Project Description

The EcoWaterHeater project is a Research for SMEs (Small and Medium sized Enterprises) program that aims to develop an energy efficient, domestic electrical storage water heater with a significantly reduced standing heat loss, priced competitively.

Water heaters are on the list of appliances mandatory for EU energy labeling, but this has not been implemented pending appropriate test standards. The main objective of this project is to develop a Domestic Electrical Storage Water heater (DESWH) which will meet the label requirements’ best possible rating in the suggested, mandatory EU EcoDesign scheme.

The fact that more than 30% of EU’s 142 million households use electric water heating systems, underlines the huge potential environmental impact of this project. DESWHs account for 15% of the household electricity consumption and are thus a significant group of electric domestic appliances.