Online stores are now required, from Thursday to present energy label with information on electricity consumption in appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers, vacuum cleaners and televisions.
Consumers are already energy labels on equipment for sale and to rent in physical stores, but an EU directive comes extend this rule to the online stores in 2015, informed the Quercus.
The equipment is considered efficient when perform the same task with less energy consumption and the aim of this initiative is to reduce the electricity consumption in households and at the same time, reduce the bill to pay.
In the first phase, from 01 January, fall within the new models of washing machines and dishwashers, refrigeration appliances, clothes dryers, vacuum cleaners, televisions, lamps, lighting fixtures and air conditioners.
“Online sales have each more expression in the household market and therefore to the Quercus is very important this new requirement, which goes by the energy label also display the sites “that market these products, told Lusa Ana Rita Antunes agency, the Energy Group and . Climate Change of the environmental association
The Quercus technique explained:. “not enough to say what is the energy class, the display of the full label is also mandatory”
From April 2015, this obligation is extended to the ovens and hoods, and from September, water heaters and hot water tanks, and the space heaters.
The label shall be filed with the price of the product and is recommended to be made available via a link, from an image of an arrow corresponding color to the energy efficiency class of the product as the record product, which must be “clearly visible and legible dimensions.”
In monitoring the application of the rules on energy behavior of the devices within the European project “Market Watch”, Quercus held consultations 10 online stores, mostly owned by large retail chains and found that only 3% of the products for sale meet the energy labeling requirements, although in 83% of the information to be made available were present.
The expectation of Quercus is that “with these new requirements, increased awareness of retailers to comply with the rules and that consumers have to choose all the necessary information to buy efficiency classes of products higher energy. “
Currently, among the appliances on the market, the best in terms of energy performance is A +++.
Lusa / SOL
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