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Ecodesign requirements for fans – the new regulation – what has changed and how may the regulation evolve in the future?

The revised ecodesign regulation for fans places new requirements on manufacturers in addition to increased minimum energy efficiency limits and more product information requirements.
What are those new requirements, the implications and how may the regulation evolve in future?

Topic

Air Conditioning & Ventilation & Heat Pumps

When & Where

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Wed, 10/09/2024, 14:20 - 14:30

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Hall 4A / 4A-419

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Details

  • Format:

    Lecture

  • Language:

    English

Session description

The revised ecodesign regulation for fans places new requirements on manufacturers, in addition to increased minimum energy efficiency limits and more product information requirements. What are those new requirements, the implications and how may the regulation evolve in future?
Regulation 327/2011 set ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW. Those requirements came into effect in 2013 and set minimum energy efficiency requirements and a necessity to publish specific data on the fan rating plate and in documentation.
The Commission initiated a study in 2014 to revise the regulation with some specific tasks. To assess -
is a reduction of fan types possible?
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Speaker

Geoff Lockwood
Geoff Lockwood
Chair of the fan working group