forecast under the assumption of 100 percent market penetration; that is, we assume that all purchasers buy ENERGY STAR-compliant products instead of standard efficiency products throughout the analysis period.

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Key Data

These data include some of the results of the impact calculations for the ENERGY STAR Voluntary Labeling Programs:

1 MB, Excel 97 (PC) file Presents energy, energy bill and carbon savings for the ENERGY STAR Program by product group. Included are individual product savings, annual aggregate savings and cumulative aggregate savings. Date of last modification: April 20, 2001.

Publications

Webber, Carrie and Richard Brown. 1998. "Savings Potential for ENERGY STAR® Voluntary Labeling Programs." Proceedings of the ACEEE 1998 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Volume 9, pp. 271-282. Washington, DC: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Abstract | 149k pdf file

Webber, Carrie, Richard Brown, and Jonathan Koomey. 2000. "Savings Estimates for ENERGY STAR® Voluntary Labeling Programs." Energy Policy. vol. 28, no. 15. December. pp. 1137-1150.

Webber, Carrie A., Brown, Richard E., Mahajan, Akshay and Koomey, Jonathan G. 2002. "Savings Estimates for the Energy Star Voluntary Labeling Program: 2001 Status Report." LBNL-48496. February. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley CA. 29 pgs. Abstract | 108K PDF

Other Resources

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE): This non-profit organization promotes energy efficiency and pollution prevention through education, analysis, and advocacy.

DOE/EPA ENERGY STAR website

U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN): This part of DOE promotes the development and adoption of efficiency and renewable energy technologies. It also works with EPA to design voluntary programs to promote energy efficiency and reduce pollution.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Protection Partnerships Division: This part of EPA designs voluntary programs to promote energy efficiency and reduce pollution.

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