06 LIGHT IMPRESSIONS | new energy efficiency label THE NEW ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASSES The new energy efficiency classes A to G are among the most important requirements of the new EU Ecodesign Directive 2021. We explain what the new energy labels mean. The European Union's Ecodesign Directive was already adopted in 2009 and has been in force since September 2021. This goes hand in hand with a new scale for determining the energy efficiency value: the previous classification from A+++ to E gives way to a new gradation from A to G. The original scale was intended to distinguish particularly energy-friendly lighting solutions, primarily LED-based. The reason: the original scale was intended to distinguish particularly energy-friendly lighting solutions, primarily LEDbased. However, due to great technical progress, even the cheapest LED lamps gradually fell into the A classification, which ran counter to the original purpose [consumer benefit]. The new energy efficiency classes are now strictly based on the luminous efficacy of a light source. Thus, only luminaires with 210 lm/W receive the A label; luminaires with less than 85 lm/W fall into class G. Good to know: The EU's new energy labels have been classified with an eye to the future. Thus, the upper classes A and B remain free for the time being so that manufacturers have leeway for further technological advances without the need to adapt the energy label again in the near future. In addition to the new energy efficiency classes, manufacturers of artificial lighting are subject to numerous other new requirements. With the expansion of our measurement laboratory, we are already taking these requirements into account and verifying compliance with the specified limit values for stroboscopic effects and light flicker for each product concerned. What is the Ecodesign Directive? The European Union's Ecodesign Directive 2021 includes numerous regulations for various electronics sectors and serves to prevent waste or increase resource efficiency. In this context, the directive regulates the longer and faster availability of spare parts in order to make products more repairable and retrofittable and thus more sustainable. At the same time, a European data room is to be created for the central bundling of product information. Under the keyword "digital product passport", information on materials, spare parts or also on proper disposal is to be summarised in the future and used for all phases along the product life cycle. further information: ec.europa.eu representation in the catalogue
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