from today we will have to pay more attention to the new energy labels: in fact, important innovations are coming for the identification of household appliances, based on their energy consumption but not only.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himOur homes are now invaded by household appliances and electronic devices of all kinds, all objects that contribute significantly (even when it doesn't seem like it) to our consumption - and often waste - of energy. It will therefore be nice to know that from today we will have to pay more attention to new energy labels: in fact, important innovations are coming for the identification of household appliances, based on their energy consumption but not only.
Already in May 2010, in fact, with the new directive 2010/30 / EU, the energy indications, previously reserved for large household appliances, have also been extended to all other electronic products including those which, while not consuming energy directly, affect its expenditure. We will then find the new labels on readers DVD, phones wireless, tv but also windows, for example, as connected to the consumption / energy saving.
Since December 20 2010in addition, they entered into force in the EU as well the first 4 regulations which establish the characteristics of the new energy labels; let's see the general ones:
- La energy scale that used to go from A to G, acquires three new classes which indicate the products with the lowest consumption: A+, A++ and A+++.
- i colors will go from dark green for the most efficient products, al red for those who consume more.
- For each category di product a regulation ad hoc, with precise indications on the type of information it must contain.
Le dishwasher are the first that had to be adapted, reporting the following elements on the label:
- • the name or trademark of the supplier;
- • the model of the appliance;
- • the energy efficiency class;
- • annual energy consumption (AEC) expressed in kWh / year;
- • annual water consumption (AWC) expressed in liters / year;
- • the drying efficiency class;
- • airborne noise emissions.
For the other products the new label will start instead from the 30 November 2011, except in cases in which it is desired to voluntarily place on the market household appliances compliant with the new provisions.
Here's what the labels should contain:
TELEVISIONS
- • the name or trademark of the supplier;
- • the model of the appliance;
- • the energy efficiency class of the TV;
- • the power consumption in switched mode expressed in Watts;
- • the annual energy consumption in on mode expressed in kWh / year;
- • the diagonal of the visible screen, both in centimeters and inches.
REFRIGERATOR E FREEZERS
- • the name or trademark of the supplier;
- • the model of the appliance;
- • the energy efficiency class of the appliance;
- • the annual energy consumption (AEC) expressed in kWh / year;
- • the sum of the useful volume of all compartments without stars (ie with an operating temperature greater than - 6 ° C);
- • the sum of the useful volume of all compartments for storing frozen foods (ie with operating temperatures equal to or lower than - 6 ° C);
- • airborne noise emissions.
WASHING MACHINES
- • the name or trademark of the supplier;
- • the model of the appliance;
- • the energy efficiency class of the appliance;
- • the weighted annual energy consumption (AEC) expressed in kWh / year;
- • the weighted annual consumption of water (AWC) expressed in liters / year;
- • the nominal capacity, expressed in kg, for the standard full load program for cotton fabrics at 60 ° C or 40 ° C, whichever is lower;
- • the efficiency class of the centrifuge;
- • airborne noise emissions during the washing and spinning phases for the standard program for cotton fabrics at 60 ° C at full load.
The first big brands are already starting to adapt: today is the news that the TV LED Econova at Philips, made with recycled and easily recyclable materials and already awarded as European Green TV 2010-2011, will receive the A + classification just on the occasion of the introduction ofEuropean Energy Label, which Philips is committed to using as early as this month.
Eleonora Cresci
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