A voluntary agreement (VA) by the pay-TV industry, makers...
A voluntary agreement (VA) by the pay-TV industry, makers of consumer electronics and energy conservation advocates on energy standards for set-top boxes (CD July 24/12 p12) has saved U.S. consumers around $168 million on energy bills and 842,000 metric tons…
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of carbon dioxide, said NCTA in a blog post Thursday (http://bit.ly/1lyFTXV). The information on energy saved comes from an annual report (http://bit.ly/1tP3svy) on the VA by an independent administrator hired by the VA participants, said a CEA news release on the report. Under the VA, 85 percent of set-tops bought by pay-TV providers in 2013 met the EPA’s Energy Star 3.0 efficiency levels, using 14 percent less energy than previous models, NCTA said. The agreement has also led to software updates being deployed to enable light sleep for set-tops already in homes, an auto power-down feature in 90 percent of direct broadcast satellite boxes and energy efficiency information being posted by pay-TV providers for all new boxes, NCTA said. The more-efficient boxes “save consumers money on their electric bill, reduce pollution, and work even better than the old ones used to,” said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.