Rahman K., Yusof M., Salleh M., Leman A., 2015, Implementation of Energy Efficiency Standards and Labelling For Household Electrical Appliances: A Comparison among Asian Countries, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 45, 1663-1668.
The depleting of energy sources all over the world has make energy efficiency (EE) among the popular strategies to educate the consumer. The implementation of EE Standards and Labelling (S&L) was introduced to help consumers to identify efficient household electrical appliances before purchasing them. EE S&L are commonly used in many countries around the world, including Malaysia. However, the experience with EE S&L varies across different countries. This paper compares the implementation of S&L in Malaysia with similar programs in some Asian countries including Indonesia, Singapore, China and South Korea. It is mostly concerned with the international situation and the other countries' experience with EE S&L especially for the residential sector. Malaysia has adopted the minimum energy performance standard (MEPS), which was developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as a method for S&L. Currently, MEPS is only applied for five types of household electrical appliances. The recommendations to improve the implementation of S&L for other household electrical appliances in Malaysia are also discussed. Based on the comparisons and reviews with other country experiences, there are many advantages for Malaysia if S&L programs can be implemented to cater a much wider range of household electrical appliances.
