Lot 20

The Lot 20 of the Ecodesign legislation came from the EU, specifically EU 2015/1188, and was introduced in various stages from around 2009 by priority though to 2019. Because of the number of different product falling under the legislation, products were grouped into lots, or product categories, Lot 20 covering standards for local space heaters using electricity, gaseous, or liquid fuels. Some of the other lots are listed below, but others also include

• Lot 1 - Space heaters and combination heaters (Boilers) EU 813/2013
• Lot 2 - Water heaters EU 814/2013
• Lot 3 - Computers/Computer Servers EU 617/2013
• Lot 4 - Imaging equipment voluntary agreement
• Lot 5 - Televisions EC 642/2009 Regulation for electronic displays (EU) 2019/2021
• Lot 6 - Standby and Off-mode EC 1275/2008
• Lot 7 - External Power Supplies EU 2019/1782
• Lot 8 - Tertiary Lighting EC 245/2009
• Lot 10 - Room Air conditioning Appliances EU 206/2012
• Lot 11 - Ventilation Fans EU 327/2011
• Lot 11 – Water Pumps - EU 547/2012
• Lot 11 – Circulators in buildings - EU 641/2009
• Lot 11 – Electric motors - EC 640/2009
• Lot 13 - Refrigerators EC 643/2009 Regulation for refrigerating appliances (EU) 2019/2019
• Lot 14 - Pt. I - Dishwashers - EU 1016/2010
• Lot 14 - Pt. II - Washing Machines - EU 1015/2010
• Lot 16 - Household Tumble Driers - EU 932/2012
• Lot 17 - Vacuum cleaners EU 666/2013 yDraft revision report available as of September 2019
• Lot 18 Complex set-top boxes voluntary agreement
• Lot 18a - Simple set-top boxes EC 107/2009
• Lot 19 - Non-directional Household lamps EC 244/2009
• Lot 19 (part 2) - Directional Lamps, Light emitting diode lamps, and related equipment EC 1194/2012
• Lot 20 - Local room heating products EU 2015/1188
• Lot 22/23 - Domestic ovens, hobs, and range hoods - EU 66/2014
• Lot 26 - Networked standby losses EU 801/2013

Lot 20 for Local room heating products ( EU 2015/1188 ) set minimum efficiency standards for local space heaters using electricity, gaseous, or liquid fuels and aimed to replace inefficient technologies with energy-efficient products to reduce energy consumption in homes and achieve carbon reduction targets. Manufacturers had tot incorporate intelligent controls in their products, such as temperature controls, timers, presence detection, adaptive start control, distance control functions, and open window detection. Non-compliant heaters could not be supplied or installed in EU member states, so led to the introduction of more energy-efficient products with intelligent controls, requiring manufacturers to increase the efficiency of their components without raising costs.

Part of the impact of this legislation was newer terminologies, for example what were called simply night storage heaters now became known as High heat retention storage heaters (HHR) because of their improved efficiency and better control of heat.

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