UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCYWASHINGTON, D.C. 20460

OFFICE OF
AIR AND RADIATION

September 6, 2012
Dear Television Manufacturer or Other Interested Party:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pleased to provide you with the Final
Version 6.0 ENERGY STAR® Televisions specification. EPA would like to thank the many
stakeholders who have invested time and effort over the past year to contribute feedback to thisproduct specification process. The effective date for this ENERGY STAR Television
specification is June 1, 2013. This letter describes the Agency’s final decisions regarding these
new requirements and outlines the process for qualifying products under the new specification.
This specification establishes new On Mode power consumption requirements for Televisions. If
all TVs sold in the United States met the new ENERGY STAR requirements, Americans would
save over $700 million in energy costs, while reducing annual greenhouse gas emissions
equivalent to that of nearly 900,000 cars.
The specification references the Department of Energy’s Test Procedure for Television Sets
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking as the Test Method. In addition, the specification requires that
network connected products be tested in Standby-Active, Low Mode and establishes a hierarchy
for testing network connected products in this mode.
The Version 6.0 Televisions specification was developed through extensive engagement withstakeholders including numerous draft specifications and meetings. Stakeholder comments,
previous draft versions of the specification, including the Final Draft, and related materials can befound on the ENERGY STAR website at www.energystar.gov/RevisedSpecs under the link for“Televisions.”
EPA is not making any substantive modifications to the Version 6.0 specification from the Final
Draft, other than those outlined in the August 10 letter, such that the picture setting definitions
have been clarified, and products with ABC enabled will continue to qualify using the approachin the Version 5.3 specification.
Timeline and Next Steps:
EPA shares Partners’ desire for a smooth transition from one ENERGY STAR specification tothe next, so that consumers can expect ENERGY STAR labeled products to fully meet the latest
requirements upon their effective date. With this in mind, EPA has established the following
timeline:•Effective September 6, 2012, manufacturers may elect to have their Certification Body(CB) certify their eligible products to the Version 6.0 requirements.
Page 1 of 2•After Januuary 15, 2013,, CBs will be instructed to stop certifyinng new produuct submittals
to Versionn 5.3. Note, hoowever, that existing
ecertiffications will remain valid for purposesof ENERGGY STAR quaalification unttil June 1, 20 13.

•Any Telev
visions manuffactured as off June 1, 20133, must meet V
Version 6.0 reequirements tto
bear the EN
NERGY STAAR mark. All certificationss of products tto the Versionn 5.3specificatioon will be inv
valid for purp
poses of ENER
RGY STAR qqualification and CBs willl
only subm
mit product moodels certified
d to Version 66.0 to EPA.

d-party Certiification:
ThirdAs a reminder,rall new productss must be certtified by an E
EPA recognizeed CB before being labeledd
and marketedmas ENNERGY STA
AR. Upon satiisfactory com
mpletion of alll certification requirementss,
a CB will notify th
he partner thatt the product is ENERGY STAR qualifi
fied and will ssubmit
qualiffied product datad to EPA foor listing on thet ENERGYY STAR webssite. For moree informationon thee Third-party Certification program pleaase visit wwww.energystar.ggov/3rdPartyCCert.
EPA thanks
tstakehholders who provided
pfeedbback during tthe specificatiion revision pprocess andlooks forward to workingw
with youy as you quualify and maarket your eneergy-efficient Television
produ
ucts. If you haave any questiions or conceerns about thee specificationn or partnershhip process,pleasee feel free to contact
cme att (202) 343-98
845 or Raduloovic.verena@@epa.gov. Forr any questionns
related to the Test Method, pleaase contact Asshley Armstroong, DOE, atArmstrong.Ashley@ee.doe.govv.

Thankk you for you
ur continued support of EN
NERGY STARR.
Best Regards,Rna Radulovic,, Product Man
nager
VerenENER
RGY STAR forf Consumerr Electronics

Encloosures:
Final Version 6.0 ENERGYEST
TAR Program Requirementts for Televisions
Final Draft Version
n 6.0 Commeent-Response DocumentAugu
ust 10, 2012 LetterLto Stakeeholders Com
mment-Responnse Documennt

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