Energy using Products (EuP):

Requirements for Ecodesign

Rome, December 3rd, 2009

Frank Rheiner

VDE Testing and Certification Institute

frank.rheiner@vde.com

www.vde-institut.com

Ecodesign Directive

energy efficiency / environmental

protectionLegislation

Consumers

Manufacturer

The Directive 2009/125/EC (former 2005/32/EC) of the European

Parliament and of the Council establishes a framework for the setting of

ecodesign requirements for energy-related products.

Goal:

To contribute to sustainable development by increasing energy efficiency

and the level of protection of the environment,

while at the same time increasing the security of the energy supply.

Structure of regulative framework ─ Standards and Directives

DIN EN ISO 14040 : 2006Environmental Management –Lifecycle Assessment

DIN IEC 62430 Ed.1.0Environmentally Conscious Design for Electrical and Electronic Products

IEC 62075:2008 - EN 62075Audio/Video, IT and Communica-tion Appliances- Environmentally Conscious Design

Generic

requirements

Sector

specific

requirements

Industry

specific

requirements

Standards – Normative elements Directives – Legal elements

Implementing measures:Definition of Ecodesignrequirements

Directive 2002/96/EC - WEEEwaste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) -Directive 2002/95/EC - RoHSRestriction of the use of certainhazardous substances in in electrical and electronic equipment

Directive 2009/125/ECFramework for the setting of Ecodesign requirements for the design of energy-related products

Directive 2009/125/EC:

"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.

DIN IEC 62430:

“The goal of environmentally conscious design is the reduction of adverse

environmental impacts of a product throughout its entire life cycle.”

Definition Ecodesign

Design Production Transport Use End of Life

Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Optimization of ecodesign parameters

� Demonstration of improvements possible regarding

� Selection of Materials and Processes

� Place of manufacturing

� Packaging Materials

� Energy Efficiency

� Recyclability

� LCA allows long term cost savings by selection of

reduced energy/CO2 manufacturing and materials

� LCA provides marketing arguments and makes

Ecodesign transparent to the customer

• Improvement between Product Generations

• Comparison of two products with similar functionality

Product A Product B

kg CO2

Source: www.eup-network.de

Status as of November 17, 2009

Implementing measures

Eco design

� Life Cycle Assessment

� Chemical product analysis (Material declaration, REACH, RoHS, WEEE)

Energy

� Energy efficiency measurements

� Stand-by-Measurements

Audits� Environmental managements systems

� Quality management systems

Additional services� Marks for environmental friendly, energy efficient and quality products

� Noise emission measurements

� EMC measurements

� Environmental tests (Accelerated lifetime tests)

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