The EuP directive is not solely about energy efficiency of a product
during use. In fact, it is about all environemental aspects of a
product over the entire product's life cycle. The Annexes specifically
talk about choice and use of raw materials (even use of recycled
materials), manufacture, packaging, transport and distribution and
recycling, ect. Just check the language in Part 1 of Annex 1.
Moreover, this is not limited to electronics. Any product that uses
energy in any form is covered. There is only an exemption and that is
for "means of transport". So if your back yard grill uses propane it
would be covered.
The interesting part of all this is going to come when they start trying
to come up with design criteria for all of the many thousands of
products that will be covered. Who is going to decide on the
trade-offs, e.g. sacrificing energy efficiency for the sake of using
more benign materials during manufacture, or use of materials that are
easier to recycle such as metals but are more costly to transport
because they weigh more, etc . They are allowed to consider cost, but
economy is not a deciding factor so you know darn well that they will
take the position that even if a particular design criteria costs a
little more that is OK, because it will be "better" for this or that
reason. Of course, consumers will be more than happy to bear these
additional costs because it is for their own good.
It will be interesting to see how they come up with standards for
"efficiency". Is a product that consumes more energy but has more
features less energy efficient than the bare bones product? This is
going to be a fun one to watch - from the sidelines.
Chuck Dolci
Kallin, Dan wrote:
>Except the US Energy star is voluntary!
>
>My understanding is the approach proposed will be to first codify
>voluntary initiatives already on the books.
>
>Dan Kallin
>Program Director
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>Earth Tech, Inc.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James, Chris
>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:38 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [LF] Don't be left out on the Next RoHS
>
>EuP is attempting to make products more energy efficient - that's the
>energy they consume when being used - a bit like the USA star rating.
>
>Suggest you download a copy from Europa and read it.
>
>Currently only applies to volume manufactured products (> 200k units
>p.a.)
>
>Regards,
>
>Chris
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Kirschner
>Sent: 28 February 2006 16:28
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [LF] Don't be left out on the Next RoHS
>
>On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:16:38 -0500, Tempea, Ioan
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi Fern,
>>
>>did I get it right: the directive actually wants to regulate the energy
>>
>>
>consumption of finished products during their life cycle, not covering
>the
>wasted energy during the manufacturing of the product. In this case,
>they
>(EU) are not contradicting RoHS, but maybe trying to balance the odds:
>we
>waste more during manufacturing, but we save during operation.
>
>
>>I wonder if there will be any Design for EuP guidelines.
>>e a framework for developing EU-wide
>>
>>
>>>rules for eco-design. Under EuP, the Commission will enact
>>>
>>>
>implementing
>
>
>>>measures on specific products and environmental aspects such as
>>>
>>>
>energy
>
>
>>>consumption, waste generation, water consumption, extension of
>>>
>>>
>lifetime.
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>The European Union Commission recently published an invitation for
>>>experts to apply for the "Consultation Forum" on implementing
>>>
>>>
>measures
>
>
>>>for the EuP. The task of the group of experts is to contribute to
>>>
>>>
>the
>
>
>>>definition and review of the implementing measures, to monitor the
>>>efficiency of the established market surveillance mechanisms and to
>>>
>>>
>the
>
>
>>>assessment of voluntary agreements and other self-regulatory measures
>>>taken in the context of the Directive. The group of experts will be
>>>composed of a maximum of 50 members, including one representative
>>>
>>>
>from
>
>
>>>each Member State and acceding country; it will be open for observers
>>>from candidate and EFTA countries. The stakeholders consultation is
>>>
>>>
>open
>
>
>>>to US companies with established operations in the EU.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>For more information on the consultation forum, click on
>>>http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/consforum.htm
>>><http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/consforum.htm> or
>>>contact Robert Straetz at [log in to unmask]
>>><mailto:[log in to unmask]> or 202-482-4496.
>>>
>>>
>>>Fern Abrams
>>>Director of Environmental Policy
>>>IPC - The Association Connecting Electronics Industries
>>>1901 North Moore Street, Suite 600
>>>Arlington, VA 22209
>>>(703) 522-0225
>>>fax (703) 522-0548
>>>http://www.ipc.org <http://www.ipc.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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