The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling expert group meeting on Digital Product Passport (DPP) took place on March 19th, 2026.

The European Commission has proposed an Industrial Accelerator Act to strengthen EU manufacturing, including a European preference for hydronic heat pumps in publicly funded markets.

The European Commission has launched a study on harmonised environmental footprint methods for HVAC products under Ecodesign. Stakeholder registration is open.

The scope of this environmental omnibus focuses on industrial emissions, circularity and environmental assessments. The omnibus proposes to repeal the obligation to report substances of very great concern to the ECHA SCIP database....

The final Delegated Regulation setting out the EU framework for calculating lifecycle GWP of new buildings has now been published. It specifies what HVAC equipment must be included in the calculations as well as acceptable sources of product-level data....

On 17 December, the European Commission published a package of legislative proposals and implementing acts related to CBAM, including the proposal to extend the scope to a large number of downstream products.

The ongoing European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) study on repairability does not cover HVACR products but gives some idea of what the future might hold.

At the Ecodesign Forum of 24 November, the European Commission presented methodologies for setting sustainability requirements under the ESPR. These will complement the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energy-related Products (MEErP)....