The European Commission (EC) is undertaking an aggressive overhaul and expansion of the Ecodesign Directive to allow for the future regulation of the environmental sustainability of a wider range of ...

As part of its strategy to mitigate climate change, in 2007 the EU set a target of a 20 percent increase of energy efficiency in products, as compared to 2007 levels, by 2020. In 2018, the EU ...

Since 2005, the European Commission’s Ecodesign Directive for Energy related Products (ErP)* program has delivered energy efficiency standards for a number of consumer and commercial product families ...

On 1 August the Commission surprised stakeholders by adopting a proposal for a framework directive on Eco-Design for Energy-Using Products (EUP). There are no details yet as to which products are ...

The European Commissions' promising eco-design directive is struggling to gain traction because of staff shortages, undermining efforts to set energy-efficiency standards for products, said one expert ...

Eco-design standards should be applied to all manufactured goods, a leading member of the European Parliament argues in a report that is sparking fierce criticism from business groups. “It would be a ...

This has been an active year for the Ecodesign Directive for Energy related Products, the European Commission’s comprehensive energy efficiency program covering consumer and industrial goods.

The Council has adopted its position (‘general approach’) on the proposed regulation establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products. The new regulation will ...

The European Union has adopted new rules that should make it easier to repair your old household appliances in the future. The new Ecodesign Directive, which BBC News reports manufacturers will have ...

The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation aims to reverse detrimental trends, making sustainable products the norm in the EU market and diminishing overall environmental and climate impacts.

The European Commission is risking accusations of over- regulating industry with plans to extend a law on green design to all manufactured products. According to a draft document seen by European ...