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Consultation Forum Vaccum Cleaners l DG Energy Unit C3 Energy efficiency of products & Intelligent Energy - Europe Matthew Kestner 8/09/2011

Vacuum cleaners - Background: l . Increasing Energy Consumption Average input power around 500W in 1960s to . Average Use 50 – 60 hours 1500W today . Annual Consumption Perhaps 20-30 (but lack of data) TWh 2 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Scope: l . All ‘normal’ Vacuum Cleaners Domestic and Commercial . Exclude . Wet (Spray liquid) – e.g. carpet cleaners . Wet and Dry Workshop machines . Robot VCs . Industrial Machines Need specialist operator . Central VCs . Floor Polishers 3 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Scope: Comments l . All ‘normal’ Vacuum Cleaners Domestic and Commercial . . Exclude Wet (Spray liquid) – e.g. carpet cleaners . (Spray Extraction Machines – ECMA) . Wet and Dry Workshop machines (ANEC include) . Robot VCs (ANEC include) . Industrial Machines Need specialist operator . Central VCs . Floor Polishers Scrubber Driers, Sweepers, commercial VC with head>50cm, - ECMA 4 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Scope: l . All ‘normal’ Vacuum Cleaners . Wet filter VCs But . Large Battery VCs 2 years extra for measurement methods No requirements, Labelling Optional 5 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Scope: Comments l . All ‘normal’ Vacuum Cleaners . Wet filter VCs But . Large Battery VCs 2 years extra for measurement methods No requirements, Labelling Optional NL(ANEC) - Should not be optional, include battery VCs intended for normal household use, exclude others. 6 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Categories: l . No technical Categories . Canister . Upright . Motorized Brushes . Bags/cyclone etc. . All performing same function . difficult to define . Could limit e.g. inovation if ‘new type’ was excluded from labelling 7 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Categories: l . Functional Categories . All Purpose . Carpet only . Hard Floor only . Some VCs designed only for one one surface . No need to penalize, . Warn customer that only designed for Hard Floor or Carpet 8 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Categories: l . Domestic Low voltage Directive . Commercial Machinery Directive . Ecodesign requirements Same . Information requirements . Finland need more clarification – (possibly no label for commercial VCs) definition of commercial/domestic 9 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

Vacuum cleaners - Impacts: l . Energy in use 20-30 TWh . Noise . Cleaning Increased Hygiene . Dust Re-emission Reduced pm (0.4-4 µ) 10 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

VCs – Policy : Noise l . Label . Ecodesign » dBa figure » No Limit 11 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

VCs – Policy : Noise l . Label . Ecodesign » dBa figure . ECMA – Commercial VCs covered by Machinery » No Limit Directive already defines noise with limits – should . ANEC should include noise limit (76 dBa) follow 12 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – Dust re-emission . Technical particle size included » E.g. 0.4 - 4 micron 13 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Dust re-emission . Technical impact on indoor environment » Indoor particulate much higher than outdoor levels » Significant health impact » Not clear that ‘very good’ filtration (e.g. 99.5%) significant improvement over ‘good’ filtration (e.g. 98%) » Very important to some consumers (e.g. households with asthma suffers) 14 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

VCs –: Dust re-emission l . Label . Ecodesign » Re-emission % figure e.g. 2.5% 3% re-emission » Limit 15 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

VCs –: Dust re-emission l . Label . Ecodesign » Re-emission % figure e.g. 2.5% . NL, CECED limit should be 2% 3% re-emission » Limit . ANEC » 0.3 µ to 20 µ » 1% after 1 year, 0.4% after 3 years 16 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – Cleaning performance . Dirt removal after 2 Double Strokes » More realistic than 5 double strokes » Repeatability and Reprocability a little worse than after 5 double strokes » but probably be acceptable for performance declaration. 17 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – Cleaning performance . Dirt removal after 2 Double Strokes » More realistic than 5 double strokes » Repeatability and Reprocability a little worse than after 5 double strokes » but probably be acceptable for performance . CECED, ECMA, Dyson, NL, 5 double strokes declaration. . ECOS, ANEC . ANEC Dyson 2 Double Strokes (also) measure with (half) full bag 18 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Cleaning performance . Label (no language) » Separate A-G scale Carpet – Hard floor 19 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Cleaning performance . Label (no language) » Separate A-G scales Carpet – Hard floor » ANEC harder scales (reflecting limits) 20 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – Cleaning performance . Fiche » Separate A-G scales Carpet/Hard floor » Separate % figures Carpet/Hard floor 21 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Cleaning performance . Ecodesign » No limits 22 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Cleaning performance Comments . Ecodesign » NL suggest limits of 65% carpets and 95% hard floor (5 double strokes) would meet (CECED) concerns about very low performance VCs receiving a label or better » Ro suggests limits » ECOS limit after 2 Double Strokes » ANEC limits of 55% carpets and 85% hard floor (2 double strokes) 23 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Energy Consumption . Real Life Behaviour Information available suggests » 2 double strokes (regardless of level of cleaning) 24 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Energy Consumption . Real Life v. EN standard » Real life Cleaning times implies about 2 double strokes in test » Floor must be covered at least once » Test floors probably ‘dirtier’ than real life (so fewer ‘double strokes’ needed to achieve set cleanliness) 25 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Energy Consumption . Real Life v. prEN standard » Cleaning time implies about 2 double strokes in test » Floor must be covered at least once » Test floors probably ‘dirtier’ than real life (so fewer ‘double strokes’ needed to achieve set cleanliness) 26 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – : Energy Consumption . Study » LLCC for (standard size) vacuum cleaner 750W – about 28 kWh per year » Extra costs low (and saving from smaller motor) 27 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – : Energy Consumption . Annual Energy Consumption » Power input x Annual Cleaning time 28 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – : Energy Consumption . Annual Energy Consumption . ANEC – suggest label etc on rated input Power input x Annual Cleaning time power (A 800W G 1200 W) (as in study) 29 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs – : Energy Consumption . Annual Cleaning time » 50 Cleans x 87M² x 2 double strokes x F x P + 5h idle time (divided between 40 M² carpet & 47 M² hard floor) (time to clean 87M² from head width and velocity of 0,5M/s) 30 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Correction Factor ‘F’ . Penalizes Vacuum Cleaners with ‘bad’ cleaning performance where after 2 double strokes users may still see visible dirt and so may continue to clean. 31 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

. l VCs –: Correction Factor ‘F’ » For VCs with at least average Dust Pick up: 1 » For VCs with below average Dust Pick up: Average Cleaning performance Cleaning Performance 32 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |

l VCs –: Correction Factor ‘F’ Comment . Penalizes Vacuum Cleaners with ‘bad’ cleaning performance where after 2 double strokes users may still see visible dirt and . CECED suggests factor insufficient so so may continue to clean. VCs with very low power and very low performance could still receive A energy rating (or better) – but with G performance rating. 33 NOUVELLE LÉGISLATION EUROPÉENNE POUR ÉCONOMISER L’ÉNERGIE |