Energy Star Rating in India

Energy Star rating in India is related to the energy efficiency of an appliance, higher star rating consumes less energy when we compare it with the same capacity of a less star rating appliance. A higher star rating means more energy-efficient appliances. It means companies manufacture appliances with different technologies/designs which gives different energy consumption for the same capacity, but the cost of the appliance also varies – higher rating appliances are costlier than low rating.
The Ministry of Power launched a scheme named Standards & Labels (S&L) in May 2006 under the energy conservation act 2001 which was undertaken by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE). Therefore, the star label of an appliance is provided by BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency). There is a process to get star labels for a product. First of all, the company has to send the equipment to the NABL lab to get the results. The report of the product is shared with BEE for examination. The product is then undergone a testing procedure set by BEE & based on an output of the equipment in terms of energy consumption, star rating (from 1 star to 5 stars) is provided. A star rating, ranging from 1 to 5 in the ascending order of energy efficiency is provided to products registered with the BEE.

Presently, the energy star rating is provided to 27 appliances/equipment in which 10 nos are mandatory appliances while 17 nos are voluntary appliances (reference – beeindia.gov.in/content/standards-labeling). Details are given below –

A. MANDATORY APPLIANCES

•  Room Air Conditioner
• Frost Free Refrigerator
• Tubular Fluorescent Lamp
• Transformer
• Room Air Conditioners (Cassettes & Floor Standing)
• Direct Cool Refrigerator
•  Color TV
•  Electric Geysers
• Variable Capacity Inverter Air Conditioner
• LED lamps

B. Energy Star Rating in India VOLUNTARY APPLIANCES

11) Induction motor (general-purpose industrial motor)
12) Pump sets
13) Ceiling Fan
14) LPG Stoves
15) Washing Machine
16) Computer (Notebook & Laptops)
17) Ballast (Electronic & Magnetic)
18) Office Equipment (Printer, Copier, Scanner, MFD’s)
19) Diesel Engine Driven Mono Set Pumps
20) Solid State Inverter
21) DG Sets
22) Chillers
23) Microwave Oven
24) Solar Water Heater
25) Light Commercial Air Conditioner
26) Deep Freezers
27) General purpose Industrial motor

What is ISEER?

The ISEER stands for Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio which BEE uses to calculate star ratings for air conditioners. It allows AC manufacturers to manufacture more efficient ACs for India climate conditions. ISEER is evaluated by SEER of the United States.