note! Five traps for purchasing energy-saving products

Recently, the home appliance energy-saving subsidy policy was formally implemented. Consumers purchasing energy-efficient TVs, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, and electric water heaters will enjoy the national home appliance energy-saving benefits subsidy policy. The industry believes that the introduction of energy-saving subsidies for home appliances, will undoubtedly inject a potent agent for the weak home appliance market.

How to buy energy-saving appliances to receive subsidies?

From June 1st to the end of May 2013, consumers will be subsidized by the purchase of fixed-speed and inverter air conditioners for energy efficiency class 1 and 2, and some LCD TVs and plasma TVs with class 1 energy efficiency, depending on the product type and energy efficiency index. Depending on the size, etc., the air-conditioning is 180-400 yuan per unit, and the color TV is 100-400 yuan per unit.

How can consumers receive subsidies? Do you need a tedious process?

The detailed rules show that when consumers purchase energy-saving appliances, the specific subsidies are paid directly to the consumers by the manufacturers, and the relevant state departments collect and review the funds monthly, and then distribute the subsidy funds to the manufacturers. In other words, consumers can obtain state subsidies while purchasing energy-saving appliances.

Luo Qingqi, a senior director and industry expert of Pare Consultancy, said that the implementation of the subsidy policy for energy-saving and benefiting people has a huge impact on the industry. The policy will directly stimulate consumption and stimulate industrial restructuring. At present, the home appliance market is sluggish, and many companies have begun to reduce their investment in core technologies, neglecting the most basic tasks of corporate R&D, implementing policies, focusing their efforts on energy-saving products, and encouraging companies to continue investing in research and development of energy-saving new products.

Selecting energy-saving appliances to guard against the five "traps"

In the past two years, it has been an indisputable fact that energy-saving products are leading the home appliance market. Some unscrupulous companies label their own energy-inefficient products with energy-efficient labels, and the phenomenon of consumers has also occurred frequently. After a survey by reporters found that consumers generally face five "traps" in the purchase of energy-saving appliances:

Trap one: invalid comparison. For example, when purchasing air conditioners, the merchants would say that a 1.5 or 2 air conditioners will be used every day for 6 to 8 hours and that they can save about 1,600 yuan a year. But think about it, who's home will use air-conditioning for 365 days a year, but also use 6 to 8 hours a day?

Trap 2: Cover all. Some household electrical appliance companies have only one or a few energy-saving products, but in the publicity it is said that the entire series of products have passed energy-saving certification and are all energy-saving products.

Trap three: wipe the ball. Some companies advertise that their products have multiple energy-saving technologies, but they do not promise energy efficiency. In fact, these technologies cannot determine whether they will produce energy-saving effects in actual use.

Trap 4: Confuse the audiovisual. For example, the daily power consumption of refrigerators is not only related to its effective volume, but also related to many factors such as the use environment, the number of door opening, the quantity and type of stored items, etc. Apart from these factors, only the daily power consumption is advertised, only in the concept of vagueness. .

Pitfall 5: Exaggerate publicity. Some companies have boasted that some products with slightly higher energy efficiency than other brands boast "energy" products that are surprisingly energy-efficient and mislead consumers.

"True energy saving" benefits consumers

Propaganda by merchants is always a means of doing everything and is extremely useless. However, if consumers look for information on the energy efficiency labeling of home appliances in the process of purchase, they can always remain unchanged and enjoy “real energy saving”. Product benefits.

"After this year's subsidy policy is implemented, the country will strictly check the energy efficiency label of each product. No one dares to bluff the consumer. Consumers will be able to buy real energy-saving products." The person in charge of Haier Refrigerator said.

In the newly released "China energy-saving products business leaders in 2011" list, the world's first white brand Haier topped the list, in the "China's efficient product list", "China's energy-saving products list", "China's energy-saving products "The corporate list" ranks far ahead of other brands in the ranks of the three sub-lists, and has become a model for energy conservation and emission reduction in the Chinese white power industry.

"Consumers will buy more energy-efficient products at cheaper prices." According to Haier TV related person in charge, taking the TV as an example, the price of more energy-efficient LED TVs on the market is already almost the same as the price of ordinary LCD TVs. After the implementation of the energy-saving subsidies, consumers can enjoy up to 400 yuan in subsidy for purchasing LED TVs, and LCD TVs can't enjoy state subsidies, making the price of more energy-efficient LED TVs more similar to LCD TVs, and even cheaper.

A home appliance manufacturer manager bluntly stated that the country’s subsidies for energy-saving appliances ranged from RMB 100-400, directly lowering the price of energy-saving products, narrowing the price gap with non-energy-saving products, and encouraging more consumers to switch to high-efficiency energy-saving products. product. This undoubtedly injected new vitality into the home appliance industry, and low-carbon and energy-saving products are bound to be the irreversible development trend and outcome of the future home appliance industry.