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November 2006 The Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Committee is pleased to release the Draft proposal for Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Home Entertainment Equipment. The report covers commercially available consumer equipment that produces, records or assists in producing an audio or video signal/output but excludes televisions and set top boxes which are being considered for separate regulation. The E3 Committee seeks comment from any interested stakeholder by Friday 9 February 2007.
November 2006 Australian Ministers announce a mandatory 1 Watt standby target for all electrical appliances for Australia by 2012.
November 2006 Standby store data, which has been collected from retail stores over the period from 2001 to date is now available for download – this covers to 6500 products. Registration is required to access the data.
October 2006 The Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee and Australian Gas Association (AGA) and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association of Australia (GAMAA) hosted a Gas Forum – Domestic Gas Water Heaters for gas industry stakeholders on the 30th October 2006 in Melbourne. Documents for comment are now available from the Gas Forum events page.
May 2006 Letter from the E3 Chair (31/5/06) outlnes the proposal to include standby power in the energy ratings of clothes washers and dishwashers. Comments are open until 30 June 2006 on the RIS – inclusion of standby power in the energy ratings of clothes washers & dishwashers which is now available for download from the electronic library.