Designed to last? EU Policies to foster repair WEBINAR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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EU Policies to foster repair

Tuesday, 2 October 2018

Designed to last?

WEBINAR

Chloé Fayole

Senior Programme Manager, ECOS

Christoforos Spiliotopoulos

Senior Programme Manager, ECOS

Ugo Vallauri

Co-founder, The Restart Project

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ECOS - European Environmental Citizens' Organisation for Standardisation

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• The Ecodesign Package, an easy fix
• Ecodesign & Energy Label, a toolbox for

the future

• In practice, the repairer’s perspective
• Q&A

TODAY ON THE

AGENDA

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ECODESIGN PACKAGE A N E A S Y F I X

Chloé Fayole Senior Programme Manager, ECOS

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ECOS & Ecodesign

EU Regulations Compliance Standards

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Ecodesign and Energy Labelling

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Current coverage

28 product groups

regulated by Ecodesign

16

Energy Labels

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• 175 million

tons oil equivalent

~ 9% of EU total

energy consumption

Energy savings so far

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Energy efficiency Energy efficiency + Resource efficiency

New types of requirements

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• Fridges
• Washing machines
• Dishwashers
• Lighting
• TVs & Displays
• Servers
• Commercial fridges
• Electric motors
• Industrial fans
• External power

supplies

• Welding equipment
• Power transformers
• Standby
• Compressors

Package: which products?

= 14 Ecodesign measures + 6 Energy Labels

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▪ Availability of spare parts

✓ Washing machines ✓ Dishwashers ✓ Fridges (limited)

• Duration: 7 years (sometimes 10)
• Maximum delivery time: 3 weeks

Package: repair precedents

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▪ Easy access to key components ▪ Repair & maintenance information

✓ Disassembly map with exploded view ✓ Manuals ✓ Diagnostic fault and error codes ✓ Wiring & connecting diagram ✓ Etc.

Package: repair precedents

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• Refrigerated containers
• Kettles
• Ventilation units
• Professional refrigeration
• Cooking appliances
• Smartphones
• Base stations
• Hand dryers
• PV panels
• Lifts
• Batteries
• Heating products
• Air conditioners
• Tumble driers
• Vacuum cleaners
• Smart appliances
• Building controls
• High pressure cleaners
• Computers
• Circulators
• Pumps
• Taps & Showers
• Tyres (Label)

STARTING SOON PREPARATORY STUDY DRAFT REGULATION ADOPTION

Package 2018

A starting point, not the final stop

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Lack of Member States support so far

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Political threats to the Package

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ECODESIGN & ENERGY LABELLING A TOOLBOX FOR THE FUTURE

Christoforos Spiliotopoulos Senior Programme Manager, ECOS

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▪ Almost all Europeans (96%) think it is important

that the EU uses its resources more efficiently.

▪ 77% of EU consumers would rather repair their

goods than buy new ones.

▪ 47% EU citizens decided not to have a faulty

product repaired in the past 12 months because the repair costs were too high.

Consumers want repair…

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▪ Consumers paid strong attention to durability and

reparability information at the point of purchase

▪ Almost 3x more likely to choose highest durability

products

▪ More than 2x more likely to choose highest reparability

products

▪ Lowest durability/reparability products became,

respectively, widely unpopular

…and they want it on the label

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The challenge…

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Design-related criteria

▪ Disassembly depth ▪ Fasteners (type, number,

visibility)

▪ Tools needed ▪ Working environment ▪ Skill level

Service-related criteria

▪

Diagnostic support

▪

Spare part availability

▪

Information availability

Example: Criteria assessing reparability

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Example: Tools needed

Category Class Feasible with basic tools A Feasible with product group specific tools B Feasible with other commercially available tools C Feasible with proprietary tools D Not feasible with any existing tool E

Scores from each criterion can be calibrated, weighted and aggregated into a score.

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The Label…

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Opportunities within Ecodesign

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The case of smartphones

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…and opportunities beyond the current scope

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THE REPAIRER’S PERSPECTIVE

Ugo Vallauri Co-founder, The Restart Project

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Data from community repair

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The Restart Project

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Repair is everywhere

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Some figures…

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Open Repair Alliance

www.openrepair.org

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Smartphones - screens, batteries & charging ports

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Laptops - upgradeability, memory & keyboards

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Chloé Fayole Senior Programme Manager, ECOS chloe.fayole@ecostandard.org Christoforos Spiliotopoulos Senior Programme Manager, ECOS chris.spiliotopoulos@ecostandard.org

Thank you!

Ugo Vallauri Co-founder, The Restart Project ugo@therestartproject.org