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What future for the EU Ecodesign Policy?
Cool Products for a Cool Planet
Tuesday 23/03, 14:00 PM
155 Rue de la Loi
1040 Brussels Belgium
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Résidence Palace
Passage
Energy efficiency
What future for the Ecodesign policy?
Event organised by the NGO Campaign Cool products for a cool planet
Residence Palace - Rue de la Loi 155
"Passage" Room, 14.00-18.00
Introduction
The Ecodesign Directive is one of the EU's most powerful tools to decrease energy use and rid the market from the most polluting products. The requirements already adopted for nine product classes under this directive are expected to avoid the use of 337TWh of electricity per year by 2020, equivalent to the electricity consumption of Italy. However, this will not be sufficient to compensate for the foreseen growth of the stock and bring absolute savings.
For more than a year, Cool products for a cool planet has been drawing attention to this policy process and suporting an ambitious implementation of the EuP directive.
2010 will be a decisive year for this implementation: the minimum requirements for boilers and water heaters will be discussed and adopted by the EuP reglatory committee, along with measures on other important product groups such as air-conditioners, computers or monitors.
These votes represent a make-or-break point for the Ecodesign: they will determine whether or not this policy will finally trigger absolute energy savings.
Programme
14.00 Welcome and registration - chair: Germana Canzi, EUR-Policy
14.10 Lessons learned from two years of setting EU Ecodesign requirements on energy-using products
Edouard Toulouse (ECOS)
14.40 Concrete consequences for EU citizens
Christian Noll (BUND) / Talitha Koek (SNM)
15.00 Key decisions in 2010 on heating and cooling products: How to deliver absolute energy savings?
Gunnar Olesen (INFORSE Europe)
15.20 Break
15.45 Panel session: Expectations on Ecodesign measures for heating and cooling products
Keynote speaker: Satu Hassi, Member of the European Parliament
