Coway Develops 'Energy Efficiency Proficiency Evaluation Program' for Hot and Cold Water Purifiers

The First Nationally Accredited Testing Agency in Korea to Implement Proficiency Assessment Soon

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Coway (CEO Lee Hae-seon and Seo Jang-won) announced on the 20th that it has developed the 'Energy Efficiency Proficiency Evaluation Program for Water Purifiers with Cooling and Heating Functions' in collaboration with the Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL).

Energy efficiency testing institutions for water purifiers with cooling and heating functions, accredited by the Korea Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (KOLAS), must participate in a proficiency program every three years and pass the test capability evaluation to maintain their qualification. However, since there was no accredited institution operating a proficiency program for energy efficiency of such water purifiers in Korea, reliance on internal programs resulted in high costs, time consumption, and difficulties in standardizing test quality.

Accordingly, Coway initiated a joint development of the proficiency evaluation program for energy efficiency of water purifiers with cooling and heating functions with KCL, a national project, to strengthen domestic testing and certification competitiveness. With the success of this program development, starting from the first half of this year, the proficiency evaluation program by a nationally accredited testing institution, KCL, will be implemented for the first time in Korea.

Energy efficiency is a system that encourages the development of high-efficiency products by requiring energy consumption efficiency grade labels on products and prohibiting the production and sale of low-efficiency products below certain standards. Since 2015, Coway has been recognized by KOLAS as an energy efficiency testing institution for water purifiers with cooling and heating functions and has been conducting verification and evaluation of energy consumption efficiency independently.

Park Chan-jung, head of Coway Environmental Technology Research Institute, said, "With the development of the first proficiency evaluation program for energy efficiency of water purifiers with cooling and heating functions in Korea in collaboration with a national certification institution, we have laid the foundation to enhance the objectivity and external credibility of test results from accredited testing institutions." He added, "We expect that this will significantly improve the quality of energy efficiency testing not only for Coway but also nationwide."

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