Energy input labeling
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The term energy input labeling involves producers of goods and services determining the amount of energy used to produce their product and then including that information on their product packaging.{{cite web|url=http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ciotola/eil/EIL_Standards_08_v1_0.pdf |title=Energy Input Labeling Standards : 2008 v10 |publisher=Userwww.sfsu.edu |accessdate=2013-09-08}} Energy input labeling is sometimes known by the acronym EIL. Energy input labeling provides the advantage of knowing how much energy was used to produce a product, but it does not indicate how much energy a product uses to operate, such as the European Union energy label or the Energy rating label used in Australia and New Zealand, and is not in itself a standard for energy efficiency such as Energy Saving Trust Recommended or Energy Star.
History
Energy input labeling originated as a project by several energy and economics activists to explore energy accounting.[http://www.technocracy.org/EIL_Report_to_CHQ.pdf]{{dead link|date=September 2013}}
Usage in industry
Energy input labeling is intended to be easy for producers to implement,{{cite web|url=http://pavilionrc.typepad.com/energy_input_labeling/calculating_energy_inputs/ |title=Energy Input Labeling: Calculating Energy Inputs |publisher=Pavilionrc.typepad.com |date= |accessdate=2013-09-08}} At minimum, they can report and label the energy used by their firm to produce products, which is called "Energy Inputs Added", sometimes merely "Energy Added." If a firm is able to also account for all of the energy imputed by its suppliers, then a firm can report and label "Total Energy Inputs" or "Total Energy", but this is rare. Energy Input Labeling is being used and further developed by the European Organization for Sustainability.{{cite web |url=http://wiki.eoslife.eu/index.php/EIL_framework |title=EIL framework - European Organisation for Sustainability - Wiki |publisher=Wiki.eoslife.eu |date=2009-11-21 |accessdate=2013-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006122937/http://wiki.eoslife.eu/index.php/EIL_framework |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }}
By country
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In Japan, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150724162202/http://www.climatepolicy.jp/thesis/pdf/09035dp.pdf Top Runner Program] is run, in which new appliances are regularly tested on efficiency, and the most efficient ones are made the standard.
See also
- European Union energy label, description of European Union energy label
- EnergyGuide, United States energy label
- Energy rating label, energy label in Australia and New Zealand
- China Energy Label, the energy label used in China
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20121215024009/http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~ciotola/eil/ Userwww.sfsu.edu]
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=khVWQFqnkYEC&dq=energy+input+labeling&pg=PA73 Books.google.com.au]
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