An Information and CommunicationTechnology industry initiative started almost one-and-a-half year back for energy efficiency has finally made government make some move which today announced energy efficiency label for laptops.
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) today announced BEE Star Label version 1 for laptops. The guidelines announced by BEE are based on United Sates Energy version 5 guidelines.
"US Star energy version 5 is the base for BEE standard announced today," said Ashwini Aggarwal, executive editor, Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology.
"This had been long awaited launch. It is going to sidelines low quality products in the market, especially cheap and energy inefficient imported products," added Aggarwal.
P Umashankar, secretary, Ministry of Power appreciated timing of issuing the BEE guidelines.