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Project Overview

ASAP and ACEEE's March 2006 report, Leading the Way: Continued Opportunities for New State Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards, showed how states have led the nation to improved energy efficiency and identified additional products for which new state energy-saving standards make sense. In 2007 Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA), which introduced legislation that created federal standards on thirteen new products, several of which were recommended in our 2006 report. Our 2008 update goes beyond the recently enacted national standards, providing the technical information and impact analysis needed for states interested in saving more energy with new product standards. The 2008 update highlights eight products that are not currently covered by federal standards. For each newly recommended standard we provide detailed information on the product, market and the specifc technical standard, which can be found by clicking on the Product Descriptions link below. State-by-state impact data can be found using the map in our Energy Efficiency Standards Benefits section.

Previous Reports

2006 Leading the Way

2005 Leading the Way

Product Descriptions

Click above to see detailed product descriptions as well as a synopsis of the individual efficiency standards we are advocating and basic technical information of the products.

Energy Efficiency Standards Benefits

Click on a state below to bring up its individual Energy Efficiency Standards Benefits table, in pdf format. The tables include energy consumption and dollar savings estimates, as well as estimates on avoided emissions and peak load capacity reductions.