Louis-Benoit Desroches

Max Tech and Beyond: Maximizing Appliance and Equipment Efficiency by Design

Max Tech and Beyond Maximizing Appliance and Equipment Efficiency by Design Principal Authors Louis-Benoit Desroches and Karina Garbesi (Environmental Energy Technologies Division) Contributing Consultants James Beck, Independent Consultant (Electronics) Nicole Graeber, California Lighting Technologies Center (Lighting) Gunnar Hovstadius, Gunnar Hovstadius Consulting LLC (Pumps) Michael Scholand, Navigant Consulting Inc. (Fluorescent and HID Lighting) Charlie Sellers, Independent Consultant (Motors) Tom Taranto, Data Power Services, LLC (Air Compressors) Paul Waide, Navigant Consulting Inc. (Air Conditioners) Project Contributors Chris Bolduc Gabriel Burch Griffin Hosseinzadeh Seth Saltiel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory One Cyclotron Road Berkeley, CA 94720 July 20, 2011 The work described in this report was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program under Contract No. DE-AC02- 05CH11231.

Appliance Standards and Advanced Technologies

Energy efficiency has long been considered one of the most effective and least costly means of reducing national energy demand. The U.S. Department of Energy runs the appliances and commercial equipment standards program, which sets federal mandatory minimum efficiency levels for many residential appliances, commercial equipment, and lighting products. The Department uses an engineering‐economic analysis approach to determine appropriate standard levels that are technologically feasible and economically justified (i.e., a net positive economic benefit to consumers and the nation as a whole). The program has been very successful and has significantly reduced national energy consumption. Efficiency is also a renewable resource, with many new, even more efficient technologies continuously replacing older ones. There are many promising advanced technologies on the horizon today that could dramatically reduce appliance and commercial equipment energy use even further.

Surveys of Microwave Ovens in U.S. Homes

LBNL-5947E Surveys of Microwave Ovens in U.S. Homes Alison Williams, Hung-Chia (Dominique) Yang, Bereket Beraki, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Scott J. Young, Chun Chun Ni, Henry Willem, Jeffery B. Greenblatt, and Camilla Dunham Whitehead Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA Sally M. Donovan Consultant, Melbourne, Australia Environmental Energy Technologies Division December 2012 This work was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Building Technology, State, and Community Programs, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.