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Media In / Riyadh 18 March 2018
The energy efficiency card enhances the confidence of consumers who want to buy electrical appliances including air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and lighting as they clearly and clearly guide them to the most efficient and rational power system that meets Saudi standards.
According to a recent campaign by the Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency (Efficient), which has prepared the Energy Efficiency Card in cooperation with the Saudi Organization for Standardization, Metrology and Quality, the card, which is mandatory and in a prominent position on some electrical appliances – air conditioners for example – The more power the number of stars, the greater the number of stars shown on the card the more efficient the device, the less power consumption, and vice versa, the fewer stars the lower the efficiency and increased consumption of energy;
The energy efficiency card shows the number of stars starting from four stars – minimum – up to 6 stars, starting with 7-star split-level air conditioners.
The card also includes a definition of the year of issuance of the device and the brand of the product, the model number, the annual consumption of energy in kilowatt hours, in addition to the number of the Saudi standard applied for testing the device, the energy efficiency ratio (EER), the cooling capacity of the unit (thermal units) For the refrigerator (cubic feet), or the load capacity of the washing machine (kg).
The energy efficiency label label for these devices has also been updated with the QRcode, which enables the consumer to confirm that the card is valid by using a confirmed application.
