UNIT
TED STATEES ENVIRONNMENTAL P ROTECTIOON AGENCYY
WASHING
GTON, D.C. 20460

OFFIICE OFN
AIR AND RADIATION

Decem
mber 30, 2014
Dear Televisions Partner or Oth
her Interested Party:
The U.S. Environm
mental Protecttion Agency (EPA) is pleassed to provide
e you with thee Final Versio
on
7.0 ENNERGY STAR® Television
ns specificatioon. EPA wouldd like to thankk the many sttakeholders
d time and effo
ort over the past year to co
ontribute feeddback to this specification
who have investedess. The effec
ctive date for this ENERGYY STAR Televvisions specifiication is Octo
ober 30, 2015
5.
proce
es the Agency
y’s final decis
sions regardin
ng these new requirementss and outlinessThis letter describe
the prrocess for cerrtifying produc
cts under the new specifica
ation.
This specification establishes ne
ew On Mode power consu
umption requirrements for Televisions,ding both HD TVs and thosse with ultra-hhigh definitionn resolution. The new criterria represent ainclud
n sizes—good selection of models from a variety of manufacturers across a variiety of screen
ding larger scrreen sizes tha
at continue too grow in popu
ularity—all off which offer superior
includency. If all teleevisions sold in the United States were ENERGY ST
TAR certified, the cost
efficiegs would groww to more thaan $800 millio
on each year a nd more thaan 11 billion pounds ofsaving
al greenhousee gas emissio
ons would be prevented, eq
quivalent to the emissionss from over 1.1
annua
n vehicles.
millionIn adddition, the spe
ecification esttablishes new
w power consu
umption requirements for StandbyActivee, Low Mode and Standby Passive Moddes. Finally, itt offers partne
ers the ability to highlightd set-top box functionality, indicate addiitional picture
ethin client capabilitty that allows for integrated
settings that also meet ENERGYY STAR criteria, and ship TVs with a ve
ery high maximum screenminance best optimized for home viewin
ng. The speciffication refere
ences thebrighttness at a lum
ergy’s Test Prrocedure for Television Se
ets—Appendixx H to Subparrt B of 10 CFRRDepartment of Ene0—and also inncludes a suppplemental tesst procedure t o ensure full network conn
nectivity for§ 430
ucts tested in Standby-Activve, Low Modee.
produ
The Version 7.0 Te
elevisions spe
ecification wa
as developed through exten
nsive engage
ement withding several draft specifica
ations and meeetings. Stakeeholder commments,
stakeholders includ
ous draft vers
sions of the sp
pecification, inncluding the F inal Draft, an
nd related ma
aterials can bee
previofound on the ENER
RGY STAR website at wwww.energystar .gov/RevisedSpecs under the link forvisions.”“TelevThis Final Version 7.0 specificattion is substa
antively uncha
anged from th
he Final Draft.. EPA receive
edments from a few stakeholdders requestinng a delayed effective datee. EPA has shhifted thecomm
ght of the holid
day and earlyy January drivvers for TV pa
artners.
effecttive date into October in lig
ever, due to th
he already hig
gh market sha
are of productts that curren
ntly meet Verssion 6.1, EPAAHowe
has not shifted to the requested
d dates in Dec
cember 2015 or early 20166, as doing soo would
mpact of the specification on the 2015 m odel year. Manufacturers will be able tocompromise the imnue to certify TVs to Versioon 6.1 until Ju
une 2015 and can market those units att ENERGYcontin
R through Octtober 2015.
STARTranssition Timelinne and Next Steps: EPA shares its parrtners’ desire for a smoothh transition
Y STAR speciification versio
on to the nexxt, such that ENERGY STA
AR labeledfrom one ENERGY
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ucts meet the latest require
ements when they go into e ffect and partners have time toprodu
ateral materiaal. With this inn mind and coonsistent withh its approachh for othertransition their colla
uct categoriess, EPA is sharring the follow
wing timeline f or transitioninng to Version
n 7.0:
produ
Effective December
D30,, 2014, Partne
ers may electt to have theirr EPA-recogn
nizedcertification body (CB) certifyctheir eligible produccts to the Verssion 7.0 requirements.

Bs will be insttructed to stop
p certifying ne
ew product su
ubmittals to
After June 15, 2015, CB
ever, that exissting certificattions will rem
main valid for ppurposes of
Version 6.1. Note, howeSqualificcation until Oc
ctober 30, 20 15.
ENERGY STAR

sions manufactured as of October 30, 2 015, must me
eet Version 7.0
Any televis
ns of productss to therequirements to bear the ENERGY STAR mark. A ll certification
GY STAR qua
alification anddVersion 6.1 specification will be invalid for purposses of ENERG
CBs will on
nly submit pro
oduct models certified to V ersion 7.0 to EPA.

se note that ENERGY STA
AR partnershipp as a manufa
acturer is limiited to organizzations thatPlease a brand nam
me under whic
ch they sell elligible produccts in the United States
own and/or licenseor Canada. Paartnership is not available to original equuipment manufacturers (OOEMs) that dooand/onot seell directly to consumers orr end users. OEMs may ce
ertify productss on behalf off the ENERGYYSTARR brand owners/licensees; however the brand ownerr must be the ENERGY ST
TAR partner
ciated directly
y with the certtified product models, sincee only partners are authoriized to use thheassocENER
RGY STAR ceertification maark.
Thirdd-party Certiffication: As a reminder, all new productts must be ce
ertified by an EPA­
gnized CB beffore being lab
beled and marrketed as EN ERGY STARR. Upon satisfa
actoryrecog
ertification req
quirements, a CB will notify
fy the Partnerr that the prod
duct iscompletion of all ce
RGY STAR ceertified and will submit certtified product data to EPA for listing on the ENERGYYENER
STAR
R website. Forr more inform
mation on the Third-party C ertification prrogram pleasee visit
www.energystar.go
ov/3rdPartyCeert.
EPA thanks stakehholders who provided feedback during t he specificatiion revision process andorking with yoou as you cerrtify and markket your energ
gy-efficient Teelevision
looks forward to woucts. If you ha
ave any questtions or conce
erns about thee specificationn or partnersh
hip process,produ
please feel free to contact me at (202) 343-99845 or Radullovic.Verena@@epa.gov. Foor any
ethod, pleasee contact Jere
emy Dommu, DOE, at (2022) 586-9870 orquesttions related to the Test MeJerem
my.Dommu@eee.doe.gov

Thankk you for yourr continued su
upport of ENE
ERGY STAR..
Best Regards,Verenna Radulovic, Product Mannager
RGY STAR foor Consumer Electronics
ENER

Encloosures:
AR Program Requirementss for Televisio
ons
Final Version 7.0 ENERGY STA
n 7.0 Commen
nt Response Document
Final Draft Version

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