ECODESIGN

HOUSEHOLD DISHWASHERS

Exigencies for ecodesign for electric motors were stated in the

‘Commission Regulation No 1016/2010 of 10 November 2010 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers’

According to the Directive household dishwashers manufacturers should provide following information:

  • Energy consumption of the off-mode and left-on modes.

  • Indicative information concerning the times, energy and water consumption of the main cleaning programmes.

The specific ecodesign requirements are following:

  • From 1 December 2011

     - for all household dishwashers except the ones with capacity of ten place settings and a width not more than 45 cm the energy efficiency index (EEI) should be less than 71.

     - for household dishwashers with capacity of 10 place settings and a width not more than 45 cm the energy efficiency index (EEI) should be less than 80.

     - for all household dishwashers cleaning efficiency index should be greater than 1.12.

  • From 1 December 2013

     - for all household dishwashers with capacity of at least 11 place settings and household dishwashers with capacity of 10 place settings and a width more than 45 cm the energy efficiency index (EEI) should be less than 63.

     - for household dishwashers with capacity of 10 place settings and a width not more than 45 cm the energy efficiency index (EEI) should be less than 71.

     - for household dishwashers with capacity of at least 8 place settings drying efficiency index (ID) should be more than 1.08.

     - for household dishwashers with capacity of not more than 7 place settings drying efficiency index (ID) should be more than 0.86.

  • From 1 December 2016

     - for household dishwashers with capacity of 8 and 9 place settings and for household dishwashers with capacity of 10 and a width not greater than 45 cm the energy efficiency index (EEI) should be less than 63.

IC – Cleaning efficiency index which is measured by the washing efficiency of the tested product compared to the referenced appliance where the performances of the referenced appliance are indicated in the official European documents.

ID - Drying efficiency index which is measured by the drying efficiency of the tested product compared to the referenced appliance where the performances of the referenced appliance are indicated in the official European documents.

CIRCULATORS

Exigencies for ecodesign for electric motors were stated in the

‘Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products’

There are two main exigencies for circulators. The first ones are energy efficiency requirements which are following:

  • From 1 January 2013 an energy efficiency index (EEI) for glandless standalone circulators except the ones designed for primary circuits of heat pumps systems and of thermal solar should not be more than 0.27.

  • From 1 August 2015 an energy efficiency index for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products should not be more than 0.23.

The other groups of exigencies are product information requirements which should be obtained from 1 January 2013. They are following:

  • EEI should be indicated on the tally, on the packing of the product and in the technical documentation. It should be showed as follows ‘EEI ? 0,[xx]’

  • Following information should be provided: ‘The benchmark for most efficient circulators is EEI ? 0,20.’

  • Treatment facilities should be made available with the information about recycling, disassembly, or disposal at end-of-life of materials and components.

  • Following information shall be provided on the packaging and in the technical documentation of drinking water circulators: ‘This circulator is suitable for drinking water only’.

EEI – energy efficiency index is measured up to the pattern:

Where: Plavg – electrical power consumed by a circulator at four flows (25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of a rated flow)

Pref – reference electrical power

C20% - a coefficient equaling 0.49

HOUSEHOLD WASHING MACHINES

Exigencies for ecodesign for electric motors were stated in the

‘Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 of 10 November 2010 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household washing machines’

Requirements for ecodesign for household washing machines are listed below:

From 1 December 2011

  • The energy efficiency index (EEI) for all household washing machines shall be less than 68.

  • Washing efficiency index (Iw) for household washing machines with a rated capacity higher than 3kg shall be greater than 1.03.

  • Washing efficiency index (Iw) for household washing machines with a rated capacity equal or lower than 3kg shall be greater than 1.

  • Water consumption (Wt) for all household washing machines shall be: Wt ? 5 • c1/2 + 35, where c1/2 is rated capacity for standard 60C cotton programme of the washing machine.

From 1 December 2013

  • The energy efficiency index (EEI) for household washing machines with a rated capacity higher than 4kg shall be less than 59.

  • Water consumption (Wt) for all household washing machines shall be: Wt ? 5 • c1/2 + 35, where c1/2 is rated capacity for standard 60C cotton programme of the washing machine.

EEI – energy efficiency index is measured up to the pattern:

Where: AEc - weighted annual energy consumption of the household washing machine.

SAEc - standard annual energy consumption of the household washing machine.

Washing efficiency index Iw is measured by comparing of the tested washing efficiency index to the reference washing machine.

Water consumption Wt is a water consumption of the household washing machine of the standard 60C programme at full load.

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