The new Energy Efficiency Directive (EU) 2023/1791 was published in the EU Official Journal on September 20th and will enter into force on October 10th (20 days from its publication in the Journal). After its entry into force, EU Member States will have two years to transpose most of the different elements in the directive into national law.
The new directive introduces a series of measures to help accelerate energy efficiency, including embracing the “energy efficiency first” principle in the energy and non-energy policies.
Specific changes that are relevant to equipment manufacturers include:
- Introducing an annual energy consumption reduction target of 1.9% for the public sector as a whole.
- Extending the annual 3% building renovation obligation to all levels of public administration.
- Introducing a different approach, based on energy consumption, for businesses to have an energy management system or to carry out an energy audit.
- They are bringing in a new obligation to monitor the energy performance of data centers, with an EU-level database collecting and publishing data.
It is important that equipment manufacturers take note of these modifications and commence planning to ensure their compliance.
Type Approval Impacted? No
Spectrum Impacted? No
Imports Impacted? No
Standards: No
Product Impacted? All Products