Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2015
Effective Start Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Programme
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Other
Issued by: 
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Agency for Natural Resources and Energy
Overall Summary: 
The Top Runner Programme was prescribed under the "Law Concerning the Rational Use of Energy" (Energy Conservation Law) - Section 6 "Measures Related to Machinery, Equipment, and Other Items." Although the first one was issued in 1998, the Top Runner standards are in continuous evolution, covering more and more items. In particular, the Program of 2015 aims to provide an effective measure in order to achieve energy conservation in the residential and commercial sector and the transportation sector, improvements in the energy consumption efficiency of machinery and appliances.
Efficiency
EE action plans: 
The Top Runner Program is composed of targeted machinery, equipment, and other item ranges; items necessary for judgment standards; display items; and energy consumption efficiency measurement methods. Items necessary for judgment standards include target categories, target fiscal year, target standard values, and achievement evaluation methods. This standard stipulates individual "energy consumption efficiency" [...].--- The Top Runner Program is a requirement imposed on manufacturers of machinery, equipment, and other items. Thus, as long as manufacturers make an effort to meet these requirements, energy conservation will advance through replacement of machinery, equipment, and other items by consumers without any special effort.
EE standards for appliances: 
Standards contained (Air Conditioners, TV sets, Copying Machines, Computers, Video Cassette Recorders, Magnetic Disc Units, Electric Freezers, Printers etc.). See document.
EE lighting and mechanical system standards: 
Standards contained (Lighting Equipment - Lighting Equipment Using Only Fluorescent Lamp(s) as Main Light Source, Self-ballasted LED Lamps etc. ). See document.
EE transport standards : 
Standards contained (Passenger Vehicles). See document.