Energy Saving Labeling Program
Under the Energy Conservation Law, labeling of product name, model, energy
consumption efficiency and power/fuel consumption of each designated product ismandatory. But that labeling does not require energy consumption performance of a
product to be labeled in terms of a relative comparison with that of other products.

In order to provide consumers with information on energy consumption efficiency thatis easier to understand, the voluntary Energy Saving Labeling Program was launchedon August 21, 2000. That can lead consumers to compare energy efficiencies so thatthey can select products with higher energy efficiency when making a purchase.
As of March 2015, the labeling is applied to 21 products.

Voluntary Energy Saving Labeling Program for Efficiency Improvement of HomeAppliances
・What is energy labeling?

Officially gazetted on August 21, 2000. Voluntary program based on JIS.
Generally shown in product catalogues and on actual product, etc.
・21 products as of March 2015

air conditioners, electric refrigerators, TV sets, electric freezers, lighting
equipment, electric toilet seats, electric rice cookers, microwave ovens, DVDrecorders, gas cooking appliances, gas water heaters, oil water heaters,computers, magnetic disk units, space heaters, transformers, routers,
switching units, AC motors, Self-ballasted LED lamps, Electric waterheaters(heat pump type water supply systems).
・Information shown on the label

Symbol mark, Top Runner target fiscal year, Achievement rate relative to Top
Runner target, Energy consumption efficiency

An energy saving label typically consists of the energy conservation logo incombination with information on target year, achievement rate of energy efficiency
standards, and energy consumption efficiency.

The energy conservation logo is colored in orange for a product which doesn't achieve
the target standards of energy efficiency, and while colored in green for a productachieves over 100% of the target standards. The "achievement rate of energy efficiency

standards" is given as a percentage indicating how far the product's energy efficiency
is improved from the target value. The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI) designates and promulgates the criteria to serve as judgment guidelines foreach product.

Energy-Saving Labeling Program◆The energy-saving labeling System has been introduced to inform consumers of energy efficiency ofhome appliances and to promote energy-efficient products.
It has been introduced since August 2000.
Examples of energy-saving labeling

As of March 2015, this labeling program covers the following 21 Top Runner products:
air conditioners/ electric refrigerators/ TV sets/ electric freezers/ lighting equipment/
electric toilet seats/ electric rice cookers/ microwave ovens/ DVD recorders/ gas cooking
appliances/ gas water heaters/ oil water heaters/ computers/ magnetic disk units/ spaceheaters/ transformers/ routers/ switching units/ AC motors/ Self-ballasted LED lamps/
Electric water heaters(heat pump type water supply systems)
Furthermore, in order to provide easy-to-understand information to consumers, theuniform energy-saving label system for retailers was introduced in October 2006.

Energy-Saving Labeling System for Retailers◆The Revised Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy enforced in April 2006 stipulates thatretailers shall make efforts to provide information. In light of this, a guideline was formulated,
including providing information by using uniform energy saving The system started in October
2006.

Target Products Covered by the Labeling Program
Equipment

Energy Uniform Target
Saving Energy
Fiscallabeling savingyear
system label(*)

Air conditioners●TV sets●●

2010―2012

●

2003
2012

Energy Consumption
Efficiency(Unit)

Notes

APF

Cooling & heating for home-use,wall-hung & non-ducted typeFor home-use and other thanabove

CRT
Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

LCD/Plasma TV sets

Electricrefrigerators

●

●

2010

Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

Electric freezers

●

●

2010

Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

Electric ricecookers

●

△

2008

Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

2008

Energy consumption
efficiency(lm/W)●Lightingequipment●*for
residential
only△
△
●

●

2012

Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

DVD recorders

●

△

2008
2010

Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)

Video cassetterecorders

―

△

2003

Space heaters

●

―2006

△

2006

Gas water heaters

Oil water heaters

●

●

●

*Fuelusage

2008

△

2006

*Fuelusage

2008

△
*Fuel
usage

Electric waterheaters (Heatpump water typesupply systems)●

Computers●

Magnetic disk
units

●

―Transformers

●――

2006

2017

2011
2011
2014
2014

AC Motors●―Self- ballasted fluorescent lamp(s)Self-ballasted LED lamps

Electric toilet
seats

Gas cooking
appliances

Lighting equipment fluorescentlamp(s)2015

Energy consumption
efficiency(W)Energy consumption
efficiency (%)
Energy consumption
efficiency (% or Wh)
Energy consumption
efficiency (%)

Space heaters using gas or oil forfuel
Gas burner
Grill/ oven
Gas instant water heaters/ bathtubs with hot water supply
functions
Gas water heater for spaceheating

Energy consumption
efficiency (%)
The annual water heating
and retaining efficiency/
Eco cute
the annual water heating
efficiency
Energy consumption
efficiency (W/GTOPS)
Energy consumption
efficiency (W/GB)
Energy consumption
efficiency (W)Energy consumption
efficiency (%)

Oil-filled transformers
Molded transformers
Three-phase induction motors
onlyRouters

●―

2010

Switching units

●―

2011

―

―

2017

―

―

2017

Printers

―

―

2017

Vending machines

―

―

2012

Copyingmachines
Multifunction
devices

Passenger
vehicles

―

―

2020
2015

Energy consumption
efficiency (W)Energy consumption
efficiency (W/Gbps)
Energy consumption
efficiency (Wh)Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)
Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)
Annual power
consumption (kWh/year)
Fuel efficiencyvalues(km/L)

2014
Freight vehicles

―

―

2014

Fuel efficiency
values(km/L)

2015

Gasoline, diesel, LP gas, small
buses
Gasoline, diesel, route buses,
ordinary buses
Diesel(2.5t or less)
Gasoline(2.5t or less)
Gasoline, diesel(3.5t or less),trucks, tractors

Insulation
Materials

―

―

2022

Thermalconductivity(W/m.k)

Building materials with heat loss
prevention

Sashes――2022

Thermalconductivity(W/m.k)heat loss coefficientMulti-paned
glazing

―

―

2022

Thermalconductivity(W/m.k)heat loss coefficient●Multistage rating system is available△Multistage rating system is NOT available*The uniform energy-saving label provides information on expected electricity bills, rating in the multi-stage rating
system, and energy conservation information in an integrated manner.