Buyers are strongly encouraged to look out for Energy Labels, which help you to identify more energy efficient appliances, when purchasing household such as air-conditioners, refrigerators, clothes dryers, televisions, or lamps.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) is making key revisions to and/or introducing energy efficiency requirements under the Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme (MELS) and Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS).
Which appliances are affected by these revisions?
- Refrigerators
- Clothes dryers
- Casement and window air-conditioners
- Split-type air-conditioners
- Portable air-conditioner
- Televisions
- Lamps
About MELS and MEPS
- MELS provides consumers with information regarding the energy costs of certain energy-consuming appliances.
- MEPS raises the average energy efficiency of products in the market by prohibiting the supply of the least efficient models.