EU MEMBER STATES REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION OF WHITE GOODS AND WATER HEATING CIRCULATORS
March 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPECIAL Ecodesign Regulatory Committee has backed European Commission proposals to toughen mandatory energy performance requirements for televisions and 'white goods' - such as washing machines and dishwashers. This means some existing models will from mid-2010 be banned from European Union (EU) shops. The committee also approved a new 'beyond A' category to the EU's energy labelling for such products. These would say how much less energy (in percentage terms) these products consume compared to the current best available 'A' standard in the ...
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