Old and new energy efficiency appliances "misplaced and mixed"

It has been one month since the implementation of the new energy efficiency standards for five types of home appliances. Recently, the reporter visited several large home appliance stores in Beijing and found that the energy efficiency rating of home appliances in various supermarkets has generally increased, but most of them still use the original energy efficiency standards. Rarely, only the inverter air conditioners and washing machines and other products are shipped earlier.

Old washing products are still hot

Compared with the other four types of household electrical appliances, the implementation of new energy efficiency standards has the greatest impact on the washing machine market. Currently, the energy consumption of washing machines sold in the market is about half or greater. Some old-fashioned semi-automatic twin-tube washing machines and single-barrel compact automatics Washing machines are generally Class 3 energy efficiency. This means that with the implementation of new standards, these old-fashioned washing machines will exit the market.

Although the state stipulates that these low energy efficiency products must be sold out within one year, the reporter learned from the store that, except for the “Double 11” and other special events that have already begun to be deployed during the Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, and stores, the store has not made any recommendations for low energy efficiency washing machines. Large-scale clearance promotions, most of the products being sold are still using the original energy efficiency label. In addition, some well-known brands of energy efficiency washing machines of level 2 and below are still pushing sales.

The reporter randomly interviewed several consumers who were buying washing machines. Most people said they had not heard of new energy efficiency standards and had never heard from shopping guides. Faced with reporters' questions about energy efficiency labeling, the shopping guide explained: “These products are in line with national regulations and can still be sold now.”

For washing machine brands that have already launched new energy efficiency products, such as Panasonic and Whirlpool, they use energy efficiency as a propaganda tool. At the booth of Whirlpool, the reporter saw a brochure devoted to popularizing energy efficiency knowledge for consumers, centered on the middle of the booth. The brochure introduced the various advantages of using energy-efficient washing machines and the identification methods of new and old logos.

Inverter air conditioner new standard product large-scale shelves

The reporter learned from the store that most of the brand's inverter air conditioners have been sold with new standard products. Currently, the new energy efficiency products are mainly introduced, and the new level 1 and new level 3 energy efficiency products are still relatively small. Since only the energy efficiency level is decremented one by one, the new energy efficiency standards introduced this time are not as strong as the washing machines, so the old standard products are still relatively easy for consumers to accept.

In terms of price, the new energy efficiency standard product prices vary greatly. For example, the same is the US KFR-35GW air-conditioning series. The first-level energy efficiency is 5,399 yuan, the second-level energy efficiency is 4,699 yuan, and the third-level energy efficiency is sold at 3,699 yuan. The increase in prices has discouraged consumers, and the original 1.5-ton high-efficiency air-conditioning was only sold for between 2,000 yuan and 3,000 yuan. "The new standard product just listed, the price is hard to avoid virtual high, or choose a more cost-effective old standard product is more appropriate." Mr. Liu is on the store to buy air-conditioning, told reporters.

Although the new standard products have been put on the shelves on a large scale, the promotion efforts of the old standard products with low energy efficiency are not very strong. The store staff said that although the recent product discounts are not strong, the recent "double 11" special activities are brewing. There will be a larger discount rate.

Flat TV doesn't look at energy efficiency

In terms of television, the updated energy efficiency index system has raised the LCD TV's three-level energy efficiency index from 0.6 to 1.3. According to statistics, the number of products below the requirements of the new energy efficiency standards is only 16% of the total market, and manufacturers still have a one-year buffer period to digest these non-compliant inventory products. Therefore, the implementation of the new standard will help the industry to develop in the direction of energy conservation and environmental protection, but it will have little effect on the color TV market.

Although the increase in energy efficiency has led to an increase in the production costs of television companies, the factors that determine the price of television are not energy efficiency, but the function and configuration of the television itself. For example, a 3D TV equipped with an Android system is generally 2,000 yuan more expensive than a regular TV, and their energy-saving effect is exactly the same.

“The new energy efficiency standards have not had much impact on the TV industry. Nowadays, most of the TV products in the market are Class 1 energy. The energy consumption of Class 2 is almost gone. Most of them are energy-saving products, unless it is The old-fashioned plasma and rear projection only had 2 levels of energy consumption,” said a store salesperson.

Smoke hood energy efficiency logo difficult to trace

For smoke hoods that for the first time established national energy efficiency standards, the vast majority of goods sold in stores still do not have energy efficiency labels, and product sales prices have not had much impact. Consumers are also less aware of this. The explanation given by the staff of the store is, "We have not received notification from the manufacturer about the replacement of the product."

In this standard, the energy efficiency rating of range hoods is divided into 5 levels, and the quality of hood products is improved through the evaluation of total pressure efficiency, standby power, shutdown power, normal odor reduction, and oil emission value. Play a normative role.

According to store sales personnel, range hoods have a wide range of brands, varying quality, and occasional injury from range hoods. Selecting quality products is the primary reference standard for consumers.

Old and new logo "misplaced mashup"

The reporter observed that the newly-listed new standard products are distributed in various booths of the store, and are mixed with numerous old standard products, there is no obvious layout distinction, there is no specific sign description, and two types of standard different products are put together Sales have confused many consumers.

Some professional online malls are also confused about the classification of energy efficiency levels of home appliances. As some of the new standard products have been put on shelves, and the old products are still sold at the original energy efficiency level, users are searching for home appliances based on energy efficiency levels. At that time, the page will show a picture of new and old products that are "come together."

Although it is impossible to estimate how long this “strange phenomenon” will last, consumers are not completely unable to distinguish between new and old marks in the purchasing process.

Each implementation of the energy efficiency national standard will have a corresponding national standard number. Therefore, consumers only need to recognize the bottom of the energy efficiency label on the body of the home appliance. In the coding “according to national standards + a string of alphanumeric characters”, the word “2013” ​​is the new label product. For example, the latest version of the code for air conditioning energy efficiency should be GB21455-2013, and the washing machine is GB12021.4-2013.

For air conditioners, there is a simpler way to look at the number of energy efficiency levels. The old national standard of air-conditioning products has a total of five levels of energy efficiency. However, after the implementation of the new national standard, the original level 3, 4, and 5 products were cancelled. Therefore, it seems intuitively that there are five energy-efficiency classes with the old national standard and only three logos. It is the new national standard.