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June 2017

Closing the reality gap - ensuring a fair energy label for consumers

Energy efficiency standards and labels (EES&L) are one of the most cost-effective ways to reduce carbon emissions through market policies and programmes. Through a mixture of policy measures that push and pull markets 3 , they have a major impact on the choices consumers make when purchasing energy consuming appliances and products. Thanks to the EU Ecodesign Directive and Energy Labelling Directive, the average product in Europe will, by 2020, do the same job using around one fifth less energy 4 . The resulting primary energy savings from thes

Source: The European Environmental Bureau

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