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Methodology

Topten.eu – Best Products of Europe – presents the most energy efficient television sets of Europe.

Technical criteria

In order to be displayed on topten.eu, television sets have to be declared according to the Commission regulation on energy labelling of televisions from September 2010 and to IEC 62087:2011 and must comply the following criteria:

Energy efficiency according to the following table:

Screen size (diagonale)	Energy Class	EEI
d < 70cm	A or better	< 0.3
70cm ≤ d < 120cm	A+ or better	< 0.23
d ≤ 120cm	A++	< 0.16

Max. power in On mode, for all screen sizes: 90 Watt
Available in at least one European country

Relevant values have to be provided by the producers. Producers who are not able to provide these values cannot claim to have their appliances displayed on topten.eu. All declarations can be verified by random measurements.

Data sources

Producers’ declarations
National data-bases and Topten-sites

Order of presentation

Products are ranked according to their efficiency index. The order of presentation can be changed by clicking the tables’ headings.

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Glossary

Brand, Model, Similar Models

The brand names and model names are on the list. Products of similar construction and identical technical values are displayed only once. Similar models’ names are listed under ‘similar models’.

Electricity Costs

According to the following assumptions:

Product’s lifetime: 10 years
Energy consumption: daily 4 hours in On mode, 20 hours in standby mode
Tariff of electricity: 0.15 €/kWh (this should be understood as order of magnitude as there can be large differences depending on country or electrical utility)

Screen diagonal

Diagonal of the visible screen in cm. In shops the diagonal is often indicated in inches (1 inch = 2.54 cm, example: 102 cm = 40 inch).

High Definition

‚HD-ready‘, ‚HD-ready 1080p‘ and ‚Full HD‘ indicate the screen resolution in pixels:

HD-ready: at least 1280 x 720 pixels
HD-ready 1080p: at least 1920 x 1080 pixels
·Full HD (True HD und Full HD 1080p): at least 1920 x 1080 pixels

Resolution

Maximum resolution in number of pixels (horizontal x vertical).

Brightness

The image’s typical brightness (luminance) in candela per square meter (cd/m²).

DVB-Receivers

Receivers for digital TV integrated in the TV set:

DVB-T: Terrestrial (for antenna)
DVB-S: Satellite (for satellite dish)
DVB-C: Cable (for cable)

Technology

In LCD TVs (LCD = Liquid Crystal Display) the LCD layer (=panel), which consists of millions of red, yellow and blue pixels individually varying their translucence, produces an image by selectively filtering light from a backlight. The LCD layer does not glow by itself, but has to be illuminated by a backlight. Common backlight technologies for LCD TVs are CFLs (CCFL: Cold Cathode Fluorescence Lamp, HCFL: Hot Cathode Fluorescence Lamp). A new and efficient backlight technology is LED (Light Emitting Diode).

Power On

Power in On mode in Watt according to IEC 62087 :2008.

Power Standby

Power in Standby mode in Watt according to IEC 62087 :2011.

Efficiency Index and Energy class

According to the Commission regulation on energy labelling of televisions from 28. September 2010 and IEC 62087:2008. The energy efficiency index (EEI) is the ratio between annual consumption of the appliance and a standard consumption of a typical similar model. The smaller the index, the better is the energy efficiency of the appliance.

Countries available

Countries in which a product is available according to producers delarations; country codes according to ISO.

EU = available throughout the European Union

On demand = producers could not indicate the availability and consumers have to ask on their own

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Infoplus

Publications

Electricity Consumption and Efficiency Trends in European Union – Status Report 2009. Paolo Bertoldi and Bogdan Atanasiu, 2009. JRC.
Vergleichstest von Best-Fernsehgeräten. S.A.L.T. in Zusammenarbeit mit Home Electronic. Im Auftrag von WWF Schweiz und Topten Schweiz, 17. November 2009.

Standards and Labels

Commission delegated regulation No 1062/2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU with regard to energy labelling of televisions, from 28. September 2010
Directive 2010/30/EU on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast)
IEC 62087:2008: Methods of measurement for the power consumption of audio, video and related equipment.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for televisions

Institutions

S.A.F.E. Swiss Agency for Efficient Energy Use, Zurich, Switzerland
S.A.L.T. Swiss Alpine Laboratories for Testing of Energy Efficiency, Chur, Switzerland