HA2025: Appliances, a big value for Europe (Home Appliances World)
CECED Europe presented the first report about the ‘Home Appliance 2025 vision’, a challenge that goes on with the mission of re-launching the appliances industry and promoting its sustainability.
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CECED highlights contribution made by domestic equipment manufacturers to new challenges in society (Agence Europe)
The report, “demonstrates that our sector can be part of the solution for tackling some of the key challenges Europeans face today. It highlights the jobs we provide, the economic value we create and the important steps we continue to take on innovation, trade, energy efficiency and sustainability”.
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CECED Director-General Paolo Falcioni discusses role of standards within Europe's Circular Economy
We need standards to measure durability, reusability & recyclability in the circular economy
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Paolo Falcioni discusses ecodesign role on Rai Uno
- Ecodesign delivered through product innovation. Legislation helps eliminate least efficient appliances from market
- We are always concerned about proper enforcement of the rules.
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Energy Efficiency is crucial for Europe and Industry
CECED and the Coalition for Energy Savings propose to the European Union to raise the energy savings target to 40% within 2030. A target that can bring important common benefits says Paolo Falcioni in an interview with Home Appliances World
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"The Energy Label is a means to an end. The objective is to improve the energy efficiency of the appliances consumers actually use. We have to simply identify product-by-product the new scale and then use it quickly where needed".
CECED Director-General Paolo Falcioni discusses the European Energy Label revision on "Patti Chiari" - Radiotelevisione svizzera - RSI (Swiss Television). In Italian.
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A Sustainable Future (Parliament Magazine)
A market-based approach, innovation and competition within Europe's circular economy key to future sustainable growth says Paolo Falcioni
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Horizon 2020 funding would be better spent on testing of products on the market; needed: careful transition to new (label) rules
Energy label database plan criticised (ENDS Europe)
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Green light for resource efficiency standards
Minimum requirements should be based on standardisation (ENDS Europe)
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Today, it is possible to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle while consuming less energy and thus putting less strain on the environment. Consumers need less electricity to use their machines.
Sustainability starts at home: Look again at your home appliances as they can help tackle climate change and green the economy says Paolo Falcioni.
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Appliance manufacturers’ group CECED warned against overly prescriptive ecodesign rules on resource efficiency. It also called for product and waste policies to be made more coherent.
Product design gains role in circular economy (ENDS Europe)
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Consumer incentives key to promote sustainable consumption. Potential material efficiency actions need thorough assessment showing potential environmental improvement.
Circular Economy: lobbies divided on product policy (ENDs Europe)
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Etichette elettrodomestici, si cambia di nuovo „Etichette elettrodomestici, si cambia: i più della A confondono, arriva la G“
Paolo Falcioni: A change to the current energy label would have repercussions on Italy's Bonus Mobili incentive system
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CECED argues for need to promote innovation and avoid double regulation.
Smart legislation, rather than double regulation (EP Magazine)
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"The European Commission... shouldn't tell us how to manufacture our products or what components to build into them"
CECED comments on EU ecodesign policy (Ecodesign not yet toast - Europolitics)
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Vital to "strike the right balance in making sure we have the right legislative framework supported by standards to foster jobs and growth".
European standards making EU industry 'more competitive' (The Parliament Magazine)
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CECED argues that legislation needs to be relevant. It needs to focus on what matters
Don’t 'overcook' EU ecodesign rules warns domestic equipment sector (EP Magazine)
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CECED would like to see a simpler, more openly formulated mandate that leaves more room for development through the standardisation process
EU starts work on regulating products’ resource use (ENDS Europe)
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CECED stresses need to avoid costly double regulation of products that are already covered by ecodesign requirements.
Industry slams electric screen ‘double regulation’ (ENDS Europe)
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Energy label review: CECED stresses importance not to focus solely on layout. Successful label transition depends on final consumer ability to identify efficient products.
Energy Label transition - Brussels-backed research supports ‘A-G’ energy labels (ENDS Europe)
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