Open consultation

Raising product standards for space heating

Summary

We’re seeking views on proposals and draft statutory instrument to improve ecodesign and energy labelling legislation to increase the performance of space heating products.

This consultation closes at

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposals to improve product standards by updating ecodesign and energy labelling legislation for space and combination heaters. The consultation sets out:

  • proposals to enable the electrification of heat, including by raising minimum efficient standards for heat pumps and introducing such standards for hybrid heat pumps for the first time
  • proposals to improve the efficiency of fossil fuel heating systems. This includes proposals to remove some lower performing products from the market and improve interoperability of different manufacturers’ products. These proposals build on those set out in the previous government’s Improving boiler standards and efficiency consultation and the response, published in March 2024
  • proposals to improve product labelling standards to ensure energy labels best inform consumer choices. This involves reforming the current space heating energy efficiency scale, under which most products achieve a rating of between A and A+++, to a simpler A – G scale
  • proposals aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of the regulations, including by tightening the tolerances accepted under verification testing, revising product efficiency benchmarks, and proposing pragmatic changes to the requirements for third party testing, to allow recognition of testing completed in other jurisdictions, such as the EU

These proposals aim to increase the efficiency of space heaters, thereby both reducing carbon emissions and consumer bills, along with driving efficiency within the space heater market and increasing consumer clarity when choosing products.

We have also published Options Assessments and a draft Statutory Instrument alongside this consultation.

The consultation is open to anyone to respond, but we welcome views in particular from:

  • consumers
  • installers
  • manufacturers
  • wider industry

Read our consultation privacy notice.

Documents

Raising product standards for space heating: updating ecodesign and energy labelling for hydronic space and combination heaters

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Draft Statutory Instrument: Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Space Heaters and Temperature Controls) Regulations

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Raising product standards for space heating (gas boilers): options assessment

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Ways to respond

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Write to:

Energy-Related Products
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
3-8 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2EG

Updates to this page

Published 17 December 2024

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