Ecodesign & Energy Labelling

Ecodesign & Energy Labelling

The aim of the Ecodesign Directive and the Energy Labelling Regulation is to increase the energy efficiency of products, reducing their overall environmental impacts, promoting the free-movement of energy-related products within EU, and providing consumers with information allowing them to select the more energy efficient products.

Ecodesign is of the highest importance to the heat pump industry as it sets requirements to be met directly by manufacturers. It ensures that inefficient and outdated technologies will be kept out of the European market, thus fostering continuous innovation.

EHPA supports the standards imposed on heating and cooling solutions. 

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The European Commission is now operating under the Ecodesign Working Plan for the 2022-2024 period, adopted in March 2022 to ensure that this successful policy will continue to contribute to the EU’s energy efficiency targets.

The Energy Labelling Regulation is an EU tool to help consumers choose energy-efficient products. It complements the EU Ecodesign requirements with mandatory labelling requirements. The European Commission has proposed a rescaling of the labels for heat pumps as they have become more efficient over time.

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In addition, EPREL, a product database, has been set up under the new Regulation in order to make it easier to compare the energy efficiency of household appliances. EPREL has a public part and a compliance part. Since 1 January 2019, heat pump manufacturers and suppliers have been required to upload the necessary data to ensure that their products are allowed on the market. In March 2022, a trial version of the public database was launched. Consumers are now able to consult the product database for energy labels and product information sheets.

Energy labelling aims to help consumers make informed choices and push consumers toward better products. Since heat pump technologies are in the highest classes of the energy label in heating, cooling, and domestic hot water, the sector indirectly benefits from this additional communication.

EHPA strongly supports the rescaling of the energy label which gives more visibility to the most performant products on the market, the heat pump technologies.

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Relevant papers and reports:

Sustainable Products Regulation and Circular Economy

Name
Type
Date
Action
EHPA response to public consultation on the SPI
pdf
17/08/2022
EHPA annex to the public consultation on SPI
pdf
17/08/2022
EHPA Feedback to the public consultation on the Sustainable Consumption of Goods
pdf
04/04/2022
Joint position on the Sustainable Consumption of Goods Initiative
pdf
05/04/2022
Joint Industry Paper on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition
pdf
27/03/2023
Public Consultation for the new product priorities under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
pdf
12/05/2023

ENER Lots 1 & 2 Space and Water Heaters

Name
Type
Date
Action
Industry & NGO joint statement in support of a phase-out of fossil fuel boilers and a switch to clean heating
pdf
12/07/2023
EHPA written comments on Lots 1 & 2
pdf
23/06/2023
EHPA position on testing and calculation methods
pdf
23/09/2022
EHPA position on compensation Method after the update given by BAM
pdf
25/05/2022
EHPA position on monitoring requirement
pdf
22/08/2022
Letter to the EU Commission on ecodesign and energy labelling for space and water heating
pdf
17/10/2022
EHPA written comments on Lot 1
pdf
15/11/2021
EHPA written comments on Lot 2
pdf
15/11/2021

ENTR Lot 6 Multifunctional Units

Name
Type
Date
Action
Platform on MFUs Ventilation Units MFU report
pdf
28/02/2020
Platform multifunctional Units Information Requirements EU
pdf
15/05/2020
Proposal for a Standardisation Strategy for Multifunctional Residential Ventilation Units
pdf
17/05/2021

ENER Lot 10 Air conditioning appliances

Name
Type
Date
Action
EHPA written comments on Lot 10
pdf
11/04/2023
Joint statement on the merging of the labels Lot 10 & Lot 20
pdf
02/11/2022
EHPA contribution to the Public Consultation on the merging of the labels
pdf
29/08/2022
EHPA Position on Merging of Energy Label Lot 10 and 20
pdf
13/07/2022
EHPA written comments on the suggested resource requirements for air conditioners
pdf
07/07/2022
EHPA Feedback to Call for Evidence on Ecodesign Lot 10
pdf
18/02/2022
EHPA comments on the review of ENER Lot 10
pdf
15/09/2021

ENER Lot 38 BACS

Name
Type
Date
Action
EHPA position paper on Lot 38 BACS
pdf
13/12/2021