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The development of requirements under the Ecodesign Directive
This module looks at the processes involved in the creation of the European Commission’s Ecodesign Directive legislation
Reading the popular press, one might think that the Ecodesign Directive is there purely to frustrate the consumer by imposing bureaucratic legislation that had no purpose other than to keep Eurocrats in business and to line the pockets of interested parties. However, delving a little deeper uncovers that the development of this extensive set of regulations has truly worthy aspirations, and is underpinned by rigorous research and analysis that is itself under continuous review. This CPD article will provide background on how the legislation is created and why the legislators have particularly focused on many areas that impact building services. The Ecodesign Directive1
was evolved
to ensure proper consideration of the total environmental impacts of products – from design, through manufacture, installation, use and disposal – by the integration of environmental aspects at a very early stage in product design. Moreover, the recent report by the environmental consultant Ecofys2
indicated that every euro saved in
energy consumption by implementing the measures would be matched by savings from reductions in utility costs as European energy demands reduce. This could potentially double the predicted €100bn reductions that would result from implementing predicted
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Agriculture 2.02%
Transport 32.06%
Electricity 21.12%
Industry 19.35%
Industry 40.44%
Services 5.6%
Residential 18.63%
Agriculture 1.8%
Figure 1: Breakdown of energy use across the 27 countries of the EU6
cost-effective energy-saving measures. This is speculative, of course, particularly as a recent monitored survey3
of UK homes indicated
that the most ‘energy conscious’ consumers used 10% more energy than the average – possibly hinting that when ‘low energy’ products are used, there may be temptation to use them longer or more frequently. An overarching concern is that the EU is currently highly dependent on external energy supplies – importing more than 80% of oil, 60% of gas and 40% of coal. Fuel security is a keen driver for change, and if no adjustments
are made, imports would account for 66% of EU energy requirements by 2020.4
The
current final energy consumption across the 27 EU countries is around 13,500 TWh pa5
, divided as shown in Figure 1. In the
first phase of the Ecodesign development, originally aimed to complete at the end of this year, electrical products were the principal focus both in the residential and ‘tertiary’ sectors. (The ‘tertiary’ sector is the ‘services’ sector defined as public sector, education, healthcare, services and commerce.) These two sectors account for about one third of
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Transport 2.52%
Residential 28.6%
Services 26.66%
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