Sunday, 3 January 2016

UMDA work shop on BEE speech by Ramesh shivanna 17.4.2015



UPS manufacturers and dealer association- BIS standards and star rating for the UPS work shop 


Day by day we see the human life dependency of the electricity is increasing. Buildings are increasingly responsible for hosting number of energy consuming electronics and electrical equipment's  and general electronic products such as Refrigerators, washing machines and Air conditioning units, people with middle income groups are also buying high-end equipments. Also the formal and informal market of inefficient electrical products, influences the unprecedented energy consumption at household level. Therefore, Ministry of Power has established the Bureau of Energy Efficiency to monitor, register and verify the Energy Star Labeled equipment's which are more energy efficient and saves money for the consumers.
The consumers’ are in dilemma to know-how and select the best category of appliance according to their needs and requirement. There was a need for standards and labeling program because of wide variation in energy consumption of products, information on energy consumption being often not easily available or easy to understand from the nameplate and leading to continued manufacture and purchase of inefficient equipment's and appliances.
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has established comparative star labeling system for indoor appliances like tubular fluorescent lamps, refrigerators (frost free and direct cool), and air conditioners. Other appliances include distribution transformer, induction motors, pump sets, ceiling fans, LPG, electric geysers and colour TV.  But we all of us used to speak about bringing standards in the Inverter and UPS which equally used now days and become basic need in any house , commercial and industries. In fact from UMDA we had separate committee formed to build a specification and recommended to Bureau of India standards and also published in our publications to follow by all our members.
Today we all should welcome the BEE, which is extended the star rating mandatory to Inverter and UPS. This will help the industry to bring a standard in the product
More the number of stars more are the energy efficiency of the appliance. There are six significant benefits from this program which include providing information on energy use to consumers, enabling consumers to reduce energy bills, reducing capital investment in energy supply infrastructure, strengthening competitive markets, mitigating climate change goals and reducing urban/regional pollution.
Ladies and gentle this is a time to know and create awareness ourselves. The UL being a certifying agency also took initiative to educate us. We take this opportunity to welcome them for supporting us to conduct this workshop today.
We well come all the UL team, also well come all the managing committee and last but not the least all the members you all. Hearty welcome to you all
Thank you

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