Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) announced BEE Star Label version 1 for laptops on 30 March 2011. The guidelines announced by BEE are based on United Sates Energy version 5 guidelines. This particular initiative to bring in BEE Star Label version 1 for laptops was started by Information and Communication Technology industry.
The BEE guidelines will help to sideline low quality products in the market, especially cheap and energy inefficient imported products. Unlike BEE star labels which indicate the efficiency of products like refrigerator, air-conditioner and others, BEE Star Label version 1 for laptops do not specify the levels of energy. It will only indicate either product is energy efficient or it is not. The energy efficiency of the product will be computed on an annual basis based on a formula that had been mentioned in the guideline.
The move to come up with energy efficiency labels was proposed by the India Chapter of Climate Savers Computing Initiative in July 2009.
Laptops consume 0.5% of total power generated in India and their sales is growing at approximately 25%.
The guideline announced will be extended to other categories of IT and Telecom products in a phased manner by BEE.
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