INTAS actions have both resulted in improved estimations of the potential energy savings that could be achieved from more effective Ecodesign market surveillance for industrial fans and power transformers, and have helped to empower MSAs. In this way, they are able to realise these savings through the establishment and verification of the most effective market surveillance methods and through the development of the value proposition and identification of viable funding pathways that can ensure MSAs have the resources they need to implement Ecodesign market surveillance for industrial products. The potential pan-EU final electricity savings from Ecodesign market surveillance for industrial fans and power transformers are 25.1 TWh annually in 2030 and 40.2 TWh annually in 2050 under a central scenario where 10% of product energy performance is lost due to non-compliance in the absence of market surveillance. If this is extended to include other industrial products (fans, transformers, electric motors, water pumps and air compressors) treated under Ecodesign regulations the potential savings increase to 115 TWh annually in 2030 and 128 TWh annually in 2050 under the central scenario where 10% of product energy performance is lost due to non-compliance in the absence of market surveillance. Currently there has been very little investment in market surveillance for these products; however, INTAS has estimated that were roughly €4 million to be invested across the EU annually in Ecodesign market surveillance for industrial products that roughly 84% of this savings potential would be released.
The work in the INTAS project has successfully established how to do market surveillance for large industrial products, has identified the major barriers to effective market surveillance and put forward viable solutions to overcome these both within the existing regulatory framework, but even more effectively should the INTAS policy recommendations be fully adopted in future revisions of the regulations. In the case of power transformers some of the INTAS policy recommendations were known in time to be included in the latest revision of the regulations and hence will help to improve compliance for that product group as soon as the regulations are implemented. In the case of industrial fans it is hoped they will be taken on board in the next revision of the fan regulation. Furthermore, the INTAS project has successfully communicated its market surveillance methodologies to all European MSAs responsible for compliance with Ecodesign regulations and thus these are now armed with the information they needed to be able to undertake this activity. INTAS has also helped to address the other major barrier of a lack of resources by establishing the extremely favourable benefit cost ratios attributable to Ecodesign market surveillance for industrial products, developing and circulating awareness raising materials on this topic and highlighting emerging additional options that Member States could deploy to provide the necessary funding, should traditional sources not be sufficient. Thus, the INTAs project has helped to raise capacity both in terms of technical and market knowledge, and in terms of access to resources, to enable MSAs to have much better prospects of being able to implement Ecodesign market surveillance for large industrial products.
