The Green Electronics Council, which manages EPEAT, isn’t sure...
The Green Electronics Council, which manages EPEAT, isn’t sure how exactly the EPA’s proposal to add environmental attributes other than energy efficiency in Energy Star specifications is “all going to come together,” said Sarah O'Brien, the council’s outreach director. “It’s…
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too early for us to comment.” The EPA’s move is “definitely of interest to our organizations,” she said. Energy Star compliance is one of several criteria for EPEAT certification. On the progress being made in developing EPEAT standards for TVs and imaging gear, O'Brien said it’s in the initial stages of comment and voting phase of the larger membership of the IEEE. Members are now being asked about their interest in participating in the process, she said. “So we are kind of in a pause while the various members of the IEEE standards development and other societies express interest in participating and then, when that phase is completed, it [the standards] will move toward comment and voting.” She said she didn’t know if the proposed EPEAT TV standard would address 3D TVs. That will be known when draft standards are released in the “next few weeks” before balloting, she said.