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Article: Should Energy Star exist? Government never furthered any enterprise but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.(Editor's View)
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- ECN-Electronic Component News
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- November 15, 2008
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The recent Energy Star controversy must inevitably be discussed in a broader context. To sum up current events: on June 2nd, the EPA violated Energy Policy Act (EPACT) 2005 by releasing a "technical amendment" (version 4.2) to their Energy Star solid state lighting criteria without consulting "interested parties" (i.e. industry). Industry felt spurned because it wasn't conferred with, and technology pundits felt the amendment gave legacy systems a crutch in order to remove a "competitive disadvantage." But this begs a larger question: should Energy Star exist in the first place?
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