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

The European Commission opened a call for evidence for the Omnibus to simplify energy product legislation which was included in the Commission Work Programme 2026. 

The first stakeholder meeting on the review of Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 was held on 28 November 2025. It aimed to evaluate the effects of the existing Regulation and to hold an exchange on policy options for amending the Regulation....

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....

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)....

The amendment to the Fans Regulation was published on 08 December 2025. It corrects the date of application of requirements for embedded fans and introduces technical improvements, including the definition of ‘inherent speed’. ...