Background of ENERGY STAR®

In order to help the consumers to choose the more efficient electric and electrical appliances and to achieve the goal of environmental protection, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established the ENERGY STAR® program in the year of 1992. The products with ENERGY STAR® label should comply with the energy efficiency requirement set up by the Department of Energy (DOE) and EPA. The consumers of U.S. will choose the energy saving products mainly based on this label. At the same time, according to relevant federal decree, the U.S. government will give priority to purchase the products with the ENERGY STAR® label. Now, the ENERGY STAR® program has become one of the most acceptable energy efficiency label systems in the U.S. market. 

New regulation for ENERGY STAR®

According to the new regulation for ENERGY STAR® which began in 1992, those electric and electrical appliances which complied with the energy efficiency requirement set up by DOE and EPA could put on the ENERGY STAR® label voluntarily after registered with EPA. Testing and confirmation of a third party testing laboratory were not needed.
In the beginning of 2010, EPA, together with DOE, has issued the new regulation for ENERGY STAR® program: From the 1st of Jan. of 2011, the manufacturers who apply for the ENERGY STAR® label should submit the certificate and test report issued by an accredited certification body and testing laboratory to EPA. Detailed testing data required by relevant product specification and standard should be included in the test report.

CVC’s qualification

In the June of 2011, with the accreditation of CNAS and EPA, Guangzhou Vkan Certification & Testing Institute (CVC) has become the accredited testing laboratory for ENERGY STAR® label. With rich experience of energy efficiency testing and excellence testing equipments, CVC can provide local, convenient and efficient testing and certification services for ENERGY STAR® label to the clients, helping them to export their electric and electrical products to the U.S. market. 

Service scope

Now, CVC can provide ENERGY STAR® label testing service for the following products:
  Decorative Light Strings
  Residential Refrigerators/Freezers
  Room Air Conditioners
  Audio/Video
  Set-Top Boxes
  Ceiling Fans - (Only for Ceiling Fans without lighting).
  Ventilating Fans
  Computers
      Displays
  Battery Charging Systems
      Dehumidifiers

Testing and Certification process

• Communication of the project, confirmation for the application
• Send samples for testing
• CVC conducts the testing and issues the test report
• If the test result complies with relevant requirement, CVC will help the client to submit the documents to the certification body and EPA for issuing the certificate and registration
• Annual surveillance

Contact us

• Contact person：Ms. Zhu
• Tel.：020-32293693
• Email：zhujl@cvc.org.cn
  
  
• Contact person：Mr. Wu
• Tel.：020-32293693
• Email：wuhj@cvc.org.cn