Consulting, testing and certification for cradle-to-grave environmentally conscious design

The EU Energy-Using Product Directive (EuP – 2005/32/EC) requires designers and manufacturers of energy-using products to apply eco-design principles to effectively reduce the environmental impact of their products from cradle-to-grave.  The EuP Directive very broadly defines an energy-using product as:

“a product which is dependent on energy input (electricity, fossil fuels and renewable energy sources) to work as intended…”

Under EuP, designers are expected to consider and reduce the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts of their products’:

• use of raw materials and natural resources
• negative contributions towards climate change (for example: greenhouse gases - ghg)
• energy consumption used during extraction of raw materials, transportation, production, sale, use (including stand-by) and disposal
• waste generation
• release of hazardous substances.

Intertek’s EuP services help producers determine their EuP obligations, implement eco-design principles, evaluate and certify their products against applicable criteria, and fulfill the EuP requirements.  Our services include:

• EuP basic education & training
• Producer responsibility and requirements
• EuP advanced training and development of compliance plan
  • On-call support for EuP-related questions
  • On-going EuP criteria updates
  • On-site training and implementation of compliance activities
• Testing and certification to EuP requirements
  • including product chemical analysis
  • energy-efficiency (including EU eco-label, European Energy Label certification testing)
  • hazardous substances management
• Full Life Cycle Analysis (Ecological Profile Assessment)

In addition to EuP, Intertek can provide you with all your energy efficiency testing needs for other regulations and requirements including the US Energy Star Program, European Energy Label,  Hong Kong Energy Efficiency Labeling Scheme,   IEC 62301, European Eco-label,  ENEC Marking,  CENELEC, and the EU Machinery Directive.

>>  Contact an Intertek EuP expert for more information.