BEE Registration

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) was established by the Government of India pursuant to the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001 on 1 March 2002. The role of the Agency is to establish programs that will increase energy conservation and productive usage in India. The government has proposed making it mandatory for the BEE to provide ratings for certain appliances in India beginning in January 2010. The Energy Efficiency Bureau's mission is to "institutionalize" energy efficiency programs, promote in-country delivery mechanisms and provide energy efficiency leadership in all sectors of the country. In the overall sense of the Energy Conservation Act 2001, the mission of the Energy Efficiency Bureau, with the primary objective of reducing the energy intensity of the Indian economy, is to help develop policies and strategies with an emphasis on self-regulation and market values.

BEE's General Goals are as follows:

• To exercise leadership and provide national energy conservation and improvement initiatives and services with policy advice and guidance.
• Coordinating strategies and projects for energy management and recycling and bringing them to stakeholders.
• Establish processes and procedures for assessing, tracking, and checking the effects of energy efficiency in specific sectors and at the macro level.
• Leverage funding from the multi-lateral, bi-lateral, and private sectors to enforce the Energy Efficiency Act and to use energy and its conservation programs effectively.
• To illustrate, by private-public partnerships, the provision of energy-efficient services is required in the EC bill.
• As envisaged in the Energy Conservation Act, to interpret, prepare, and manage energy conservation programs.

In addition to these, the following are also the objectives BEE aims for:- 

• Provide guidelines and policy proposals for national energy conservation programs.
• Coordinating policies and programs for shareholders on the productive use of electricity.
• Establishing systems and processes to check, calculate and track improvements in Energy Efficiency (EE).
• Leveraging funding from the multilateral, bilateral, and private sectors to adopt EC Act '01'.
• Demonstrate structures of EE distribution via public-private partnerships.

Energy Conservation Act

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency under the Ministry of Power of the Government of India, established in March 2002 under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act of 2001. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency under the Ministry of Power of the Government of India, established in March 2002 under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act of 2001. Certain powers are given to the Central government and in some cases, to the state government in consultation with BEE. These powers are:

• Notify sectors that are energy-consuming, such as facilities and commercial buildings as consumers designated.
• Create and recommend the norms and standards of energy usage for specified consumers.
• Guide assigned customers to-
• Designate or appoint a certified energy manager in charge of energy conservation activities and their conservation.
• Get an energy audit done in a specified way and by an approved energy auditor and in specified time intervals.
• Provide details on the energy used and action was taken on the recommendation to the appointed agent of the certified energy auditor.
• Comply with the norms and guidelines for energy use and, if not, plan and enforce energy efficiency and recycling schemes.
• Prescribing building codes for energy efficiency for the successful use and conservation of energy in commercial buildings.
• State Governments to amend the building codes for energy efficiency to suit regional and local climatic conditions.
• Guide commercial building owners or tenants to comply with the Energy Conservation Building Codes provisions.
• Compulsory direct display of the mark on notified computers and appliances.
• Specify the levels of energy usage for recording equipment and appliances.

Role of BEE & Star Labeling Scheme

BEE coordinates with designated customers, designated agencies, and other entities in executing the roles assigned to it under the Energy Conservation Act and recognizes, identifies, and utilizes existing resources and infrastructure. The Energy Conservation Act provides legislative and promotional features.

The Honorable Minister of Power launched a star marking scheme in May 2006 in order to make electrical appliances more energy-efficient. A total of 29 items are protected by this initiative in the province, of which 10 are covered by the mandatory framework and 19 by the voluntary scheme.

Under the star labeling scheme of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), only the manufacturer, importer or trader can apply for the license. The scope of each applicant is defined as below

• Manufacturer: A manufacturer of the end product can register himself with the star labeling scheme of BEE. However, one can only register only one product category with a single brand under one login.
• Importer: Any Indian firm willing to import any product which falls under the regime of BEE mandatory certification has to undergo the BEE certification process as per the star labeling scheme of BEE. However, one importer can only register only one product category with a single brand under one login
• Trader: Any domestic trader trading domestically with the products which falls under the regime of BEE mandatory certification has to undergo the BEE certification process as per the BEE star label scheme. However, one trader can only register only one product category with a single brand under one login

In May 2006, the Minister of Power launched a star labeling program to make electrical appliances more energy efficient. Under the province of this scheme, a total of 29 products is covered. From which 10 are covered under a mandatory scheme and 19 under a voluntary scheme.

• Certificate of Incorporation 
• MSME Certificate (In case small scale industry)
• ISO 9007:2015
• Trade Mark Certificate
• List of authorized retailers
• Authorized Signatory KYC documents
• Test reports as per BEE prescribed standard
• Sample label

The entire BEE Registration process is categorized in three major steps, which include online fillings and hardcopy submission. The entire lifecycle of getting your product registered with BEE involves company registration followed with product testing and model approval. Below is a brief description of the process involved on each step of registration.

Company Registration: The very first step of star labelling registration is to get the company registered with the BEE on their online portal. Any manufacturer/importer/trader who wishes to apply under the scheme has to undergo this step. The registration process involves submission of mandatory documents and details of the applicant. Documents such as ISO 9001, Trademark, COI, Authorization letter etc. are required to be uploaded at the time of online filling. Also, the applicant needs to submit the hardcopy originals to the Bureau of Energy office.

Apart from the online filling, the applicant needs to pay a fees of 1, 00,000/- (If the applicant is a large scale industry) or 25,000/- (If the applicant is a MSME).

Testing: Once the company registration application is approved by the bureau, the applicant receives login credentials for his portal over the registered email ID. Using the same the applicant can fill the model registration application. However before proceeding with the model registration process, the applicant needs to get his products tested from an NABL accredited lab or from an ILAC MRA lab. The test report must be as per the BEE defined format and must consist of all the testing parameters. For product testing, the applicant needs to share the testing documents along with the product sample as prescribed by the testing facility. Also, before applying for the model registration, it must be cross checked that the LAB reports issue date is not greater than 90 days. 

Model Registration: Once the testing is complete, the applicant can now apply for model registration on the online BEE portal. The registration requires mandatory documents in specified format along with the test report (not older than 90 days). Once all the documents and details are uploaded online along with a sample label. A fees of INR 2000 is to be paid to the bureau. 

Once the application is submitted online, all the hardcopy originals along with online application and payment receipt are to submit to the department.

The department scrutinizes all the submitted and received documents to provide the final license to the applicant. 

Sample Label and labeling period

Energy efficiency labels, identifying their energy efficiency and consumption, are mandatory labels affixed to a registered product. BEE star rating ranging from 1 to 5 in the ascending order of energy efficiency is granted to the permit and products registered with the Bureau.

A label period is the period recommended by BEE for which a product's star rating is accurate. If the label duration for a particular product is updated by the agency, the measurement table for the star rating and the energy efficiency requirements for the product are also upgraded.

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• Free consultation on the applicable standard on the said end product
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• Application filling
• Product testing coordination with BIS recognized LAB    
• Liasioning with the department officials on behalf of the applicant
• Timely approval in predefined ETA
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