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While some considered 2011 to be a slow year for progress on European Commission Ecodesign Directive programs (only one regulation was adopted last year), the pace has definitely picked up in 2012. Some recent examples include: A subset of Lot 11 on electric motors covering water pumps entered into force in July with the first [...]

I had mixed feelings when I received my invitation to attend last week’s workshop on the European Commission’s Code of Conduct (CoC) for External Power Supplies (EPS). I was excited to finally visit the EC’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy when the weather was nice (over the years, the meetings I’ve attended there have [...]

There have been a number of changes in the Ecodesign Directive for ErPs this year. Hopefully, you’ve read some of the blogs. Some of this year’s stories included: Is the first Ecodesign Directive voluntary agreement around the corner? New Developments for External Power Supply Specs European Commission Moves Forward to Reduce Network Standby Power Waste [...]

Last year, I wrote about smart appliances when the European Commission was considering the development of an ErP standard to address the technology (see: Everything is Getting Smarter). The preparatory study has just been released and is available now on the EC EcoStandby website. The focus of the European study is on how to lower [...]