Websites of Interest

www.epa.gov The United States Environmental Protection Agency is responsible of the development and enforcement of regulations that implement United States environmental laws; the EPA is also responsible for researching and setting national standards for a variety of environmental programs. The EPA websites includes a wealth of information on United States environmental laws and programs affecting the refrigeration, ventilation and appliance industries.

www.energystar.gov The ENERGY STAR^® program is a US government energy efficiency labeling and partnership program. ENERGY STAR^® is likely the largest such program worldwide with over 1 billion ENERGY STAR^® qualified products purchased in the last decade by Americans, and over 7,000 partners. Agreements to promote certain ENERGY STAR^® qualified products were established with government agencies in the European Union, Canada, China, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. The website provides detailed information on minimum efficiency standards to participate in the program and useful energy saving calculators.

http://ec.europa.eu/energy The European Commission website includes information on the latest European environmental programs and legislation setting minimum efficiency standards for the ventilation, refrigeration and appliance industries.