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T e counterargument is the simple heating pump. For this small pump, which is installed many hundreds of thousands of times, there is already regulation – even though it is an aggregate in which, strictly speaking, the extended product approach has been applied. In this small unit, the pump, frequency converter and motor are assembled in a very small space. T e Commission has therefore considered the device as a single product, even though it consists of three separate products. T e fi rst heating pumps were regulated under the Eco-Design Directive as early as 2013.
SECOND EPA TEST FOR WATER PUMPS Since 2012, there has also been basic regulation of water pumps, but only of the actual pump, that is the hydraulics, which transports a fl uid from A to B. T e water pumps are also regulated in principle. “We want to try to implement the extended product approach for water pumps in the upcoming revision”, says Markus Teepe, chairman of the Eco- Design Working Group at Europump and representative of the pump manufacturer Wilo. So far, heating pumps have been subject to regulation as a unit and water
pumps as a component. T is is partly because there are more of them than any other pump type, and partly because large industrial pumps are often so special that they cannot readily be grouped into one category or classifi cation. In the EU Commission, it is customary to review decisions every fi ve years. T e review of the water pump issue had been delayed but is now due for this year. T e Commission usually has such technical issues reviewed by external consultants before reaching a decision. T ese experts meet with all parties involved. It is essential therefore that the pump manufacturers convince them of their arguments.
AVERT IMMINENT COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE But what if the extended product approach is ultimately not accepted? “We see a real danger that we will not save the 35TWh that we could,” says Ennenbach. “We will then miss the opportunity to make a major contribution to sustainability and climate protection. We have everything we need. We just need the legislator making the right decisions.” However, in addition to ecological
responsibility and sustainability, it is also
about the competitiveness of the European pump industry, as other parts of the world have long since introduced drastic effi ciency requirements for pumps, such as in the USA, Canada and soon also in China. Ennenbach concludes, “As manufacturers, we must do something to avoid losing these markets. If we want to remain a technology leader, we must show the effi ciency gains in Europe.”
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