[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: Richard Hollandsworth <holl_ands@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 01:15:22 -0800 (PST)
I was curious wrt Energy Star "requirements" for TVs:
http://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/product_specs/eligibility/tv_vcr_elig.pdf
As of 7/1/05, it requires less than 1 watt when OFF in order to obtain Energy
Star rating.
Fascinating that neither of the below proposals conformed to the government's
Energy Star recommendation for complete TVs when OFF.
The fol. provided information re ON-GOING STUDY EFFORT targeted at reducing
power consumption for TV/VCRs, including actual power measurements:
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=revisions.tv_vcr_spec
So is it "reasonable" to limit power for a bare bones OTA STB to only 8 watts?
Good luck with that, since only a few low power parts (Comp Video & DD5.1) are
eliminated:
LG LST-4200A is 15 watts,
Hisense/USDTV DB-2010 is 16 watts (ON or OFF),
Funai/Sylvania 6900DTE is 20 watts and claims Energy Star
DigitalStream/R-S Accurian is 22 watts.
Most small TVs, depending on size, were found to consume 100W +/- 50 W when ON.
And of course the big plasmas consume hundreds of watts when ON.
So why quibble re whether the cheap STB consumes 8 watts or 20 watts when ON???
[And please don't ask how much my complicated system consumes...]
[Plasma, HD-PVR, HD-STB to DVHS, OTA-STB, Surround Rcvr, 250W SW Amp....]
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Mark Aitken <maitken@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What is REALLY important is not whether or not they work well, but
rather, whether or not they are efficient!
*House Squanders Chance To Save Energy In Digital TV Transition*
10/27/2005 Washington, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee
rejected an opportunity to cut consumers' energy costs as the nation
transitions from analog to digital television broadcasting. With
Congress considering legislation to set a final date for the transition,
the committee rejected an energy efficiency standard for the digital TV
adapters that many consumers will have to buy to continue using their
broadcast TV sets after the 2008 transition date. Instead, the House
committee passed a meaningless energy efficiency requirement for this
equipment that would override stricter state standards.
Following the transition to digital broadcasting, millions of American
households will be forced to install digital television adapters (DTAs)
to continue watching broadcast programming on their analog TVs. Congress
is considering a federal subsidy program to offset the cost of DTAs to
tens of millions of affected households, many of which are low-income
households that cannot afford to buy new digital-ready TVs or subscribe
to cable or satellite TV services.
"The House amendment would increase consumer costs for the digital
transition, while worsening our energy problems. Congress should help
consumers afford this transition by establishing meaningful efficiency
requirements for any DTAs eligible for the taxpayer-funded subsidy,"
said Jennifer Amann, an ACEEE Senior Associate.
Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) had proposed an amendment to set
efficiency requirements for subsidized boxes similar to
minimum-efficiency standards set to take effect for all boxes sold in
California as of January 2007. The Markey amendment would have limited
DTAs to a maximum of 8 Watts of power draw when the television is on,
and 2 Watts of power draw when the television is off. These requirements
would have saved a typical household (with two TVs) about $20 annually
and saved all consumers as much as $3.5 billion in electricity bills in
the 5 years following the shift to digital broadcasting.
"It is astounding that the House Committee would reject an amendment to
ensure the energy efficiency of a new product it is requiring and
helping consumers to buy, particularly at a time when consumers and the
country as a whole are bracing for record energy bills. By declining to
put in place a meaningful efficiency standard, the Committee is placing
an unnecessary financial burden on American consumers in terms of higher
electric bills, and wasting energy needlessly. As this bill moves
forward, Congress should make sure low-income and other consumers do not
end up paying more in higher energy bills than they will get from the
federal subsidy," said Kateri Callahan, President of the Alliance to
Save Energy.
Rejecting the Markey amendment, the House Energy and Commerce Committee
adopted an amendment by Representative Mary Bono (R-CA) that would yield
little or no energy savings and pre-empts California--and any other
state--from adopting a better efficiency standard. The Bono provision
would limit DTAs to a maximum of 9 Watts of power when the set is off
and have no requirements for when the set is on.
Importantly, the Bono amendment would pre-empt California (and other
states) from enforcing standards for DTAs. California adopted its
standard just 12 months ago as part of the state's efforts to help keep
electricity demand and supply in balance. New York also has passed
legislation directing that energy use of these boxes be regulated. "The
House action will save little or no electricity across the country,
while costing California and New York consumers millions of dollars in
higher electric bills. It is inappropriate for Congress to use this
federal budget legislation to prevent states from setting their own
energy policy, particularly when no federal standard is at issue," said
Steven Nadel, Executive Director of ACEEE.
/SOURCE: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
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