| Name | Costa rica energy efficiency labels |
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| Country | Costa Rica | Properties |
mandatory |
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| Implementing Agencies | Ministry of Environment and Energy | Expiration Date | ||
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| Label Description | The label displays the product name, brand, model, the main performance, consulting telephone and precautions. Product performance may be divergence due to different test conditions and methods. | |||
| Implementation Background | In 1994 the Costa Rican government passed the Rational Use of Energy Law, 1996 that allowed for the introduction of mandatory Standards and Labels. And authorize MINEA responsible for coordinating and improving energy efficiency, , including building energy efficiency standards and label. Costa Rica has developed mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards and labeling requirements for a list of electric products, including air conditioners, lamp ballasts, fluorescent lamps, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, electric water tank heaters, motor vehicles under four tons, and electric motors over 1 kilowatt (KW). | |||
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| Product List | Product Category | Product Name | ||
| Appliances | Air conditioner | |||
| Appliances | Refrigerators | |||
| Appliances | Horizontal and vertical Freezers | |||
| Lighting | lamps Ballasts | |||
| Lighting | fluorescent Lamps | |||
| Industrial machinery and electronic products | Electric motors of an output exceeding 1 kW | |||
| Heating | Cookers, ovens and electric heaters | |||
| Water Heating | Electric water heaters tank | |||
| Others | Vehicles | |||
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