Our 2012 report, The Efficiency Boom: Cashing In on the Savings from Appliance Standards, is part of a series of analyses by ACEEE and ASAP assessing the impacts of existing standards and the the potential for new and updated appliance standards. Appliance, equipment, and lighting standards have been a cornerstone of U.S. energy policy since Congress enacted the first standards in the 1980s. They have significantly reduced U.S. energy consumption, providing large economic benefits for consumers and businesses.Taking into account products sold from the inception of each national standard through 2035, existing standards will net consumers and businesses more than $1.1 trillion in savings cumulatively. Over the same period, cumulative energy savings will reach more than 200 quads, an amount equal to about two years of total U.S. energy consumption.
This report evaluates potential new or updated standards for 34 product categories that could be adopted within the next four years. Due to federal preemption, many of these standards may only be adopted at the national level, but others may be adopted at the state level first. This substantial set of new and updated standards has the potential to generate enormous additional energy and economic savings.
To read more:
•Download the Executive Summary
•Download the Full Report
•Download the Fact Sheet
Prior Report: 2009 Ka-BOOM