California Energy Commission New Standards for Battery Chargers
California has been a leader on energy efficiency standards that become the basis for federal standards. The California Energy Commission has approved energy saving standards for many household products, including: refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, heat clothes dryers, pumps, boilers, furnaces water heaters, lighting, and most recently, televisions.
The California Energy Commission approved a brand new energy efficiency standard on 12 January 2012 that will reduce wasted energy by battery chargers commonly used to power cell phones, digital cameras, cordless telephones, laptop and tablet computers, power tools, and other devices.The new standards should reduce the wasted electricity from powering the day-to-day appliances by about 40 percent.
Consumer chargers used in cell phones, personal care devices, and power tools will be required to comply with the new standards by 1 February 2013. Industrial charger compliance (e.g. forklifts) is required by 1 January 2014. Compliance for small commercial chargers (such as walkie talkies and portable barcode scanners) is required by 1 January 2017.
All manufacturers, importers and the other parties involved in the product distribution
network have to comply with the new energy efficiency standards by the deadlines
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