[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR9.1]

[Page 116]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
PART 9--PROCEDURES FOR A VOLUNTARY LABELING PROGRAM FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT TO EFFECT ENERGY CONSERVATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.1  Goal of program.

    (a) This program was initiated in response to the direction of 
President Nixon in his 1973 Energy Message that the Department of 
Commerce in cooperation with the Council on Environmental Quality and 
the Environmental Protection Agency develop a voluntary labeling program 
which would apply to energy-consuming home appliances.
    (b) The goal of this program is to encourage manufacturers to 
provide consumers, at the point of sale, with information on the energy 
consumption and energy efficiency of household appliances and equipment. 
Such information, presented in a uniform manner readily understandable 
to consumers, would be displayed on labels attached to or otherwise 
provided with the appliances or equipment. The labels will include a 
system intended to make it possible for consumers to compare by cost or 
otherwise the energy consumption and energy efficiency characteristics 
when purchasing household appliances and equipment and to select those 
that can effect savings in energy consumption.