EPA to Host Call on Climate Control "Ease of Use" Test for ENERGY STAR
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a letter inviting a broad assortment of laboratories to participate in the final stages of the EPA's development and validation of the ease of use test method for residential climate controls. Given the similarity…
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of these products to programmable thermostats, EPA regards usability as a key feature for delivering on their energy saving potential. The new test method must be able to reliably differentiate highly usable products, which are more likely to deliver savings, from those that are more difficult to program and use. EPA will host a call on December 20, 2011, 1:00PM EST to discuss this round robin and EPA-recognition for labs. RSVP to climatecontrols@energystar.gov or Abigail Daken at daken.abigail@epa.gov, (202)-343-9375, by December 16, 2011.