To help achieve the EU's climate goals. The aim of the Ecodesign Directive is to reduce the impact of our actions on the environment.

The ErP Directive deals with a large number of products that use energy in some way. This means that components such as fans, motors or pumps, as well as entire devices such as ventilation and air conditioners, are also subject to minimum efficiency requirements.

Fans of all types (axial fans, centrifugal fans with forward-curved and backward-curved blades, tangential blowers and diagonal fans) with a power consumption between 0.125 kW and 500 kW are affected. This applies to fans that are operated as "stand-alone" devices or are integrated as a component in a device or system.

Yes. The directive does not cover fans for kitchen exhaust hoods with an output of less than 280 watts or fans in dryers.

The EU defines minimum efficiency ratings in the ErP implementing regulation for fans. These are defined based on the power consumption at the optimum point. Determining whether a fan conforms to the ErP implementing regulation always involves assessing the efficiency of the fan as a whole, i.e. the entire unit comprising control electronics (if fitted), motor and fan impeller.

The directive stipulates that it should be reviewed five years after it went into effect. This review, called "Revision 2020", is already being discussed. There are currently no binding findings or results yet. Therefore, the limit values are not expected to be made more stringent before 2022.