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Ecodesign links
Authorities involved in the Ecodesign process
- UBA - German Federal Environment Agency
- BAM - Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing
- EU DG ENER - European Commission Directorate-General Energy: Ecodesign site
- EU DG ENTR - European Commission Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry: Ecodesign site
- National contacts in charge of the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive
- Österreichische Energieagentur - Austrian Energy Agency; information, background and news from the Austrian Energy Agency about the Ecodesign Directive
Websites of self-regulation initiatives
Ecodesign methodology
- Update of the Methodology for the Ecodesign of Energy-related Products (MEErP) (completed in 2011) (off-line)
- Study on the integration of material efficiency into MEErP (2012-2013)
- Joint Research Center (JRC) of the EU-Commission: completed studies on integration of resource efficiency and waste management criteria in the implementing measures under the Ecodesign Directive (2011/2012)
Studies on the Ecodesign working plan and on the evaluation of directives
- Study on the evaluation of the Ecodesign Directive (2012)
- Study on amended Ecodesign working plan (2012)
- Study preparing the review of the Energy Labelling Directive (2013)
- Study to establish the Ecodesign Working Plan 2015-2017 (2014)
Others
2014-2015 Ecodesign review study webpages
2013 Ecodesign preparatory studies webpages
2012 Ecodesign preparatory studies webpages
- ENER Lot 27 Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) (offline)
- ENER Lot 28 Pumps for Private and Public Wastewater and
for Fluids with High Solids Content (offline) - ENER Lot 29 Pumps for private and public swimming pools, ponds, fountains and aquariums, as well as clean water pumps larger than those regulated under Lot 11 (offline)
- ENER Lot 30 Motors and drives (offline)
- ENER Lot 31 Products in motor systems in particular compressors
2009 Ecodesign preparatory studies webpages
- ENTR Lot 1 Refrigerating and freezing equipment (off-line)
- ENTR Lot 2 Distribution and power transformers (off-line)
- ENTR Lot 3 Sound and imaging equipment (off-line)
- ENTR Lot 4 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens (off-line)
- ENTR Lot 5 Machine tools
- ENTR Lot 6 Air-conditioning and ventilation systems
- ENER Lot 20 Local room heating products (off-line)
- ENER Lot 21 Central heating products using hot air to distribute
heat (other than CHP) (off-line) - ENER Lot 22 Domestic and commercial ovens (electric, gas, microwave) (off-line)
- ENER Lot 23 Domestic and commercial hobs and grills (off-line)
- ENER Lot 24 Professional washing machines, dryers and dishwashers (off-line)
- ENER Lot 25 Non-tertiary coffee machines (off-line)
- ENER Lot 26 Networked standby losses of energy using products (off-line)
2006 Ecodesign preparatory studies webpages
- TREN Simple set-top boxes (offline)
- TREN Lot 1 Boilers and combiboilers (offline)
- TREN Lot 2 Water heaters (offline)
- TREN Lot 3 Computers and monitors
- TREN Lot 4 Imaging equipment (offline)
- TREN Lot 5 Consumer electronics: TV (offline)
- TREN Lot 6 Standby and off-mode losses (offline)
- TREN Lot 7 External power supplies and battery chargers (offline)
- TREN Lot 8 Office lighting (offline)
- TREN Lot 9 Street lighting (offline)
- TREN Lot 10 Room air conditioning appliances (offline)
- TREN Lot 11 Electric Motors (offline)
- TREN Lot 12 Commercial refrigerators and freezers (offline)
- TREN Lot 13 Domestic refrigerators and freezers (offline)
- TREN Lot 14 Domestic washing machines and dishwashers (offline)
- TREN Lot 15 Solid fuel small combustion installations (offline)
- TREN Lot 16 Laundry dryers (offline)
- TREN Lot 17 Vacuum cleaner (offline)
- TREN Lot 18 Complex set-top boxes (offline)
- TREN Lot 19 Domestic lighting (offline)