• Energy audit
• Renewable Energy Sources and Rational
Use of Energy
• Energy Labels
Venice, 30/11/2010
Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) – Sustainable Industrial Policy (SIP)
Providing information to consumers
Environmental product labels
Incentives for market transformation
Link to environmental performance
Smart consumption
Green Public Procurement (GPP)
Influencing the supply-chain
Green retailers
CONSUMPTION
Sustainable
Behaviours
SCP – SIP
Action
Plan
Cleaner Production
Revised EMAS
Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovation ETAP
Env. Impacts of New Technologies
Environmental Technology Verification
Simplified Procedures for SMEs
SME Programme
PRODUCTION
Efficient
Processes
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Life-cycle approach
Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
Eliminate worst products
Revised Eco-design Directive
PRODUCTS
Improved
Performance
Raise EU ambition levels
Revised Eco-label Regulation
Save energy
Revised Energy Label Directive
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Basic definitions
‘Energy-related product’, (a ‘product’), means any good that has an impact
on energy consumption during use which is placed on the market and/or put
into service, and includes parts intended to be incorporated into energyrelated products;
‘Energy-using product’ or ‘EuP’ means a product which, once placed on the
market and/or put into service, is dependent on energy input (electricity, fossil
fuels and renewable energy sources);
‘Life cycle’ means the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product from
raw material use to final disposal;
‘Environmental performance’ of a product means the results of the
manufacturer’s management of the environmental aspects of the product, as
reflected in its technical documentation file;
‘Ecodesign’ means the integration of environmental aspects into product
design with the aim of improving the environmental performance of the
product throughout its whole life cycle.
Sustainable product – key instruments
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[Defra (2008) Progress Report on Sustainable Products and Materials, www.defra.gov.uk]
Eco-design
• ‘Eco-design’ means the integration of environmental aspects into
product design with the aim of improving the environmental
performance of the [product] throughout its whole life cycle
[Eco-design Directive]
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• The majority of environmental and cost impacts of a product are
determined during the design phase.
Design phase
Raw
materials
Production
Transport
Design determines impacts throughout
the life cycle of a product
Use
End-oflife
What
is EcoDesign
• Designing products as though the environment
matters
• Minimising the direct and indirect environmental
impacts at every possible opportunity
• Healthy blend of creative excellences,
innovation and technical rigor
Elements of the EcoDesign approach
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Product Selection.
General Product Analysis/ Streamlined LCA.
EcoDesign Workshop.
Selecting design strategies and directions and the
development of the design brief.
• Detailed design/production/marketing.
Product Selection
• Choose a product which you have some ability to
effect.
• to what extent is the market sensitive to the
environmental impacts resulting from the production,
use or disposal, of the current product?
• The product should not be trivial and need not be the
“green range”.
• what additional resources and expertise will be
needed to address these new issues of
environmental quality (the available organisational
capacity)?
• Project should to coincide with product design cycle.
Develop a General Product Analysis
Product information.
A broad description of the product, its function
and key components; key design/production
features.
• A brief outline of the history of the product.
• Manufacturers/sources of all components.
Develop a General Product Analysis
• A list of all materials used in the product.
• A list of all production processes involved in
fabricating the various components of the
product.
• Data on the (functional) use of the product.
• Current patterns of disposal of the product at
end of life.
Develop a General Product Analysis
Market.
• Key attributes of the product—functional,
aesthetic, quality, cost, etc.
• Current size of the market, including trends,
past and future predictions.
Develop a General Product Analysis
• Nature of the market—customers, niches,
competition.
• Other factors affecting market and product position—
costs, regulations and standards, consumer interests.
• Any environmental issues identified within the
market.
• Claims by competitors with regard to environmental
quality of similar products (see next section).
Develop a General Product Analysis
Competing products.
• History.
• Recent design or development trends—particularly any
trends in environmental features.
• Identification (if relevant and possible) of the competing
product (in the global market) with the best environmental
profile.
Develop a General Product Analysis
The company—resources and capabilities.
• Outline of the company—its history, size, facilities and
resources.
• Any environmental policy of the company or any history
of environmental action or concern.
• A list of all components of the product made by the
company and arrangements with suppliers of any other
components.
• A list of people able to be involved in ERD project, and
their expertise.
Develop a General Product Analysis
Pressures or potential for change of product.
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Environmental issues.
New materials.
New technology.
New customer demands or niches.
• Developments in related products.
Eco-design Directive
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Former version:
Directive 2005/32/EC of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the
setting of eco-design requirements for energy-using products (EuP)
Current version:
Directive 2009/125/EC of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework
for the setting of eco-design requirements for energy related
products (ErP)
Eco-design Directive (2009/125/EC )
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• Common initiative from DG ENTR, DG ENER, DG ENV
• Framework Directive which sets eco-design requirements (or
implementing measures/legislation) for Energy related Products.
• Objectives:
• To improve the overall environmental performance of these products using an
eco-design approach
• To ensure that disparities among national regulations do not become
obstacles to intra EU trade)
• To contribute to the security of energy supply and enhance the
competitiveness of the EU economy
• To preserve the interests of industry, consumers and other stakeholders
• Compliance through CE marking, i.e. products not fulfilling requirements will not be
able to carry the ‘CE’ label
Scope - products
Framework Directive sets provisions for
system allowing products to be placed on
the market/or put into service
and covers
• Energy related products (ErPs) - any good having
an impact on energy consumption during use
• Subject to implementing measures (no immediate
requirements on products)
The extended Ecodesign Directive
2009/125/EC
• Extension of scope is the only substantial amendment of
recasted Directive
• Working plan will be amended to take account of new
products - 2011
• Review by 2012 whether to extend scope to non-energy
related products
• Labelling, Incentives and PP in Energy Labelling
Directive
Eco-design process
1
European Commission
Working Plan
3
Consultation Forum
Impact
assessment
4
Draft
Implementing
Measure
Regulatory Committee
Working
Document
5
EU Parliament
Consultants
2
Eco-design
Preparatory Study
Stakeholder Consultation
Adoption
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Implementing measures
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• Could be proposed for product categories which:
• Represent a significant volume of products placed on the EU market
(indicatively > 200.000 units/year)
• Involve a significant environmental impact
• Present a significant potential for improvement
• Are to be based on
• Environmental assessments / relevant product characteristics and
functionality
• Products and technologies available on the market should be taken as
reference
• IM should preserve the interests of industry, consumers and other
stakeholders, but do add an administrative and testing burden on SMEs
Adoption of implementing measures
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Product requirements introduced via Regulations
Working plan identifying candidate products
Preparatory studies identifying environmental aspects
Proposed draft implementing measures or self
regulation initiatives are first discussed with
stakeholders in the Consultation Forum
• Impact assessment precedes measures
• Regulations adopted by the Commission assisted by
a regulatory Committee with scrutiny
• Stakeholders participate throughout whole process
Implementing measures - Criteria
Regulations proposed for products:
• significant sales volume in EU (indicatively 200 000)
• with significant environmental impact and
• significant potential for improvement
All environmental aspects and entire life cycle of
the product considered (annex I)
Significant environmental aspects addressed
Other aspects (product performance, health&safety,
impact on consumers, manufacturers’
competitiveness) are taken into account
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Indicative list of product groups covered by the working plan
 Air-conditioning and ventilation systems;
 Electric and fossil-fuelled heating equipment;
 Food-preparing equipment;
 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens;
 Machine tools;
 Network, data processing and data storing equipment;
 Refrigerating and freezing equipment;
 Sound and imaging equipment;
 Transformers;
 Water-using equipment.
IMPORTANT NOTE!!
Existing requirements for product energy labelling (as
well as for the voluntary EU eco-label) will continue to
exist alongside the provisions set out in the Ecodesign
Directive. Energy labels are intended to provide
consumers with energy and environmental
information on which they can base a choice between
products on the market.
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Marking and the EC declaration of conformity
Before a product covered by implementing measures is
placed on the market and/or put into service, a CE marking shall
be affixed and an EC declaration of conformity issued whereby
the manufacturer or its authorised representative ensures and
declares that the product complies with all relevant provisions of
the applicable implementing measure.
The affixing of markings on a product which are likely to
mislead users as to the meaning or form of the CE marking shall
be prohibited.
Member States may require the information to be supplied in
their official language(s) when the product reaches the enduser.
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EC declaration of conformity
The EC declaration of conformity must contain the following elements:
the name and address of the manufacturer or of its authorized
representative;
a description of the model sufficient for its unambiguous
identification;
where appropriate, the references of the harmonized standards
applied;
where appropriate, the other technical standards and specifications
used;
where appropriate, the reference to other Community legislation
providing for the affixing of the CE mark that is applied;
the identification and signature of the person empowered to bind the
manufacturer or its authorized representative.
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CE marking
The CE marking (also known as CE mark) is a mandatory
conformance mark on many products placed on the
single market in the European Economic Area (EEA). The
CE marking certifies that a product has met EU consumer
safety, health or environmental requirements. CE stands
for conformité européenne, French for "European
conformity". By affixing the CE marking to a product, the
manufacturer – on his sole responsibility – declares that it
meets EU safety, health and environmental requirements.
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Meaning
Existing in its present form since 1993, the CE marking is a key
indicator of a product’s compliance with EU legislation and enables the
free movement of products within the European market. By affixing the
CE marking on a product, a manufacturer is declaring, on his sole
responsibility, conformity with all of the legal requirements to achieve
CE marking and therefore ensuring validity for that product to be sold
throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). This also applies to
products made in third countries which are sold in the EEA.
However, not all products must bear the CE marking. Only those
product categories subject to specific directives that provide for the CE
marking are required to be CE marked. CE marked products are
bought not only by professionals (e.g. medical devices, lifts, machinery
and measuring equipment) but also by consumers (toys, PCs, mobile
phones and light bulbs).
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Characteristics of the CE marking
 The CE marking has to be affixed by the manufacturer or his
authorized representative in the European Community according to its
legal format visibly, legibly and indelibly to the product
 The size of the CE marking must be at least 5 mm, if enlarged its
proportions have to be kept
 If the appearance and workmanship of a product do not allow for the
CE marking to be affixed on the product itself, the marking has to be
affixed to its packaging or accompanying documents
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