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UK releases energy efficiency draft for household drum dryers

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2025-08-05

The UK has released a draft of the Energy Related Product Eco Design and Energy Information (Household Drum Dryers) Regulation 2025, which requires multiple technical changes to household drum dryers.

On July 18, 2025, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in the UK submitted Notice G/TBT/N/GBR/103, intending to release a draft of the "Regulation on Ecological Design and Energy Information of Energy Related Products (Household Drum Dryers) 2025". Involving product HS code 842112.

Interpretation of the Notice

1、 Revision purpose

Environmental Protection: The UK plans to reduce carbon emissions by 0.91 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) by 2050. The proposed minimum energy efficiency performance standards will gradually phase out exhaust, gas, and condensing drum dryers with lower energy efficiency in the UK market, and ensure that the UK market only provides consumers with the most energy-efficient heat pump drum dryers, thereby improving the energy efficiency of dryer products in the UK market.

Consumer Information and Labeling: The proposed measures will reclassify the energy efficiency levels on UK energy labels from A+++- D to A-G, while introducing classifications for noise emissions, condensing efficiency, and maintainability. This will ensure clear and relevant information on energy efficiency, maintainability, and resource efficiency is provided to consumers, enabling them to make informed purchasing decisions and guiding them to choose the most energy-efficient products on the market.

Reduce trade barriers and promote trade: This revision proposes to adopt requirements consistent with the new EU regulations in the UK to avoid unnecessary trade barriers with the EU.

2、 Revision Background

The UK is one of the major economies in the world that has set a goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 through legislative means. To ensure sustained progress, the UK has developed a series of legally binding 'carbon budgets' covering the medium term, which are among the strictest climate targets globally. Its ultimate goal is to reduce emissions by 81% compared to 1990 levels by 2035.

3、 Main changes

1. Update the ecological design regulations for household drum dryers, introduce multiple technical changes to the calculation method of EEI, and set a unified EEI value for all household drum dryer technologies. Specifically, it includes:

When calculating the EEI of a household drum dryer, the energy consumption per drying cycle will be introduced instead of annual energy consumption.

The EEI calculation for household drum dryers will be based on the "ecological program" rather than the "standard cotton fabric program".

Household drum dryers intended for sale in the UK market must have an EEI value of less than 85.

2. In addition to changes to the minimum energy efficiency standards, the UK also proposes changes to existing ecological design requirements, which require all household drum dryers to have a shutdown mode, standby mode, or both, and power consumption should not exceed:

After 6 months of regulation, the power consumption in shutdown mode and standby mode shall not exceed 0.50 W.

Starting from May 9, 2027, the power consumption in shutdown mode shall not exceed 0.30W.

Raise the condensation efficiency requirement for condensing and heat pump drum dryers from 70% to 80%.

3. Regarding energy labeling, the UK proposes the following suggestions for changing energy labeling:

Replace the current energy label displaying A+++- D energy efficiency levels with the adjusted A-G energy efficiency level range. After readjusting the threshold values for each energy efficiency level, products on the market will also cover the entire A-G level range.

Adjust the current condensing efficiency level from A-G level to the readjusted A-D level to better reflect the condensing efficiency level that can be achieved by household drum dryers in the market.

Introduce a new A-D-level airborne noise emission classification system, which will be displayed along with the absolute noise emission values on energy labels.

Starting from January 1, 2027, an A-E class household drum dryer maintainability classification system will be introduced, and it will be required to display this classification on the energy label.

This is a draft regulation for soliciting opinions, with a review period of 60 days and a deadline of September 17, 2025. At present, the proposed effective date for the ecological design requirements of the regulation is planned for early 2026, and the proposed effective date for the energy labeling provisions is the second half of 2026.

There are the following precautions for Chinese enterprises exporting household dryers and their main accessories to the UK:

1. Pay attention to energy efficiency compliance risks. Chinese export enterprises should evaluate product technical compliance and pay attention to adjusting product design and supply chain product management in accordance with the energy consumption ecological design regulations of the UK drum dryer.

2. Regulatory linkage tracking. Given the extensive adoption of EU legal frameworks in UK regulations, it is recommended to pay attention to the revision dynamics of the EU Ecological Design Directive and anticipate the trend of technological barriers upgrading in advance.

3. Control the transition time. Make full use of the transition period before the regulations come into effect, and promote product energy efficiency upgrades, labeling system renovations, and supply chain adjustments in stages to avoid export blockages caused by timeliness errors.