On 01 August 2023, the UK government communicated its intention to extend the recognition of the CE marking for placing most goods on the market in Great Britain, indefinitely, beyond December 2024. Ecodesign will follow a different path....

At the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum meeting of 9 June 2023, the European Commission presented the Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act and its implications for products regulated under Ecodesign.

The European Commission published its proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act on 20 March 2023. It aims to increase and diversify the EU’s supply of critical raw materials and includes new proposed requirements for cooling generators, heat pumps and electric motors....

The European Commission published the Net Zero Industry Act on 20 March 2023. It aims to strengthen Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem. Heat pumps are part of the list of “Strategic Net-Zero Technologies”....

The second stakeholder workshop on the energy performance of data centres was hosted on 3 March 2023. The workshops are part of the technical study regarding reporting requirements for data centres in the prospective recast Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)....

After significant delays, the ITRE committee has finally adopted its report on the EPBD recast on 9 February 2023.

Overview of the latest WTO notifications of relevance for the HVACR industry. Our Notifications allow members to be prepared for developments that can have an impact on them and their products.

Overview of the latest developments concerning new technical regulations of relevance for the HVACR industry. Our Notifications allow members to be prepared for developments that can have an impact on them and their products.