Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances and Lighting

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Opening Speech....Pages 1-6
Speech by the Ministry....Pages 7-8
Energy Efficiency of our Appliances in the Household Industry....Pages 9-16
Domestic Lighting and Energy Efficiency: The Assoluce (the Italian Association of Lighting Manufacturers of Federlengo-Arredo) Position....Pages 17-22
The Road to Kyoto: What We Have Achieved, What Shall Be Done (Technologies)....Pages 23-28
Energy Services in the Domestic Sector as a Result of the Liberalised Market....Pages 29-31
The Way Forward....Pages 32-33
Energy Efficiency Standards in the U.S.....Pages 34-36
High Performance Clothes Washer in-Site Demonstration in a Multi-Housing Multi-User Environment....Pages 37-47
20% Less Energy on Washing Machines: How Were the Savings Achieved?....Pages 48-57
Field Test of Heat-Fed Washing Machines and Laundry Dryers....Pages 58-70
Heat Pump or Gas-Heating: New Approaches to Save Energy for Drying of Laundry....Pages 71-77
New Washing Technologies for the New Millennium....Pages 78-88
How Precise Labelling Can Be Done? Experience with Energy-Label Verification Procedures for Washing Machines....Pages 89-94
Assessment of the Cleaning Efficiency of Domestic Washing Machines with Artificially Soiled Test Cloth....Pages 95-105
Development of a New Energy Efficient Combined Refrigerator/Freezer....Pages 107-113
The Effect of Thermal Aging Polyurethane to Increasing the Energy Consumption of Refrigerator and Freezer....Pages 114-121
Vacuum Insulation Panels (VIPs) Technology: A Viable Route to Improve Energy Efficiency in Domestic Refrigerators and Freezers....Pages 122-127
Technical and Economical Evaluation of Vacuum Insulated Panels for a European Freezer....Pages 128-139
Socio-Technical Networks and the Sad Case of the Condensing Boiler....Pages 141-155
International Heat Pump Status and Policy Review....Pages 156-167
Innovative Heating — Air Conditioning System with Electric Heat Pump in Residential and Services Sectors....Pages 168-176
Operazione “Caldaia Sicura” Maintenance and Inspection Campaign for Heating Systems....Pages 177-181
Design for Energy Efficiency as a Basis for Innovations in Kitchen Appliances....Pages 182-191
Energy Use of Central Heating Pumps, Appliance Efficiency at the Component Level....Pages 192-197
Natural Gas for Domestic Appliances in Austria. Future Perspectives and the Potential of Energy Efficient Technologies....Pages 198-209
Cogeneration for Energy Saving in Household Applications....Pages 210-221
An Efficient Induction Motor Vector Controller for Washing Machine Applications....Pages 223-234
An Improved Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Household Refrigerators....Pages 235-246
Voltage Regulator for Single-Phase Asynchronous Motor....Pages 247-255
Energy Use of U.S. Consumer Electronics at the End of the 20th Century....Pages 256-266
An Energy Efficiency Index for TVs....Pages 267-277
Whole-House Measurements of Standby Power Consumption....Pages 278-285
Drivers of Market Transformation in Domestic Lighting....Pages 287-298
Compact Fluorescent Torchieres: A Case Study in Market Transformation....Pages 299-309
The European Design Competition for Dedicated CFL Fixtures: A Successful Example of Market Transformation....Pages 310-318
Know Thy Customers: The Use and Value of Customer Segmentation in Marketing Energy-Efficient Lighting....Pages 319-329
CFL Assembly at some Budgetary Consumers A DSM Action Financed by CONEL/S.C. Electrica S.A....Pages 330-340
Promotion of Consulting Center Establishment for Energy Efficiency Lighting Systems Implementation in Kharkov (Ukraine)....Pages 341-342
Chinese Lighting Energy Consumption and the Potential Impact of the Proposed Ballast Energy Efficiency Standard....Pages 343-354
A New Method for Detailed Electric Consumption of Domestic Appliances....Pages 419-427
A Measured Factor-4 House....Pages 428-438
Metering Campaign on All Cooking End-Uses in 100 Households....Pages 439-449
Should Research Money Been Spent for Intrusive or Non-Intrusive End-Use Metering?....Pages 450-459
A Consumer Advice on Energy Efficient Use and Purchase of Household Appliances and Lighting....Pages 461-467
Influencing Consumer Behaviour — Danish Clothes Washing as an Example....Pages 468-474
Room Air Conditioners: Consumer Survey in Italy and Spain....Pages 475-489
Domestic Appliance Salesperson as Consumer’s Information Source....Pages 490-497
Changing the Electricity Customer Mentality, Under Energy Market Liberalisation Circumstances....Pages 498-507
The Second Turn of the Energy Efficiency Spiral....Pages 508-517
Lower Carbon Futures for European Households....Pages 518-528
High Efficiency Household Appliances and Low Income Families in Italy....Pages 529-540
Present Status and Perspective of Energy Efficiency and Conservation Policies in Japan Residential and Commercial Sector....Pages 541-546
Impacts of U.S. Appliance Standards to Date....Pages 547-559
Energy and Carbon Impact of New U.S. Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Energy Efficiency Standards....Pages 355-366
Application of Uncertainty in Life Cycle Cost Analysis of New U.S. Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Energy Efficiency Standards....Pages 367-377
A General Design for Energy Test Procedures....Pages 379-388
Refrigeration Energy Label Standard Measurements Linked to Energy Consumption in Daily Use....Pages 389-394
Cold Appliance European Ring Test....Pages 395-403
A Generic Approach to the Determination of Refrigerator Energy Efficiency....Pages 404-417
Standards and Labels of Household Appliances as an Opportunity to Reduce CO 2 Emissions....Pages 560-569
How Energy Labelling Affected Production Decisions of Appliance Manufacturers in Thailand....Pages 570-580
Evaluating the Impact of Appliance Efficiency Labeling Programs and Standards....Pages 581-591
New for Old: Redesigning the Australian Energy Label....Pages 592-602
Testing of International Appliance Labeling Approaches with U.S. Consumers....Pages 603-614
 Standardization and Labeling of Electrical Appliances in Malaysia ....Pages 615-622
Energy Efficiency of Electric Appliances and the Energy Label: Review of the Special Situation for Ovens....Pages 623-627
Labelling Domestic Ovens (Save Study 4.1031/D/97-047)....Pages 628-639
Variability of Consumer Impacts from Energy Efficiency Standards....Pages 640-651
Market Transformation in CEEs: Results from the SACHA Projects....Pages 652-665
Supporting a Network for Energy Efficiency Labels and Standards Programs in Developing Countries....Pages 666-678
The Calculation Method and Potential of Energy Saving in Energy Labeling Program for Indonesia....Pages 679-684
Making it Obvious: Designing Feedback into Energy Consumption....Pages 685-696
Impact on Implementing Demand Side Management in Residential Sector....Pages 697-708
The UK’S Green Electricity Market: Is it Sprouting?....Pages 709-723
Selling a Function Instead of a Product: Renting White Goods Via Functional Service Contracts (FUNSERVE)....Pages 724-734
ENEA Activities on Demand Side Management....Pages 735-743
Europe’s Most Energy Efficient Refrigerator-Freezers — the European Countries Working Together on the Forefront of the Market....Pages 744-755
Domestic Appliances as Virtual Power Stations....Pages 756-767
Transforming Multifamily Properties to Efficient Appliances and Lighting Via Centralized and Negotiated Procurements....Pages 768-778
The Idea Network and Appliance Efficiency....Pages 779-786
Maximising the Improvements, Minimising the Investments. A Case History from a Manufacturer....Pages 787-795
The Danish Electricity Saving Trust: the Campaign in Autumn 1999 — A Review of Experience....Pages 796-805
The Sky is the Limit! Or Why Can More Efficient Appliances Not Decrease the Electricity Consumption of Dutch Households....Pages 806-817
Criteria Definition and Recognition Mechanisms for Accelerated Innovation....Pages 818-827
Major Appliance Energy Efficiency Trends in the European Union....Pages 828-844
Creating a Carbon Market....Pages 845-856