Local space heaters

Ecodesign

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and putting into service of domestic local space heaters with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less and commercial local space heaters with a nominal heat output of the product or of a single segment of 120 kW or less.

2. Exemptions

  • local space heaters using a vapour compression cycle or sorption cycle for the generation of heat driven by electric compressors or fuel;
  • local space heaters specified for purposes other than indoor space heating to reach and maintain a certain thermal comfort of human beings by means of heat convection or heat radiation;
  • local space heaters that are specified for outdoor use only;
  • local space heaters of which the direct heat output is less than 6 % of the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output;
  • air heating products;
  • sauna stoves;
  • slave heaters.

3. Conformity assessment

The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.

4. Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ: 20. 12. 2016).

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

5. Harmonised standards

Harmonised standards for space heaters 2014/C 207/02

6. FAQ

Commission guidelines: Ecodesign requirements for space and water heaters

General for Ecodesign for suppliers and dealers (January 2023) (all regulations)

Ecodesign measures for manufacturers and importers (January 2023)

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