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MEPS − Televisions
GLOSSARY
AGO
Australian Greenhouse Office
ANZ
Australian and New Zealand
AS
Australian Standard
AS/NZS
Joint Australian and New Zealand standard
BAU
Business as Usual
BRANZ
Building Research Association of New Zealand
CO
-e
Carbon dioxide equivalent
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Comparative label
A type of product label that indicates not only that the product meets specific
energy or environmental criteria, but allows comparison between products by
ranking.
CRT
Cathode Ray Tube
DVD
Digital Video Disk
DVB
Digital Video Broadcasting
EECA
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
Endorsement label
A type of product label that indicates a product meets specific criteria (i.e.
energy or environmental). The label does not allow comparison between
eligible products.
EER
Energy Efficiency Ratio
EEI
Energy Efficiency Index, a measure which indicates the efficiency of TVs in
both the On and Standby mode.
GEEA
Group for Energy Efficient Appliances (Europe)
HDTV
High-definition television
HEEP
Household Energy End-use Project (BRANZ/EECA)
IRD
Integrated receiver decoder
LCD
Liquid Crystal Display
MCE
Ministerial Council on Energy (Australia)
MEPS
Minimum Energy Performance Standards
NAEEEP
National Appliance and Equipment Energy Program (Australia)
NAEEEC
National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (Australia)
NFEE
National Framework for Energy Efficiency (Australia)
NPV
Net present value
Ownership
The ratio of stock to the total number of households.
Penetration
The proportion of households in which a particular appliance type is present
(irrespective of the number of units of that appliance in the household).
Saturation
The number of specified appliances per household, for those households that
have the appliance.
SDTV
Standard-definition television
Statistics NZ
Statistics New Zealand
STB
Set top box
TTMRA
Trans-Tasman Mutual Recognition Agreement
TV
Television
VCR
Video cassette recorder
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