Study review launched

14 February 2018

The European Commission has launched a review study of the regulation on Ecodesign and Labelling requirements for space heaters and combination heaters. The study covers the review of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013.

The study is carried out by VHK, with assistance from BRG Building Solutions for market data, for the European Commission, DG Energy. Contract manager is Viegand Maagøe A/S. The study started in June 2017 and will run for 22 months.

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Objectives

Following Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013, the regulations shall be reviewed in the light of technological progress. To this end the study team will update the existing preparatory study according to the MEErP methodology, including:

  • A quantitative evaluation of the impact of the existing regulations;
  • An assessment regarding resource efficiency – most likely disassembly, recyclability, reparability and durability following the adoption the adoption of the Circular Economy Package in December 2015 and the new Ecodesign Working Plan 2016-2019;
  • A technology roadmap to show previous technological innovations, current product technologies including best available technologies (BAT), and concentrate mainly on an outlook of technologies yet to enter the market (BNAT) as well as general technological trends in the examined product sector, using the findings from the MEErP as a basis.

Focus

For the Ecodesign regulation the review involves in particular the assessment of:

  • The appropriateness of setting Ecodesign requirements for greenhouse gas emissions related to refrigerants, emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter;
  • The appropriateness of setting stricter Ecodesign requirements for energy efficiency, sound power level and emissions of nitrogen oxides;
  • The appropriateness of setting requirements for products working on gaseous and liquid fuels from biomass;
  • The validity of the primary energy factor (PEF);
  • The appropriateness of 3rd party certification.

For the Energy labelling regulation, the review involves in particular the assessment of:

  • An evaluation of the significant changes in market shares;
  • The appropriateness of the package labels and fiches;
  • The appropriateness of having other heating efficiency than the standardised heating season;
  • The inclusion of passive flue heat recovery devices.

This study is conducted using the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energy-using products (MEErP) as established in 2011. The methodology requires the contractor to carry out 7 tasks, ranging from product definition to policy scenario analysis.

The tasks in the MEErP entail:

  • Task 1 – Scope (definitions, standards and legislation);
  • Task 2 – Markets (volumes and prices);
  • Task 3 – Users (product demand side);
  • Task 4 – Technologies (product supply side, includes both BAT and BNAT);
  • Task 5 – Environment & Economics (Base case LCA & LCC);
  • Task 6 – Design options;
  • Task 7 – Scenarios (Policy, scenario, impact and sensitivity analysis).

 

 

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