MEPS Profile - Halogen Lighting Transformers

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Background

This report is one of a series of 15 MEPS proposals. Twelve were released in October 2004 and an additional three in April 2005. The full list of these reports can be found in the list of 2004 Publications and 2005 Publications (NAEEEC reports 2004/06 to 2004/17 inclusive and NAEEEC reports 2005/11 to 2005/13 inclusive). Each of the proposals includes a government summary which outlines the regulatory proposal and a detailed technical report which provides background information on the product and proposals.

Summary: Halogen Lighting Transformers

This report was commissioned by the the National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (NAEEEC) and was prepared by Mark Ellis and Associates. The full report was released in April 2005.

The first part of the document outlines:

some background about the product
steps towards international harmonisation
the NAEEEC plan for this product including MEPS proposals
the impact of MEPS.

The technical report covers:

Product description
Australian market characteristics
Australian and international policies for this product
Energy consumption, greenhouse emissions and potential savings from MEPS.

This page last modified 23 February 2006