Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia

Refrigerator-freezers, being one of the major electricity consuming household appliances in Malaysia have become a target for improvement of energy consumption. Until now, Malaysia has not set any standards or labeling for refrigerator-freezers. The objectives of this study are to develop a set o...

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Main Author: Lau, H.M
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2008
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/1/Lau.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/3/Lau%20Hui%20Ming.pdf
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description Refrigerator-freezers, being one of the major electricity consuming household appliances in Malaysia have become a target for improvement of energy consumption. Until now, Malaysia has not set any standards or labeling for refrigerator-freezers. The objectives of this study are to develop a set of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerator-freezers. By referring to ISO (International Standard Organization) Test Standards, a series of experimental investigations have been conducted towards fifteen units of refrigerator-freezers with different capacities and trademarks. From the experimental data, a baseline standard has been developed by statistical approach. A 10% saving line has been developed from the baseline standard. Three types of energy saving labels have been designed and a survey has been conducted towards these labels among the consumers. From the survey response, a comprehensive energy guide label for refrigerator-freezers has been proposed in this project. It has been estimated that 40869.594 MWh of electricity energy could be saved per year by introducing energy efficiency standards to refrigerator-freezers. With the mandatory implementation of energy efficiency standards for refrigerator-freezers, it has been estimated that at least 10% of pollution issues would be reduced in Malaysia.
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spelling unimas-45182023-12-20T09:00:06Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/ Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia Lau, H.M TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Refrigerator-freezers, being one of the major electricity consuming household appliances in Malaysia have become a target for improvement of energy consumption. Until now, Malaysia has not set any standards or labeling for refrigerator-freezers. The objectives of this study are to develop a set of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerator-freezers. By referring to ISO (International Standard Organization) Test Standards, a series of experimental investigations have been conducted towards fifteen units of refrigerator-freezers with different capacities and trademarks. From the experimental data, a baseline standard has been developed by statistical approach. A 10% saving line has been developed from the baseline standard. Three types of energy saving labels have been designed and a survey has been conducted towards these labels among the consumers. From the survey response, a comprehensive energy guide label for refrigerator-freezers has been proposed in this project. It has been estimated that 40869.594 MWh of electricity energy could be saved per year by introducing energy efficiency standards to refrigerator-freezers. With the mandatory implementation of energy efficiency standards for refrigerator-freezers, it has been estimated that at least 10% of pollution issues would be reduced in Malaysia. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2008 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/1/Lau.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/3/Lau%20Hui%20Ming.pdf Lau, H.M (2008) Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Lau, H.M
Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title_full Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title_fullStr Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title_short Importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in Malaysia
title_sort importance of energy efficiency standards and labels for household refrigerators in malaysia
topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/1/Lau.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/4518/3/Lau%20Hui%20Ming.pdf