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Ques\u00adtions: Steffen Wagner, Air-condi\u00adtioning Product Marketing Manager at Rittal, poses the basic ques\u00adtions that concern his industry and others with respect to the ErP coming into force.<\/p><\/div><\/div>
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Answers: Uwe Sigloch, Head of Market Manage\u00adment Venti\u00adlation \/ Air-condi\u00adtioning at ebm-papst Mulfingen, has been following the drafting of the Eco-design Direc\u00adtive and answering the remaining ques\u00adtions his customers have.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n
Which fans are affected by the new direc\u00adtive?<\/h3>\n
All fans with an elec\u00adtrical input power of at least 125 watts. The upper limit has been defined as 500 kilo\u00adwatts. Like all rules, however, this one has excep\u00adtions: The direc\u00adtive does not pertain to fans for kitchen range hoods with elec\u00adtric power of less than 280 watts and fans used in clothes dryers. The minimum effi\u00adciency level is defined depending on the fan type, the measuring system and the elec\u00adtrical power consumed. Concretely speaking, this means: The effi\u00adciency require\u00adments for small fans are less than the require\u00adments for fans with greater power.<\/p>\n
What conse\u00adquences does this have for the fans used in our prod\u00aducts?<\/h3>\n
These fans are affected only if their elec\u00adtrical input power is greater than 125 watts at the best point. If these fans have at least 125 watts of power and do not meet the effi\u00adciency require\u00adments, they have to be replaced by more effi\u00adcient fans.<\/p>\n
Do existing instal\u00adla\u00adtions have to be converted?<\/h3>\n
Existing instal\u00adla\u00adtions do not have to be converted. Only fans and devices with built-in fans placed on the market on or after 1st January 2013 in the Euro\u00adpean Union are affected. A tran\u00adsi\u00adtion period will apply, allowing units replaced during service to be grand\u00adfa\u00adthered in. However, the \u201cold\u201d fans must then be labelled accord\u00adingly.<\/p>\n
What poten\u00adtial savings can be expected from the new fans? How is their energy balance?<\/h3>\n
Usually, effi\u00adcient fans have more effi\u00adcient motors. These motors, together with aero\u00addy\u00adnam\u00adi\u00adcally opti\u00admised impellers and demand-oriented open loop speed control, can provide energy savings of up to 70 per cent \u2013 over a long service life.<\/p>\n
Will the new fans be more expen\u00adsive?<\/h3>\n
It is impos\u00adsible to give an unqual\u00adi\u00adfied answer to that ques\u00adtion. There are defi\u00adnitely cases in which the existing non-conforming fans can be modi\u00adfied in a cost-neutral manner such that they meet the require\u00adments. However, there will also be cases in which increased effi\u00adciency means increased costs. But these extra costs are amor\u00adtised in a very short time, depending on the duty cycle. Ulti\u00admately, this is a classic win-win situ\u00ada\u00adtion: The oper\u00adator bene\u00adfits \u2013 as does the envi\u00adron\u00adment!<\/p>\n
As a rule, the market does not accept price increases based on legal require\u00adments. What measures are ebm-papst taking to avoid a price increase or even offer the new fans at a lower price?<\/h3>\n
It will not be possible to uphold this basic rule in the case of the ErP direc\u00adtive for fans. As described above, there will always be situ\u00ada\u00adtions in which it is neces\u00adsary to resort to other motor tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. This is true partic\u00adu\u00adlarly in appli\u00adca\u00adtions that use slowly rotating fans \u2013 there, extra costs cannot be avoided. Ulti\u00admately, though, the higher purchase price pays off quickly due to the lower energy costs. Of course, ebm-papst will do every\u00adthing in its power to offer effi\u00adcient and cost-effec\u00adtive solu\u00adtions, even in these power ranges.<\/p>\n
What conse\u00adquences does the direc\u00adtive have for global compa\u00adnies \u2013 what is the situ\u00ada\u00adtion in terms of world\u00adwide validity and avail\u00adability?<\/h3>\n
All ErP direc\u00adtives are, for the time being, binding for all rele\u00advant compo\u00adnents and prod\u00aducts placed on the market in the Euro\u00adpean Union. This includes both prod\u00aducts produced in the EU and those imported from non-EU coun\u00adtries. The direc\u00adtive does not include prod\u00aducts for export. However, we antic\u00adi\u00adpate that coun\u00adtries outside the EU will address these issues if they have not done so already.<\/p>\n
Are fans that meet the require\u00adments for 2015 already avail\u00adable today?<\/h3>\n
Yes! ebm-papst Green\u00adTech EC fans meet or exceed by far the limits prescribed for 2015. This means that ebm-papst can offer a future-proof solu\u00adtion for all fans used today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Does the Direc\u00adtive affect fans only, or does it also include prod\u00aducts such as compres\u00adsors, pumps and the like? The envi\u00adron\u00admental design direc\u00adtive or Energy-using Prod\u00aducts Direc\u00adtive (EuP) 2005\/32\/EC and its successor, the Energy-related Prod\u00aducts Direc\u00adtive (ErP) 2009\/125\/EC, affect all prod\u00aducts that use energy in any way. The objec\u00adtive is to impose minimum energy require\u00adments [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,91,16,8,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blowers","category-erp","category-fans","category-heating","category-insights","category-refrigeration-ventilation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18924,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions\/18924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mag.ebmpapst.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}