EnR WG Labelling and Eco-design:

Update & Latest Developments

Activity Report
June 2017
 EnR WG Labelling and Eco-design:
Update & Latest Developments
Last meeting April 2017, Madrid

Participants
Energy Saving Trust ADENE
ECOS STEM
Topten International Services CLASP
IDAE ESCAN
EEB/Coolproducts MOTIVA
Legambiente
 EnR WG Labelling and Eco-design:
Update & Latest Developments
Topics covered

Final text of Energy Label rescale to A-G announced in

March
Details of product database
Updates from projects on Energy Using Products and
labelling; EEPliant, LabelPack A+, LEARN, Digilabel
projects
Discussions of appointing a deputy and considering
projects with Integrated Energy Themes
 EnR WG Labelling and Eco-design:
Update & Latest Developments
Energy Label back to A-G

Good points
Removal of confusing A+, A++, A+++ ratings
Scale will better reflect the market (eg A+ is current
minimum rating for refrigerators)
Rescaling mechanism established when too many
products reach the top classes
Faster implementation for some products some home
appliances, TVs, lighting should have new label by 2019
(no later than 2020)

Bad points
Timeline slow for some products boilers not changing to
new label until 2030?
Not enough done to convey total energy consumption of
products to consumers
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Update & Latest Developments
Product Database

Good points
Finally here! Matching databases in America, Asia, Australia/New Zealand
Consumer section and market surveillance section - should make choosing
appliances easier and help surveillance authorities
Provision made for digital aspects, eg working with label QR codes

Bad points
Not enough done to match up equivalent model numbers of same product
Does not include sales data to enable monitoring of overall consumption,
assist with compliance
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Update & Latest Developments
Legislative instrument, Market Surveillance and Consumer
protection

Delegated Acts rather than Implementing measures more national

flexibility
Issue that products found to not meet their label claim outside the
warranty period do not qualify for automatic refunds to be
addressed nationally?
Several test methods remain under scrutiny and ecodesign market
assessments require more ambition
Brexit all EU law to be transposed into British law in the Great
Repeal Bill Ecodesign and Labelling regulations expected to be
kept unchanged
Currently Ongoing Relevant Projects
Digital labelling and point of sale tools for retailers and
Digilabel (PocketWatt)
consumers

Topten ACT International efficient product listings websites

Label Pack A+ Education and support on heating system package label

EEPliant Market surveillance testing and best-practice sharing

Premium Light Pro Training and support for non-domestic lighting upgrades

INTAS Market surveillance of transformers and industrial fans

Listings and procurement support for professional

ProCold
refrigeration

STEP Market surveillance and test methods of domestic goods

LEARN Developing labelling for transport logistics

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Update & Latest Developments
New Projects

2 Horizon 2020 bids put in on projects

related to energy labelling in the June
EE6 call
Working group members involved in both
bids
Project Ideas bank set up in Ecodesign &
Labelling Intranet

Next meeting
Brussels, at some point during 19-22 September 2017
Back to back with next Digilabel meeting and partners roundtable
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Update & Latest Developments

Thank you

Prepared by:
Stewart Muir, Project Manager, Energy Saving Trust
Ecodesign & Labelling Working Group Chair
stewart.muir@est.org.uk