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MEPS − Televisions April 2005
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A study produced for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority by
Wise Analysis Ltd
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Preface Introduction New Zealand has a trade agreement with Australia, which requires that products lawful for sale in Australia, originating from or through Australia, may be lawfully sold in New Zealand and vice versa. New Zealand is therefore obliged to consider implementing any action taken by Australia affecting the appliance and equipment
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Minimum Energy Performance Standards − Televisions a study for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority April 2005 produced by Wise Analysis Ltd P O Box 10-186 Wellington 6036 New Zealand Disclaimer While every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the material in this report, the author
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Minimum Energy Performance Standards − Televisions CONTENTS Executive Summary 1 Introduction 1.1 Background 2 Product Description 2.1 General 2.2 Transmission Types 2.3 Television Types 2.4 Sources of Product 3 Market Profile 3.1 All Television Types 3.2 Wide-screen Televisions Summary 4 Energy Consumption 4.1 Household Energy Con
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 11 Recommended Policy Options for New Zealand 11.1 General Policy Recommendations 11.2 MEPS 11.3 Labelling Scheme 11.4 Consultation Summary 12 Implementation Program 13 Summary and Conclusions References Appendix A − Potential Stakeholders List of Tables Table 1: General comparison between New Zealand and Australia Table 2: Estim
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 GLOSSARY AGO Australian Greenhouse Office ANZ Australian and New Zealand AS Australian Standard AS/NZS Joint Australian and New Zealand standard BAU Business as Usual BRANZ Building Research Association of New Zealand CO -e Carbon dioxide equivalent 2 Comparative label A type of product label that indicates not only that the product meets specific
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Executive Summary This report provides a New Zealand perspective on Australian proposals to introduce a MEPS and comparative labelling scheme. It recommends that a MEPS and comparative labelling scheme for televisions in New Zealand should be implemented in tandem with Australia. The MEPS should cover both on-mode and standby energy consumption. The se
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 The effect of the Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement means that goods that are acceptable for sale in one jurisdiction can legally be sold anywhere in Australia and New Zealand. If Australia has a mandatory MEPS regime − which now seems unlikely − and New Zealand does not, theoretically it would be possible to import non-compliant TVs to Australi
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 1 Introduction 1.1 Background In November 2004 the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority commissioned Wise Analysis Ltd to provide a review of the document “Minimum Energy Performance Standards − 1 Televisions” which was prepared for the Australian Greenhouse Office by Energy Consult Pty Ltd. In particular this report was to “provide a New Ze
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Table 1: General comparison between New Zealand and Australia New Zealand Australia Area 268,000 sq km 7,682,300 sq km Population 4 million 20 million GDP $120 billion = A$105 billion $750 billion Per capita GDP NZ$30,000 = A$26,000 A$37,000 Principal exports Primary (rural) products (54%) Resources (45%), rural (30%) On a purely population basi
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 compared with existing analogue services while High-definition television (HDTV) provides cinema-quality viewing with surround sound. Digital television will be broadcast in wide- screen format in both SDTV and HDTV (HDTV broadcasting began only recently). New Zealand has committed to the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) European-based standards. A s
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 advent of remote switching controls made it imperative that the voltage was removed by a solid state switching device, able to be turned on by the remote control. But this “holding off” uses power itself, and when the TV is in this mode it is termed “passive standby” or just standby. In this report where standby is used it means passive standby. The sam
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Plasma and rear projection sets use approximately double the power of CRT type TVs. For example the NAEEEC Store Survey measurements showed a mean-in-use power of 156.5W for Plasma sets, and 150.4W for projection sets, compared with 79.1W for CRT sets. (iii) Rear Projection Rear projection televisions are wide-screen televisions that beam images f
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Data on the overall ownership profile for televisions in New Zealand became limited when licensing ceased in 1999, and data collection is now only carried out by Statistics New Zealand and through surveys by firms such as A C Nielsen, all of whom charge for detailed information. The data in Table 2 was obtained from Statistics New Zealand’s Household
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 per year plus an allowance for market growth. Figures for sales into the retail market show that the New Zealand market for the last three years is as follows: Table 4A: New Zealand annual TV market based on type 2001-02 units 2002-03 units 2003-04 units Standard 4:3 173,967 231,095 272,080 Widescreen 16:9 9,170 23,089 40,784 Unidentified 875 5,9
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 Summary − TV demographics The total number of TVs in New Zealand is around 2,785,600 with overall television penetration is around 98%. Television ownership is now in excess of 1.86 televisions per household and increasing slightly. The TV market is dominated by three major suppliers − Sony, Philips and Panasonic. Slimline TVs are increasing their ma
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 principal TV is assumed to have the assumed usage of 440 Wh above, but second and subsequent TVs in a household use only 50% of this energy or 220 Wh per day. The total energy use would then be 322 GWh. These figures are shown in the following table: Table 5: Energy usage against TV penetration Estimated Total Energy usage Number of TVs in number
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 4.2 Trends in TV Power Consumption No available measurement data has been obtained for New Zealand. The energy consumption characteristics of TVs will however be similar to those measured in Australian store surveys and intrusive surveys commissioned by NAEEEC4 over the last four years, and previous studies of residential appliances are summarized b
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 (e) Set top boxes 12 Figures for US set top box power usage were given in Rainer et al 2004. Table 7: Average Set Top Box Power Levels Type Standby (W) In-use (W) Analogue cable 10 12 Digital cable 22 23 Satellite 16 17 Internet Protocol TV 14 15 Digital TV adaptor 8 17 They say that “Reducing the energy use of set-top boxes is complicated
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MEPS − Televisions April 2005 6 Standards Development There are currently no national or international standards applying to the energy consumption of TVs. A new joint standard, AS/NZS 62087:2004 that defines the methods of measurement for the power consumption of audio, video and related equipment has recently been published. This standard derives from international standard IEC
