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Impact of EU's Energy Use Directive Could Be Significant
Manufacturers are reportedly bracing for the implementation of
the European Union's new Directive on Energy Using Products (EuP),
scheduled for August 2007.
Electronics Weekly reports that the provisions of the EuP
Directive (2005/32/EC) will require many manufacturers to completely
rethink product designs with an eye toward dramatically reducing
energy consumption throughout the product's life cycle, from creation
through disposal.
"It promises to have an even more profound effect on industry
than the RoHS Directive," according to Gary Nevison, who overseas
RoHS compliance at UK distributor Premier Farnell.
"Businesses will have to design out environmental impact and
prove that this has been designed out," says Mark Shayler, an
environmental design consultant. The Directive, he says, "will
fundamentally challenge UK electronic industry's design and
specification of products."
As we've previously reported (see Conformity, October 2005), the
EuP Directive requires manufacturers to integrate environmental
concerns into the design and development of all energy-using
products. The EuP Directive replaces previously proposed directives,
including the End-use-Equipment (EuE) Directive and the Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (EEE) Directive, and will create a
regulatory framework that will integrate a wide range of
environmental aspects.
Our readers can view the Electronics Weekly article on the EuP
Directive at
this link.
The complete text of the EuP Directive is available at
this link.
This article was reprinted with permission from Conformity Magazine.
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Elliott Presents Overview of New DFS Requirements
At the IEEE EMC Symposium 2006 in Portland, Oregon this week,
Mark Briggs of Elliott Laboratories will provide an overview of the
new Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS) requirements for wireless
products operating in the 5 GHz band. Mark's presentation will be
part of the "Wireless Devices & EMI" workshop. More information on
the workshop can be found here:
http://www.emc2006.org/pages/MO-PM-WS-3B.htm
As previously reported in the Elliott CAS, the new DFS
requirements formally went into effect in July 2006 for new products
in the affected frequency bands and will go into effect for all
existing products operating in the affected bands by July of 2007.
For more information about DFS testing and certification services
offered by Elliott Laboratories please contact us at
info@elliottlabs.com.
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Elliott Laboratories to Exhibit at the 2006 IEEE EMC Symposium |
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Elliott Laboratories will be exhibiting at 2006 IEEE EMC
Symposium this August in Portland, OR at booth 1906. Please come
visit us at the Oregon Convention Center from August 15-August 17 if
you plan on attending this event. We will have some of our EMC
specialists on hand to answer your questions and to discuss ways that
Elliott can help you achieve you compliance objectives.
We look forward to seeing you at the
2006 EMC Symposium!
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