Yearly Appliance Energy Cost Indication (YAECI)
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Key action:
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Equipment and products |
| Status: |
Ongoing |
| Coordinator: |
Rebecca van Leeuwen-Jones
NL Agency, Netherlands
E-mail: rebecca.vanleeuwen@agentschapnl.nl
Tel: +31 88 602 2240
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| Partners: |
Austrian Energy Agency (AEA), Austria
ENERGY INSTITUTE "HRVOJE POZAR" (EIHP), Croatia
SEVEn, The Energy Efficiency Center, Czech Republic
BIO Intelligence Service (BIO IS ), France
Oeko-Institut e.V. - Institute for Applied Ecology ('Oeko-Institut), Germany
Projects in Motion (PIM), Malta
NL Agency (ANL), Netherlands
Uneto-VNI, Netherlands
Energia e Ambiente da Arrábida (ENA), Portugal
Energy Research and Modernising Institute (ICEMENERG), Romania
Building and Civil Engineering Institute ZRMK (GI ZRMK), Slovenia
ESCAN, S.A. (ESCAN), Spain
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| Website: |
http://www.appliance-energy-costs.eu |
| Benefits: |
By providing information by retailers about yearly energy costs of appliances to the consumers, these are stimulated to buy more EE cost effective types, the retailers themselves benefit from usually higher margins of new (more EE) products and manufacturers are stimulated to boost further products.
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| Keywords: |
energy efficient appliances, energy cost information, green purchasing
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| Duration: |
20/03/2012 - 19/03/2015 |
| Budget: |
EUR 1 488 954 (EU contribution: 75%) |
| Contract number: |
IEE/11/843/SI2.615934 |
YAECI provides customers with information at the point of sale on the yearly energy cost of products with an energy label (cold appliances, washing machines, dishwashers, dryers, air-conditioners and televisions) to stimulate the uptake of affordable efficient products. The EU energy label currently provides the consumer with information on the energy efficiency, energy consumption and several other energy-related aspects. However, the energy label lacks information on an important purchase criterion: the (yearly) energy costs. A product that is initially somewhat more expensive can in fact work out to be cheaper in the long run due to lower annual running costs. The proposed action complements the EU energy label by providing yearly energy costs, the "Energy Indicator" for products at the point of sale, i.e. in shops and on websites of retailers. The revised Energy Label Directive already requires suppliers and retailers to indicate the energy class of the product when providing information on specific models, e.g. price or energy- related aspects. The "Energy Indicator" could be added to a website, and in a shop a separate sign could be placed next to the EU energy label. |
- Indication of yearly energy costs at point of sale and in web shops by a number of retailers/(web)shops which can serve as "YAECI frontrunners" in each of the participating countries.
Participation of 10 to 15 retailers in each participating country (individuals retailers or chains).
- Increased market share of energy efficient products at participating retailers, resulting in 24.644 toe/year primary energy savings (approx. 15% coverage of sales of refrigerators, freezers washing machines, dish washers, dryers, air conditioners and televisions leading to an average energy efficiency improvement in these categories of approx. 15%).
- In each country at least 75 % of the participating retailers should want to continue and a same number of new retailers should want to join after the project. Stakeholders should show interest to participate in the follow up and/or suggest improvements.
- In each participating country, a YAECI follow up business plan of a leading stakeholder should be established in cooperation with other relevant (national) stakeholders.
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