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Australian Governments have decided that the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment must improve at rates well beyond what the market has delivered in the past.
Energy consumed by appliances and equipment is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions responsible for more than a quarter of net greenhouse gas emissions in Australia. Improved energy efficiency of appliances and equipment is a key objective for Australian Governments.
The Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (E3) is a collection of coordinated programs that deliver economic and environmental benefits to the community. The E3 program, which is co-funded by the Australian Government, state and territory governments and New Zealand Government, focuses on initiatives that require a nationally consistent framework to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse emissions from household appliances and equipment, and commercial and industrial equipment.
E3 covers the technical, legal, and administrative aspects of national appliance and equipment energy efficiency initiatives, in particular mandatory minimum energy performance standards and energy efficiency labelling. Products are considered for inclusion within the program on the basis that the community will benefit from their regulation. The individual product energy efficiency target is either the equivalent of world-best regulatory target or a more stringent level developed specifically for Australia. This market intervention has proved to be an extremely cost-effective mechanism for reducing energy demand and greenhouse gases produced by consumer appliances, commercial and industrial equipment.
A key feature of the E3 program is the use of strategies that clearly articulate government policies and provide a map for reducing energy in all sectors for example:
Each year E3 has an annual report titled Achievements which summarises progress in the previous calendar year. The latest edition is for year 2005.
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