Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2281 of 30 November 2016 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units (Text with EEA relevance)

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply in addition to the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC:

1. ‘air heating product’ means a device that:

   1. incorporates or provides heat to an air-based heating system;

   2. is equipped with one or more heat generators; and

   3. may include an air-based heating system for supplying heated air directly into the heated space by means of an air-moving device.

   A heat generator designed for an air heating product and an air heating product housing designed to be equipped with such a heat generator shall, together, be considered as an air heating product;

2. ‘air-based heating system’ means the components and/or equipment necessary for the supply of heated air, by means of an air-moving device, either through ducting or directly into the heated space, where the purpose of the system is to attain and maintain the desired indoor temperature of an enclosed space, such as a building or parts thereof, for the thermal comfort of human beings;

3. ‘heat generator’ means the part of an air heating product that generates useful heat using one or more of the following processes:

   1. the combustion of liquid or gaseous fuels;

   2. the Joule effect, taking place in the heating elements of an electric resistance heating system;

   3. by capturing heat from ambient air, ventilation exhaust air, water or ground heat source(s) and transferring this heat to the air-based heating system using a vapour compression cycle or a sorption cycle;

4. ‘cooling product’ means a device that:

   1. incorporates, or provides chilled air or water to, an air-based cooling system or water-based cooling system; and

   2. is equipped with one or more cold generator(s).

   A cold generator designed for use in a cooling product and a cooling product housing designed to be equipped with such a cold generator shall, together, be considered as a cooling product;

5. ‘air-based cooling system’ means the components or equipment necessary for the supply of cooled air, by means of an air-moving device, either through ducting or directly into the cooled space, in order to attain and maintain the desired indoor temperature of an enclosed space, such as a building or parts thereof, for the thermal comfort of human beings;

6. ‘water-based cooling system’ means the components or equipment necessary for the distribution of chilled water and the transfer of heat from indoor spaces to chilled water, where the purpose of the system is to attain and maintain the desired indoor temperature of an enclosed space, such as a building or parts thereof, for the thermal comfort of human beings;

7. ‘cold generator’ means the part of a cooling product that generates a temperature difference allowing heat to be extracted from the heat source, the indoor space to be cooled, and transferred to a heat sink, such as ambient air, water or ground, using a vapour compression cycle or a sorption cycle;

8. ‘comfort chiller’ means a cooling product:

   1. whose indoor side heat exchanger (evaporator) extracts heat from a water-based cooling system (heat source), designed to operate at leaving chilled water temperatures greater than or equal to + 2 °C;

   2. that is equipped with a cold generator; and

   3. whose outdoor side heat exchanger (condenser) releases this heat to ambient air, water or ground heat sink(s);

9. ‘fan coil unit’ means a device that provides forced circulation of indoor air, for the purpose of one or more of heating, cooling, dehumidification and filtering of indoor air, for the thermal comfort of human beings, but which does not include the source of heating or cooling nor an outdoor side heat exchanger. The device may be equipped with minimal ductwork to guide the intake and exit of air, including conditioned air. The product may be designed to be built in or may have an enclosure allowing it be placed in the space to be conditioned. It may include a Joule effect heat generator designed to be used as back-up heater only;

10. ‘high temperature process chiller’ means a product:

    1. integrating at least one compressor, driven or intended to be driven by an electric motor, and at least one evaporator;

    2. capable of cooling down and continuously maintaining the temperature of a liquid, in order to provide cooling to a refrigerated appliance or system, the purpose of which is not to provide cooling of a space for the thermal comfort of human beings;

    3. that is capable of delivering its rated refrigeration capacity, at an indoor side heat exchanger outlet temperature of 7 °C, at standard rating conditions;

    4. that may or may not integrate the condenser, the coolant circuit hardware or other ancillary equipment;

11. ‘rated refrigeration capacity’ (P) means the refrigeration capacity that the high temperature process chiller is able to reach, when operating at full load and measured at an inlet air temperature of 35 °C for air-cooled high temperature process chillers and at an inlet water temperature of 30 °C for water-cooled high temperature process chillers, expressed in kW;

12. ‘air-cooled high temperature process chiller’ means a high temperature process chiller, of which the heat transfer medium at the condensing side is air;

13. ‘water-cooled high temperature process chiller’ means a high temperature process chiller, of which the heat transfer medium at the condensing side is water or brine;

14. ‘biomass fuel’ means a fuel produced from biomass;

15. ‘biomass’ means the biodegradable part of products, waste and residues of biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and aquaculture, and the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste;

16. ‘solid fuel’ means a fuel which is solid at normal indoor room temperatures;

17. ‘rated heating capacity’ (Prated,h ) means the heating capacity of a heat pump, warm air heater or fan coil units when providing space heating at ‘standard rating conditions’, expressed in kW;

18. ‘rated cooling capacity’ (Prated,c ) means the cooling capacity of a comfort chiller and/or air conditioner or fan coil units when providing space cooling at ‘standard rating conditions’, expressed in kW;

19. ‘standard rating conditions’ means the operating conditions of comfort chillers, air conditioners and heat pumps under which they are tested to determine their rated heating capacity, rated cooling capacity, sound power level and/or emissions of nitrogen oxides. For products using internal combustion engines, this is the engine rpm equivalent (Erpmequivalent );

20. ‘leaving chilled water temperature’ means the temperature of the water leaving the comfort chiller, expressed in degree Celsius.

For the purposes of the Annexes II to V, additional definitions are set out in Annex I.

Manufacturers shall be able to choose whether to use, for the conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC, either the internal design control set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.

Manufacturers shall provide the technical documentation containing the information set out in point 5(c) of Annex II to this Regulation.

Member States' competent authorities shall apply the verification procedure set out in Annex IV to this Regulation when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC, to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation.