EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS IN US OFFICE EQUIPMENT - EXPECTED POLICY IMPACTS AND UNCERTAINTIES

We create a business as usual scenario for office equipment electricit y use from industry forecasts of equipment sales, surveys of equipment densities by building type, measured data on wattage and usage by equ ipment type and projected lifetimes for equipment. We then calculate e lectricity used by building type and equipment type for Energy Star an d advanced scenarios and explore the sensitivity of these results to v ariations in key input parameters. According to our analysis, the Ener gy Star programme will save the US almost US$1 billion annually starti ng in the year 2000, with minimal expenditure of public funds. Copyrig ht (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.