SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Measurement methods and calculations for household dishwashers

Energy efficiency index2

1

The EEI is determined as follows.

2

For all household dishwasher models, the EEI is calculated by comparing the eco programme energy consumption at rated capacity (“EPEC”) of the dishwasher to its standard programme energy consumption (“SPEC”).

3

The EEI must be rounded to one decimal place and is calculated as follows—

  • EEI = (EPEC/SPEC) × 100.

4

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)—

a

EPEC and SPEC are measured in kWh/cycle and rounded to three decimal places;

b

SPEC is calculated as follows—

i

for household dishwashers with rated capacity ps ≥ 10 and width > 50 cm—

SPEC = 0.025 × ps + 1.350;

ii

for household dishwashers with rated capacity ps ≤ 9 or width ≤ 50 cm—

SPEC = 0.090 × ps + 0.450;

where ps is the number of place settings.