Minimum Energy Performance Standard
MEPS (Minimum Energy Performance Standard) is a specification containing a number of performance requirements for an energy-using device, and that effectively limits the maximum amount of energy that may be consumed by a product in performing a specified task.
A MEPS is usually made mandatory by a government energy efficiency body. It may include requirements not directly related to energy; this is to ensure that general performance and user satisfaction are not adversely affected by increasing energy efficiency.
A MEPS generally requires use of a particular test procedure that specifies how performance is measured.
In North America when addressing energy efficiency, a MEPS is sometimes referred to simply as a “Standard”, as in “Co-operation on Labeling and Standards Programs”. In Latin America when addressing energy efficiency, MEPS are sometimes referred to as Normas (translated as "Norms").
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