Amount of energy consumed by the product during its lifetime.
Amount of energy consumed by the product during its lifetime.
Organizations should footnote assumptions used with respect to product utilization. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture energy consumed by an individual product over its lifetime, not energy consumed by the product during the reporting period. It can offer an estimate of efficiency gains associated with the product.
Examples of assumptions related to product utilization, to footnote, include hours used and watts/hour used.
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revisions to definition and usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
No change.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to definition language for clarity.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
Immaterial change. Energy Consumption of Product (PD6596) replaced Energy Used by Product (PD6596). Minor revision to metric name and definition language for clarity.
November 2011 - IRIS v2.2 Released
No change.
February 2011 - IRIS v2.1 Released
No change.
September 2010 - IRIS v2.0 Released
New metric. Energy Used By Product (PD6596) was developed via the Environment, Energy & Water Working Group.