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PCL has achieved major TV energy efficiency policy milestones since its founding in 2017. With multi-year funding provided by the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA), PCL has developed an innovative approach to measuring and grading TV energy efficiency. This new approach assesses how efficiently TVs display video content relative to both screen area and now screen-average dynamic-luminance. The latter is measured with a new camera-photometer test kit developed by PCL with compliant systems offered by other vendors in the global marketplace. The PCL system automates testing and compliance report generation. In addition to this On Mode policy innovation, PCL has developed a new standby test method that measures power when the TV is configured to wake to a "smart wake" command. Smart wake enables customers to wake their TV when casting a streaming video from their smart phone to their TV for example.
The PCL/NEEA policy approach to TVs is the basis of ENERGY STAR® V9 for televisions, ANSI/CTA-2037-D test method (adopted as the US federal test method) and is in the process of being adopted as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard test method for TVs. IEC members awarded PCL the prestigious IEC 1906 Award, which recognized only 3 out of over 400 technical experts that participate in technical standard setting for multimedia products.
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Inspired by the natural abundance of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountains, Pacific Crest Labs is committed to exploring accelerated pathways to a more energy efficient future with a focus on developing innovative research and policy approaches to improve device and system-level energy efficiency and load shifting. Pacific Crest Labs offers NGO, utility and government clients more than 30 years of high tech, research and policy experience.
Based in Portland, OR at the intersection of thriving sustainability and high-tech communities, Pacific Crest Labs fosters a culture based on client focus, innovative problem solving, accountability, and a commitment to energy efficiency and clean energy abundance.
