STANDARDS | Understanding the new energy labels ratings and labels New energy – what you need to know 1.
Retailers must now familiarise themselves with new energy ratings and labels for major appliances that come in on March 1. Paul Hide,
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chief executive of the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances (Amdea), has all the details
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ments in the eco performance of the current generation of major domestic appliances.
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These achievements in energy and water savings have prompted a need to revise the ratings on the familiar rainbow scale, along with other product features displayed on the energy labels.
Since autumn last year, manu-
facturers have already been putting a second new label in product boxes and Amdea has been helping retailers to understand the changes and explain them to their customers.
5. 6. 7. What?
Five categories of cooling and wet appliances have been addressed in this fi rst revision – fridges and freezers, wine machines,
washer-dryers 8. 9.
coolers, washing and
dishwashers. To improve clarity for customers, the calculation methods have changed and the rescaled ratings deliberately leave space at the top of the rainbow scale to allow for future machines that may come along with higher performance levels.
1. QR Code 2. Energy effi ciency class of product 3. Energy effi ciency
scale A to G 4. Weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles (kWh) 5. Rated capacity for the ‘Eco 40-60’ program (kg) 6. Duration of the
‘Eco 40-60’ program 7. Weighted water consumption per cycle (litres) 8. Spin-drying effi ciency class 9. Airborne acoustical noise emissions (db(A)) and noise emission class
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When? To prepare for the transition,
manufacturers will already have been providing a new label in product boxes. In Great Britain, these new labels will increasingly feature a Union
dvances in energy-saving technology have already delivered vast improve-
Jack, while in Northern Ireland, the EU fl ag will be retained. The most important date to remember is March 1. From this date, only the new labels must be displayed in-store and online. It is also wise to remember any stock models in the fi ve categories that have not been rescaled or relabelled – effectively discontinued lines – must be sold by December 1.
Why? Today, 90% of fridges and freezers sold are rated A+ or higher and 80% of washing machines already perform to A++ or A+++ standard. Most cooling and wet appliances are clustered tightly in the top bands, with many pluses, while the remaining ratings from B to G are practically empty. Further advances have run out of space to illustrate their savings potential to customers.
How?
The solution has been to remove the pluses and rescale the bands to populate the lower ratings This change is planned to last at least a decade, meaning that initially A- or B-rated products will be rare. It will be worth pointing out to customers that, starting from such a high base, E- and F-rated fridge-freezers will still denote high-performance models. From March 1, the most popular models of fridge-freezers will be E- and F-rated. Formerly known as A++ and A+, they are highly effi cient, using
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