Introduction
The aim of the International Standby Basket
of Products project is to enable consistent collection of data on standby power,
resulting in a representative set of standby measurements.
The data will be gathered for a common set of products in different regions
and countries around the world.
Such a comprehensive set of data will facilitate international comparisons, allowing
trends in standby consumption, by products and/or by countries, to be tracked over
time.
The benefit of such a high quality
data set is to enable benchmarking for success and to provide a sound basis for
policy development and analysis.
The project is being driven by the Australian Government’s
Department of Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts with assistance from Korea, as part of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development
and Climate Change (APP) . The APP members include, Australia, Canada, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, United States of America.
The purpose of this union is “to address the challenges of climate change, energy security and air pollution in a
way that encourages economic development and reduces poverty”. The standby project is one of several being undertaken by the APP’s
Building and Appliances Taskforce (BATF) .
This web site includes information and links
relating to the project’s current status and history; charts detailing survey results
by product and by country, including international comparisons; definitions of standby
modes and details on how to participate in the project.
Project Funding:
Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate Change
Building and Appliances Taskforce - Project 2
Alignment of National Standby Power Approaches – International Basket of Products Survey
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