1. What’s new with ENERGY STAR?
Barbara Smith
WI Div. of Energy Services

2. Water Heaters
Furnaces
Light Fixtures
Light Bulb / “Lamps”
Refrigerators
& More !

3. Water Heaters ENERGY STAR = 0.67 EF Since Sept. 2010 Availability Cost
For the gas storage models that interest us, over 260 qualifying models are listed on ENERGY STAR web site.
ES models are available in both Power vent and non-power vent.
ENERGY STAR says a qualified gas storage water heater can save about $30 a year (over installing a standard model). That's about a $360 savings over the 13-year lifetime of the water heater.
ENERGY STAR models may not be available for Manufactured Homes.
Weatherization Agencies should continue to seize opportunities for switching from electric to gas where justified.
We are still waiting for gas condensing water heaters in residential sizes. This will be a big leap forward.
ENERGY STAR covers Heat pump models and Solar models as well as Tankless (we don’t use the latter in WI Wx).

4. Furnaces 95 AFUE for Northern Tier & Canada. 85 AFUE for oil furnaces
Fan – electrical efficiency standard
Cabinet Tightness
Effective Nov. 15, 2011
Fewer models
Little cost differential expected
ENERGY STAR’s numbers on cost to install these furnaces seems low, but hopefully the differential estimated is accurate. There are 553 models -- or 11% of the models – that will meet the ENERGY STAR criteria for the Northern Tier. The fan efficiency brought it down from 938 models
Harmonizes with federal tax credit for gas. Federal tax credit for oil furnaces requires 90 AFUE.

5. Light Bulbs New minimum efficiency standards for light bulbs
Wx program guidance for ES CFLs
AKA “Lamps”. Wx programs cannot install LEDs with DOE funding.
Standard incandescents in several common sizes are going away. Consumers will have to choose more efficient incandescents or CFLs for those applications. Phase-in period to deal with in-stock items. California implementing one year early (i.e., now), thus its consumers will save an extra $36 million. Wow!
28% reduction in energy use.
We will all have to start thinking in terms of lumens – a brightness measure – rather than watts, a power use measure.
Important to keep emphasizing CFLs, especially in specialty applications.
You can now search for candelabra-base CFLs on the ENERGY STAR web site.
L Prize for LED bulbs. But remember LEDs are not an approved Wx measure.
Replacement types include Halogen infrared reflectors, CFLs, or LEDs.
It’s likely that the very cheapest incandescent bulbs will be removed from the market. Cost differential of CFL over “minimum” efficiency bulb allowed will shrink. More folks will choose CFLs.

6. EISA requires Min. Efficiencies
Typical Lamp Wattage
Rated Lumen Ranges
Maximum Allowed Wattage after EISA
Effective Date
100
1,490-2,600 72
1/12/2012 75
1,050-1,489 53
1/1/2013 60
750-1,049 43
1/1/2014 40 29
The transition also will be gradual, occurring in three phases:
January 2012: Traditional 100-watt bulbs will be required to meet the new standards.
January 2013: Traditional 75-watt bulbs will be required to meet the new standards.
January 2014: Traditional 60-watt and 40-watt bulbs will be required to meet the new standards.
EISA directly regulates manufacture and import -- not sales. So there will be inefficient bulbs in the pipeline for a while yet.
The EISA standards are “technology neutral,” meaning that while they do not specifically outlaw the incandescent bulbs now on the market, those bulbs would be effectively barred from manufacture after Jan. 1, 2012, because they do not meet the new efficiency standards.

7. Think Lumens, Not Watts Front Label Back Label
New Lighting Facts label will be mandatory for medium screw-base lamps in July 2011 (incandescents, CFLs, LEDs). Federal Trade Commission.
Instead of buying a “100-watt” light bulb, people will soon buy a “1500-lumen” light bulb.
Front Label
Back Label

8.
This is a useful web site. One of the topics is the new labels coming on light bulb and light fixture packages. The Lighting Facts label will be voluntary for most lighting products, such as LED fixtures. Visit this site to see labels for LED Luminaires.
Next year new minimum standards for other lamps come into effect. On July 14, 2012, new stds for incandescent/halogen reflector lamps and general service fluorescent lamps. But these can be met by improved incandescent lamps and T8s, respectively.

9. Potential may be 37 per home
Median is 24 CFLs
Average is 31.5 CFLs
Potential ~ 37 CFLs
Median is 24+
Avg. is 31.5
Potential may be 37 per home
Rule of thumb is 50 square feet per socket.
We can’t be content with 20%!
Savings is sitting there waiting for a program to harvest.
Median is 24 CFLs installed per single-family home weatherized (does not include significant #s of 3-ways and exterior installed CFLs).
Average is 29.3, or 31.5 counting 3-way and Exterior. We think the potential in a typical WI home is 37. After 60, tails off.

10. Luminaires Combines guidelines: Effective Oct. 1, 2011
Residential Light Fixtures
Solid State Lighting Luminaires
Effective Oct. 1, 2011
Technology neutral
Application important
Remember, no LED lighting can be DOE funded. Wx is NOT technology neutral – yet.
Solid State Lighting is usually understood to be LED lighting.
Fluorescent, LED, and HID technologies will be integrated into these fixtures.
Application for a particular fixture will be listed on the ENERGY STAR site. Directional vs. non-directional. Indoor vs. outdoor. Residential vs. Commercial.

11. Refrigerators & Freezers
New, proposed standards for 2014
20-25% savings
Will drive ENERGY STAR higher
New standards proposed in late 2010, expected to become effective in NOPR is out, but final Rule is not published.
ENERGY STAR is currently at 20% above the federal minimum standard (10% for freezers).
New *minimum std* would go to 25%, except 20% for bottom freezer models and 10-25% for compact units. Min. stds. for freezers would leapfrog current ENERGY STAR by going to 25-30% more efficient.
WI’s Wx program is not yet tapping all opportunities for REMOVAL of secondary refrigerators and freezers. Always offer this to households with freezers or secondary refrigerators. It can save the family a lot of money year after year, if they do not use these units much. It’s a benefit to the household, in addition to the bounty.
“TIME TO UPLUG” is what she’s saying.

12. Windows, Doors & Skylights
ENERGY STAR is revising its criteria
Final spec expected March 2013
DOE is promoting R-5 Windows
windows, storms & patio doors

13. Other Climate Controls Dehumidifiers
Heat Recovery Ventilator (Canada only)
Tubular Daylighting Devices
Room AC
TVs
Light Commercial Heating & Cooling
Home Insulation
Not an exhaustive list of ENERGY STAR specs under revision or recently revised. Also note testing and certification requirements have been tightened up in some of these categories

14. ENERGY STAR embraces More Testing
Effective: Jan. 1, 2011
Refrigerators and Freezers
Furnaces and Boilers
CFLs, Fixtures, LEDs
Dehumidifiers
Ventilating Fans
Water Heaters
ENERGY STAR has revamped testing requirements for many product types.

15. Top Tier “Super star” “Best of”
Identify the few, most energy efficient products on ENERGY STAR list
First product classes considered will include Heating equipment and Refrigerators
ENERGY STAR is considering launching a program with the working title of “Top Tier.” They want to identify the best-of-the-best products. Watch for developments. Here are two samples of what a label could look like. It is supposed to complement the regular ENERGY STAR program, not confuse consumers.

16. EPA WaterSense Program
WaterSense is a relatively new program.
All products bearing the WaterSense label must be tested and certified by an approved third party laboratory to ensure they meet EPA water efficiency and performance criteria.
According to WaterSense, by installing qualifying showerheads, a household could save 300 kilowatt hours of electricity annually -- enough to power its television use for about a year.
Standard showerheads use 2.5 gallons of water per minute (gpm).
Showerheads that earn the WaterSense label must demonstrate that they use no more than 2.0 gpm.
Our Wx policy does not require WaterSense-labeled products. It’s just a nice tool to be aware of.
Labels showerheads and faucet aerators

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