Better products for people and planet

Our products need to become more energy efficient and sustainable for both people and planet.
Less energy and material waste means more savings for consumers, and products which are compatible with the limits of our planet allow us to lower our overall consumption footprint for the environment. It's a win-win!

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Heating and cooling

Wood stoves without filters? EU study warns of high health costs

25 Jun 25

Heating and cooling

Social Climate Fund could subsidise up to 20 million heat pumps across Europe, new study finds

19 May 25

Heating and cooling

“As much as car accidents in Western Europe”: new study links 6,000 annual deaths in Eastern Europe to heating and cooking systems

30 Sep 24

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Clearing the Smoke: A Cost-benefit Analysis of Wood Stove Filters in the EU

Residential wood burning is the largest source of fine particle pollution (PM2.5) from energy use in the European Union. This paper estimates the costs and benefits of requiring electrostatic precipitators in all new wood stoves sold on the EU market. Denmark (DK) and Slovakia (SK) are used as illustrative case studies, demonstrating both the feasibility and necessity of such a requirement.

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Factsheet – How to decarbonise heating and cooling by 2030

New ECOS and Coolproducts factsheet: 'How to decarbonise heating and cooling by 2030: The path to renewable, healthy, and efficient buildings in the EU'. Discover the many heating and cooling solutions that are already available - and the EU policy toolbox that can help get them into every building.

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Joint publication

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Better heating products towards decarbonized homes

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Better electronics and electricals that are more energy efficient and repairable

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Green Heat for All 2

Green heat for all is feasible and a necessity for energy justice. The latest Coolproducts report shows that shifting as little as half of the annual €3.2 billion fossil heating subsidies paid by Member States to heat pumps can transition Europe to 100% renewable heat by 2040. The report also analysed National Energy and Climate PLans to examine national ambitions, which fall short of Fit for 55 targets.

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Pro-planet products: What’s in the new Ecodesign law (and what is not)

Great news: Europe has a new Ecodesign law for sustainable products. Less great news: loopholes remain when it comes to destroying unsold devices, toxic substances, social due diligence, and wiggle room for online platforms to evade the law.

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