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EU ERP update and revision of the "standby" ecological design directive for electronic appliances


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2023-05-05

EU ERP update and revision of the "standby" ecological design directive for electronic appliances

In response to the increasingly strict requirements for energy conservation and emission reduction, most electrical equipment continues to consume electricity even when in "off" or "standby" mode. Since 2008, the European Union has formulated the Ecological Design Directive (EC) No 1275/2008 for the minimum energy consumption requirements of "off" or "standby", and revised and updated it in 2013 to cover the directive (EU) No 801/2013 for the "networked standby" requirements of network equipment. At present, the directive covers approximately 500 million pieces of electrical equipment in the entire EU market.

 

On April 17th, in response to the requirements related to 'standby', the European Commission announced a new directive (EU) 2023/826 to reduce the energy consumption of electrical equipment in 'off' or 'standby' mode; At the same time, the ecological design directive (EC) No 107/2009 for simple set-top boxes was abolished.

 

The main differences between the limit values of the new ecological design directive and the current version are as follows:

-- (EC) No 1275/2008 and amending (EU) 2023/826
Off mode 0.50W 0.30W
Standby mode Without display 0.50W 0.50W
With display 1.00W 0.80W
Networked Standby of HiNA 8.00W 7.00W
Networked Standby of non-HiNA 2.00W 2.00W
The period of Power management  function for non-networked equipment Household coffee machines -- max. 40mins
Other equipment -- max. 20mins
The period of Power management  function for networked equipment 20mins 20mins
In addition, the new directive has added relevant information requirements for product manuals.

 

 

From the table comparison, it can be seen that the new version of the instruction will have more stringent requirements for standby/shutdown power consumption; Manufacturers of household appliances, consumer products, and other electrical equipment need to layout in advance to achieve lower shutdown/standby power consumption and functional optimization to meet the requirements of the new directive.


Effective date of the new directive: May 8, 2023
Mandatory date for new directive: May 9th, 2025

 

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