Scope of the old and the new regulation
In both regulations, only heaters using electricity, or gaseous or liquid fuels are included. Biomass LSH are covered by the ecodesign regulation EU 2015/1185.
The old ecodesign regulation EU 2015/1188 laid down requirements for placing on the market and putting into service of:
- Domestic LSH with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less and
- Commercial LSH with a nominal heat output of the product or of a single segment heat output of 120 kW or less.
Increased scope in the new ecodesign regulation (EU) 2024/1103
The scope of the new regulation is broader than that of regulation (EU) 2015/1188.
- The nominal heat output of the product or a single tube segment for commercial LSH has been increased to 300 kW.
- LSH placed on the market without control are now included in the scope and requirements for separate-related controls have been introduced.
- Slave heaters are now in scope.
- Only cooking appliances have been exempted from the scope.
Both the old and new regulation apply to:
- Domestic heaters
- Open fronted LSH and open to chimney LSH
- Closed fronted open combustion LSH
- Balanced flue LSH
- Electric LSH (fixed and portable)
- Electric storage LSH
- Electric underfloor LSH
- Electric visibly glowing radiant LSH (fixed and portable)
- Towel rails1
- Commercial LSH
- Luminous LSH
- Tube LSH
1 Explicity mentioned only in (EU) 2024/1103. However, towel rails were also covered by (EU) 2015/1188 where they were considered as electric fixed LSH.
Neither the current nor the new regulation applies to:
- LSH using a vapour compression cycle for the generation of heat driven by electric compressors or fuel
- LSH that are specified for outdoor use only
- LSH where the direct output is less than 6 % of the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output – for example, boilers with a heat loss to its surrounding environment of not more than 6 % of the rated heat output. Such products are regulated under (EU) 813/2013.
- Air heating products
- Sauna stoves