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Electronics giants Electrolux, Philips and the Bosch-Siemens-Home Appliances Group said yesterday (June 21) that the European Commission must speed up the ecodesign legislation to help businesses and consumers save billions of euros through more efficient products.

Computer servers, the high-performance machines used to run programmes and software services, are facing a design revamp that will make them more energy efficient, following recent assessments by the European Commission.

The European Commission has delayed tabling planned energy-efficiency standards for central heating boilers commonly used by households, after its attempts to put together a proposal repeatedly bounced back due to technical difficulties.

The EU's phase-out of traditional light bulbs begins tomorrow (1 September), but the European Commission is already under pressure to change its energy-saving policy.

The European Commission yesterday (22 July) adopted four new eco-design regulations to make industrial motors, water circulators, televisions, refrigerators and freezers more energy efficient.

The EU stepped up its energy-efficiency policy by upgrading the energy labelling system for household electrical products and agreeing new energy-performance standards on Tuesday (31 March).

The European Commission yesterday (18 March) officially adopted two regulations to improve the energy efficiency of house lamps and office, street and industrial lighting products. Meanwhile, industry sources claimed that intelligent lighting systems will ultimately provide greater energy savings.

MEPs yesterday (17 February) backed European Commission proposals to extend the scope of the Eco-design Directive and the Ecolabel, but rejected proposals to include food products in the plans.

The European Commission has unveiled a list of ten priority energy-using product groups for which it wants energy-efficiency standards to be established in the next three years.

A decision by EU energy ministers to phase out the sale of all incandescent and poorly-performing light bulbs by 2010 was welcomed by environmental organisation WWF as a long-awaited first step towards improving energy efficiency in Europe.

Sweeping improvements in the energy productivity of Europe's economies could prevent the runaway energy demand and consumption currently threatening to undermine the EU's economic growth, says a new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).

A range of electric devices in the EU will in future be required to use significantly less energy when idle or in stand-by mode. The rules are expected to be endorsed by Parliament later this year and would take effect as of 2010.

Current standards and labelling schemes for appliances and office equipment are insufficient in the light of the EU's climate change agenda and need to be expanded to a range of non energy-consuming products, according to draft Commission plans seen by EurActiv.

European lamp makers on 5 June proposed a phase-out of the least efficient lamps in homes by 2015. The Commission reacted favourably to the industry initiative, while Greenpeace criticised the timeline as being too long. 

Energy savings for household electric products are on their way after Parliament gave its go-ahead to a compromise agreement with the Council on the eco-design directive. Self-regulatory measures by industry will be given priority.

Growth in electricity consumption in OECD countries can fuel GDP growth, say Hans De Keulenaer and Joachim Grave (Energie-Fakten), who hold electricity as the most efficient energy carrier.