EnergyLabelEU
About EnergyLabelEU
EnergyLabelEU turns the official EU energy label data into running costs for your country, so you can compare appliances on what they will cost to use. It is independent and has no commercial ties to anyone it covers.
What the site does
Every appliance sold in the EU with an energy label is registered in EPREL, the European Commission’s product registry, with the values printed on its label. Those values are public, but they are hard to compare: a label states kWh, not euros, and some labels give energy per 100 cycles or per 1,000 hours rather than per year.
We take the label values from EPREL and the household electricity prices from Eurostat, and calculate what each model costs to run in each country. Models are compared only with models of the same type and size. For every model you see where it stands in its group, which comparable models on sale use at least 10 % less energy, and how the cost changes with your own tariff and usage. For phones and tablets, where charging costs very little, we compare durability instead.
The site covers ten categories: fridges and freezers, washing machines, washer-dryers, tumble dryers, dishwashers, TVs and monitors, air conditioners, ovens, range hoods and phones and tablets. The methodology explains every calculation.
Independent and without revenue
EnergyLabelEU is not affiliated with the European Commission, EPREL, Eurostat or any manufacturer or retailer. The site shows no advertising, uses no affiliate links and sells no placements, and at present it has no revenue. Rankings and alternatives are computed from label data only; nobody can pay to change them. Should the site ever take on a source of income, we will say so on this page.
What the site does not do
- We do not sell appliances and do not show shop prices.
- We do not test products. All values are the supplier’s declarations in EPREL.
- We do not change label values on request. If an EPREL record is corrected, the change appears after our next rebuild.
- We cannot give purchase advice for individual cases or answer on behalf of manufacturers.
- We count visits with Google Analytics and show no advertising (see the privacy notice).
Who is behind the site
The site is operated by EnergyLabelEU. You can reach us at [email protected]; the contact page explains what to include when you report a data error.
Questions
Is this an official EU website?
No. We use public data from the EU’s EPREL registry and from Eurostat, but the site is independent and not affiliated with the European Commission or any other EU body.
How is the site paid for?
At present it has no revenue: no advertising, no affiliate links and no paid placements. If that changes, we will say so on this page.
Do you test the appliances yourselves?
No. All product values are the label values the supplier registered in EPREL. We calculate costs and comparisons from them.