On 30 March 2022 the European Commission published its long-awaited Sustainable Products Package. The core of the Package is the proposal to replace the Ecodesign Directive with an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, which according to the Commission’s Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans, “will ensure that only the most sustainable products are sold in Europe”.
Whilst expanding ecodesign to cover almost all tangible goods, the Ecodesign Regulation also presents new challenges for manufacturers of the Heating, Ventilation, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) ‘Energy-related Products’ (ErP), even for those that are familiar with ecodesign requir ...