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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7653.38"> <TITLE>Energy consumption directives in Europe</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  There is an "EuP Directive" (for Energy Using Products) in Europe, but the details are a little stealth.  The EuP Directive work seems to be concentrated largely on consumer appliances and public and consumer lighting, the low-hanging fruit.  Office equipment, specifically computers and "imaging devices" are slightly further down on the list.  I could not find the technical attachments to the directives that specify watts, so here are a pile of news and official references.  An oldie.  Legalese that speaks to eco-design, but not to watts and volts. - <A HREF="http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/eco_design/directive_2005_32.pdf">http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/eco_design/directive_2005_32.pdf</A> News article on EuP, but still no hard references to docs. - <A HREF="http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197008841">http://www.greensupplyline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197008841</A> More recent news on EuP Directive. - <A HREF="http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/taxonomy/term/709">http://www.leonardo-energy.org/drupal/taxonomy/term/709</A> - <A HREF="http://www.bureauveritas.com/wps/wcm/connect/bv_com/group/home/about-us/our-business/our-business-consumer-products/regulatory_bulletins/eup_standby_offmode_household_office+equipment/?presentationtemplate=bv_master/CPS_full_story_presentation">http://www.bureauveritas.com/wps/wcm/connect/bv_com/group/home/about-us/our-business/our-business-consumer-products/regulatory_bulletins/eup_standby_offmode_household_office+equipment/?presentationtemplate=bv_master/CPS_full_story_presentation</A> - <A HREF="http://www.newark.com/jsp/bespoke/base.jsp?bespokepage=newark/en_US/edworld/legislation-center/EuP/eup-scope.jsp">http://www.newark.com/jsp/bespoke/base.jsp?bespokepage=newark/en_US/edworld/legislation-center/EuP/eup-scope.jsp</A> - <A HREF="http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy-efficiency/eco-design-requirements-energy-products-eup/article-117467">http://www.euractiv.com/en/energy-efficiency/eco-design-requirements-energy-products-eup/article-117467</A> EC commission on energy: - <A HREF="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.htm</A> rick ---------------------- Richard_Landau(at)dell(dot)com, Stds & System Mgt Architecture, CTO Office +1-512-728-9023, One Dell Way, RR5-3, MS RR5-32, Round Rock, TX 78682 </BODY> </HTML>