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ENERGY EFFICIENCYSaving energy and money
The Commission proposesa single energy efficiency label
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Tomorrow's single label
WHAT WOULD CHANGE
BENEFITS
Today's labels
Current energy efficiency measures (including energy labelling) = annual energy
savings of 175 Mtoe*
equal to the annual energyconsumption of Italy
NEW energy labellingproposal = additional annualenergy savings of 17 Mtoe*
equal to the annual energyconsumption of
Estonia, Latvia &Lithuania combined
Consumers total savings will increase to€480 per household per year
Manufacturers increase total energyefficiency of products by 21%
Innovationof products
Producersand retailers
leading to a total of
€65bnrevenue per year
€10bnmore revenue
Nationalauthorities 10-15% time saved
in market surveillance
… to help the EUreach its target toincrease energyefficiency by atleast 27% by
2030
… to increase theEU’s energy
independence fromexternal energy
suppliers(cost: €400 bn/year)
… to make theEU more
innovative andcompetitive, andto create more
jobs
Energy labelling and efficiency policy delivers almost half of the 20% energy
efficiency target by 2020
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