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The criteria for receiving the GEEA-label were decided upon by the board of the GEEA upon a proposal from the working groups. An overview of the criteria is shown in the table below.

The current complete criteria are given in the product sheets, which can be downloaded (in pdf-format) by selecting the link in the product group description headline.

Product group 2007  

TV (digital and analogue broadcasting)
  • Standby passive
 1 W  
    • Terrestial
 7 W  
    • Cable
 8 W  
    • Sattelite
 9 W  
VCR Video equipment - with playback function only
(DVD-player, Video Cassette Player)
  • standby-passive mode
1 W (2)  
  • on mode
 11 W  
VCR Video recording equipment
(VCR, TV/VCR Combi, DVD-recordable
  • standby-passive mode
2.5 W (2)  
  • on-mode (applies only to VCR)
 15 W  
Set Top Box
IRD (digital decoder) including equipment with recording function (PVR)
  • standby-passive (optional) mode
 1 W  
  • standby-active\low mode:
IRD-Terrestial
 6 W (+ max 9 3 or 14 6)  
IRD-Cable
 7 W (+ max 8 3 or 13 6)  
IRD-Sattelite
 8 W (+ max 7 3 or 12 6)  
IRD-IP (DSL)
6 W (+ max 9 3 or 14 6)  
Set Top Box
Digital to analogue converter
  • standby-passive (optional) mode
 2W 7  
  • standby-active\low mode:
Terrestrial
 7 W (+ 4 8)  
Cable
 7 W (+ 4 8)  
Satellite
 10 W (+ 2 8)  

IP DSL

7 W (+ 4 9) (+2 9)  
Product group 2007  
Audio Systems/Audio Separates
  • standby-passive mode
1 W  
External power supplies (sold as a separate product to supply an external product with power from the mains)
  • no load mode
0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 4  
Portable Personal Equipment (i.e. equipment which can run on batteries and is sold with a charger or external power supply)
  • no-load mode
0.3 W  
  • on-mode
4  
Battery Chargers  (sold as a separate product to recharge removable rechargeable batteries)
  • no load
 0.3 W  
   
Energy Saving Devices
  • any mode
0.5 W  
     
Product group 2007  
PC  (Personal Computers( Desktops, Integrated Computers, Desktop-Derived Servers and Gaming Consoles)
  • off mode/standby mode
2 W (+ 0.7 10 W)  
  • sleep mode (low-power mode):
4 W (+ 0.710W) (Preset default< 30 min.)  
  • On (idle)
 Cat. A: 50 W, Cat. B 65 W, Cat. C 95 W  

Additional requirements

Compliance of ENERGY STAR Program
Requirements for Computers: Version 4.0,
Eligibility Criteria
  
     

Additional requirement

 - Corresponds fully to Energy Star criteria
- Cat A, B and C refer to Energy Star
- Additional power allowance in sleep and standby for WOL: 0.7 W		  
Notebooks and tablets    
  • Off/Standby
 1 W (+ 0.7 10 W)  
  • Sleep
 1.7 W (+ 0.7 10 W) (Preset default< 30 min.)  
  • on (idle, screen off)
Cat. A. 14 W, Cat. B: 22 W  
  • Additional requirements
Compliance of ENERGY STAR Program
Requirements for Computers: Version 4.0,
Eligibility Criteria		  
  • Comments
 - Corresponds fully to Energy Star criteria
- Cat A, B and C refer to Energy Star
- Additional power allowance in sleep and standby for WOL: 0.7 W		  
Workstations    
  • TEC Power
0.35 * ((PMax + (#HDDs*5)) W 11  
  • Additional requirements
Compliance of ENERGY STAR Program
Requirements for Computers: Version 4.0,
Eligibility Criteria		  
  • Comments
 - Corresponds fully to Energy Star criteria
- TEC (Typical Electricity Consumption): 0.1 *
PStandby + 0.2 * PSleep + 0.7 * PIdle
- Pmax is the maximum power drawn by the
system as tested per the test procedure and
#HDD is the number of installed hard drives
in the system.		  
     
Monitors
  • off mode
 1 W  
  • deep sleep mode:
2 W  
 
  • on mode
• Resolution less than 1 megapixel:
23 W
• Resolution larger than or
equal to 1 mega-pixel: 28 W *
resolution in mega-pixels
  
Additional requirement 4  
Comment - Corresponds fully to Energy Star criteria  
Product group 2007  
Imaging Equipment: Standard Size using heating Technology: Copiers, digital duplicators, fax machines, multifunction devices (MFDs), printers that use high-temperature technologies
  for scope and specifications
See product sheet 		 
 
Imaging Equipment: Other devices: ink jet, dot matrix, impact printer, scanners large-format device
  for scope and specifications
See product sheet		  
     
Product group 2007  
Cordless and Mobile Telephones
  • no load
1 W
  
     
Product group 2007  
Broadband Equipment
ADSL/VDSL-modem (powered by USB) *
  • off
 0 W  
  • on-mode
 1.5 W  
Modems (ADSL, Cable, PLC) *
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 6 W  
VDSL modem *
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 8 W  
* Each additional function of the following: WLAN 802.11b/g, WLAN 802.11a, FXO, FXS/VoIP, hub/switch for several ports, DECT, Bluetooth
  • off
 0  
  • on-mode (additional)
+2 W / additional function  
WLAN access point
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 6 W  
Small printer server  
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 5 W  
VoIP device  
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 5 W  
Small hubs and switches  
  • off
 0.3 W  
  • on-mode
 5 W  

 

Footnotes:
   
1
The manufacturer of the model to be registered should have signed the EICTA industry self-commitment, and should no be noted for failing to meet the self commitment (according to article 5.3 of the self commitment).
2 Factory default automatically switching to standby-passive after 30 minutes of inactivity.
3 See Annex B of the Code of Conduct for Digital TV Service Systems.
More information here
4 • Units with external power supply: The power supply should comply with EU "Code of Conduct on Energy Efficiency of External Power Supplies" Version 2, phase 2 - see below - full doc. here
 
Rated Output Power (Pno)
Minimum Four Point Average or 100 % Load Efficiency in Active Mode (expressed as a decimal) *
0 < W < 1
< 0.49 * Pno
1 < W < 49
 < [0.09 * Ln (Pno)] + 0.49 **
49 < W < 150
 < 0.84
*. Ln” refers to the natural logarithm. The algebraic order of operations requires that the natural logarithm calculation be performed first and then multiplied by 0.09, with the resulting output added to 0.5. An efficiency of 0.85 in decimal form corresponds to the more familiar value of 85% when expressed as a percentage
** Power supplies that have a power factor correction (PFC) to comply with EN61000-3-2 (above 75 W input power) have a an 0.04 allowance, accordingly the minimum on mode load efficiency is 0.80
   
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6 For high definition, MPEG4 and multi decode platforms    
       
7 manufacturer guarantees that the box switches to standby-passive after a manufacturer factory set default time without any user activity (unless overwritten by the user).    
       
8 the allowance of 4 W is for simple converters for High Definition TV Services (both standard and high definition output)    
       
9 The allowance of 4 W is for simple converters for High Definition TV Services (both standard and high definition output)    
       
10 Additional power allowance in sleep and standby for WOL: 0.7 W. All computers, regardless of distribution channel, shall have the ability to enable and disable WOL for sleep mode.    
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

 

 

 

 

 
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