Coolproducts is a campaign to set ambitious minimum requirements for energy efficiency and other environmental aspects of products sold in the European Union.

If we are successful, it will become easier for consumers in Europe - a market of almost 500 million people - to choose greener products and fight climate change.

Tuesday Jan 24, 2012

The end of polar chill in supermarkets?

As reported recently on our sister site Coolproducts.fr, France has announced a voluntary agreement to reduce electricity use in supermarkets. The sector agreed to put in place doors to close display fridges in their stores. This may seem like a small measure, but these fridges actually represent around half of electricity consumption in an...
Wednesday Dec 21, 2011

ENDS Europe: Leap in ecodesign rules predicted for 2012

Well respected environmental news outlet ENDS Europe reports on expectations for next year''s work on ecodesign. Thanks to ENDS for permission to re-publish this content. Leap in ecodesign rules predicted for 2012 20th December 2011 Next year could be a "vintage year" for the EU's ecodesign regime, according to Stephane Arditi, a policy officer at...
Boilers & water heaters
Boilers & water heaters - Strikingly, the stock of our heating equipment is responsible for 25% of all CO2 emissions...
Computers, monitors, printers
Computers, monitors, printers - Computers, monitors and imaging equipment are the cornerstone of information and...
TVs
TVs - Television contributes significantly to the electricity use of European households (at least...
 

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