Consultation on sustainable products - improving the efficiency of energy using products

On the 5th December 2007 AEA Energy & Environment, as lead contractor on the Government’s Market Transformation Programme (MTP), on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), issued a consultation on sustainable products. This consultation implements an Energy White Paper commitment to publish a series of papers analysing how the performance of a range of energy-using products will need to improve over the next 10 – 20 years. It forms part of a wider annual review and policy development process, supporting delivery of the Government’s objectives for energy and for sustainable consumption and production.

Eleven separate papers cover the following areas:

  • Domestic lighting products
  • Domestic cold appliances
  • Domestic wet products
  • Domestic cooking products
  • Information and communication technology (ICT) products
  • Air conditioning products
  • Motor driven systems
  • Commercial refrigeration
  • Commercial lighting products
  • Street lighting and traffic signals
  • Domestic heating and hot water systems

    The consultation will close on Wednesday, 27 February 2008.

    Further information is available from: http://www.mtprog.com/whitepaper.aspx

    Source: www.defra.gov.uk (accessed 02/01/08)

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