The Bureau of Energy Efficiency in India has finally decided to make energy labelling for electrical appliances, starting January 2010. Initailly it will be only refrigerators, air conditioners, tubelights and transformers that will come under the purview of the rule. Pumps, televisions, fans, etc will come later.
Under the proposal, ratings will be given on the basis of total energy consumed by the item.
The question then is: how many consumers will bother? Will cost or efficiency rule? Any doubts?
True, the BEE has been advertising efficiency on the media and a survey by National Productivity Council says BEE helped save 1500 MW through its schemes/campaigns. But the average Indian still remains blissfully unaware of energy consumption and the need for conservation.
Is it enough to have such labelling or take a step more and do what California did in banning high energy guzzling television sets from 2012?
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