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18 Winter 2017 European Energy Innovation

TV & DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY

Can TV monitors and display
technology become even more
energy efficient?

By Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General DIGITALEUROPE

The energy efficiency limits has achieved energy efficiency targets, continuous efforts to reduce
laid out in the draft Energy improvements of 41.3% since 2011, it energy consumption are required.
Label Regulation for displays is not reasonable to expect that such DIGITALEUROPE’s members are
are so unrealistic that no a decreasing trend can be permanent, actively working hard to deliver on
product being currently manufactured nor to consider that an energy this common challenge by proactively
could enter categories A, B and C. In efficiency improvement of 7.5% per minimising the carbon footprint
the most optimistic scenario, less than year is sustainable. of their products and operations
2% of today’s televisions and monitor worldwide. Studies assessing the
models would comply with category Yet, to address climate change energy consumption of the ICT sector
D. Even though display technology and meet the Paris Agreement in Sweden and Germany demonstrate

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl

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