The European Commission is considering policy options for a variety of energy-consuming products and energy-related products, including imaging equipment categories, including DVD players and video recorders, projectors and video game consoles.
The EU has commissioned the British consulting agency AEA to conduct a study on the imaging equipment category, and they are currently evaluating the opinions of industry players.
The Environmental Design Directive (2009/125/EC) is an outline directive, which means that binding environmental design requirements are established through implementation measures for each product group. The directive itself only stipulates conditions and criteria for how to formulate implementation measures for various types of energy-consuming and energy-related products. If the industry does not have a self-regulatory plan, the EU will consider enacting enforcement measures.
The European Commission considers energy efficiency to be an area where voluntary industry regulatory schemes are particularly likely to be effective. The industry has implemented three voluntary regulatory schemes. The first covers the energy consumption of televisions, video recorders and DVD players in standby states; the second covers household washing machines; and the third covers refrigerators and freezers.
In addition to considering the standby energy consumption of DVD players and video recorders, projectors, and video game consoles, the European Commission must also explore other environmentally friendly design elements of such products, such as the market characteristics of the product, and the room for technical or economic improvement. , existing relevant laws, industry self-regulation standards, whether it is necessary to establish standards, etc.
The European Commission will use the information obtained from the study to assess the impact of policy options and draft consultation documents. It has not yet been decided whether further voluntary regulatory agreements or binding measures are needed for the above product categories.
At the third industry meeting held in Brussels on June 14, 2010, participants made suggestions for projectors, including establishing energy efficiency thresholds for idle and active states, covering school projectors, office projectors and home theater projectors. . Participants suggested that the "auto power off" function should continue to be a default function for all types of projectors, and discussed the testing methods for energy efficiency requirements and the impact of projectors on the environment.
The discussion results of the meeting will become supplementary information to the above-mentioned survey. The investigation was completed in September 2010 and then submitted to the European Commission.
– Source: hktdc.com
