Consultation December 2007 and January 2008
Consultation letter
How to respond
List of consultees (78kB)
Downloads
Consultation events (presentations from 9 January and 4 February 2008)
Consumer electronics consultation
Status (Summary of responses and revised indicative performance standards published)
Downloads
Dear Consultee
Consultation on sustainable products - improving the efficiency of energy-using products
1. This consultation implements an Energy White Paper commitment to publish a series of papers analysing how the performance of a range of energy-using products will need to improve over the next 10 – 20 years. It forms part of a wider annual review and policy development process, supporting delivery of the Government’s objectives for energy and for sustainable consumption and production.
Eleven separate papers cover the following areas:
AEA Energy & Environment is managing this consultation, as lead contractor on the Government’s Market Transformation Programme (MTP), on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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2. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a copy of this consultation, please contact the Defra Information Resource Centre (IRC) at Ergon House, c/o 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR (Telephone
020 7238 6712).
3. Please send responses to either:
Dawn Jones
AEA Energy & Environment
Glengarnock Technology Centre
Caledonian Road
Lochshore Business Park
Glengarnock, Ayrshire
KA14 3DD
Tel: +44 (0)845 600 8951
Or email
4. Responses should be received by 27 February 2008 for all papers apart from Domestic heating and hot water systems for which replies should be received by 14 April 2008.
5. In line with Defra´s policy of openness, at the end of the consultation period, copies of the responses we receive will be made publicly available through the Defra Information Resource Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Ergon House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR. The information they contain will also be published in a summary of responses.
6. If you do not consent to this, you must clearly request that your response be treated confidentially. Any confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system in e-mail responses will not be treated as such a request. You should also be aware that there may be circumstances in which Defra will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations.
7. The library will supply copies of consultation responses to personal callers or in response to telephone or e-mail requests (tel: 020 7238 6575, email: ). Wherever possible, personal callers should give the library at least 24 hours notice of their requirements. An administrative charge will be made to cover photocopying and postage costs.
8. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, as opposed to the content of the consultation paper, please address them to: Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7B Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email .
9. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries or questions about the content of the consultation paper please contact Dawn Jones at or call +44 (0)845 600 8951.
Yours sincerely
Dawn Jones
Market Transformation Programme
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Consultation events (presentations from 9 January and 4th February 2008)
Consultation events were held on 9 January 2008 (Chapters 1-10, above) and 4 February (Chapter 11) in London. Presentations from the event, are available for download below
Consumer electronics consultation (closed end of August 2007)
As with the consultation above, the Consumer Electronics consultation followed publication of the Energy White Paper of 23 May 2007. This consultation will further help to formulate our long-term energy policy. The consultation period on Consumer Electronics closed at the end of August 2007. The Government's response to the consultation is published below.
Summary of responses to the consultation and revised indicative performance standards for consumer electronics
 (1142 kB)
Sustainable Products Policy Brief, Energy in Use: Consumer Electronics (Issued for consultation May 2007)
(260 kB)
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