Energy Ratings System?

Rookie1986

I’m looking to buy multiple new appliances but everything seems to have changed with the rating system (everything now seems to be rated F & G). Does anyone have a chart that shows what last years A+ ++ +++ ++++ appliances look like directly next to the new system as I’ve not been able to find one (my google-Foo sucks).

MWT

There there isn’t a direct one-to-one correlation and the A group is empty for now to allow for new improvements in the future.

Neil_Jones

Rookie1986 said:

I’m looking to buy multiple new appliances but everything seems to have changed with the rating system (everything now seems to be rated F & G). Does anyone have a chart that shows what last years A+ ++ +++ ++++ appliances look like directly next to the new system as I’ve not been able to find one (my google-Foo sucks).

The concept of energy rating/usage is relatively moot to a point and assumes they are left on 24/7 which is not the case for 99% of appliances.  You buy an A++ rated kettle, assuming you only fill it with what you need, it will only ever be on for half an hour a day if that actually boiling any water.  The rest of the time it will just sit there.  The washing machine is another example, depending on wash cycle it'll still spend two thirds of its time sitting idle, and dryers are another thing altogether.

Personally I would just find what you need that does what you want at a price point you can afford that's as energy efficient for your needs.  If you live on your own you're probably not going to run the washing machine three times a day six days a week for example.

MWT

The quoted energy usage always assumed a certain number of cycles at a particular setting, and the ratings graded that usage between devices, it was never 24/7 unless it was something like a fridge which was expected to be on all the time, and mostly less than once per day on things like washers and dryers...

The nonsense was the ever increasing number of + after the A...

Right now A is non-existent, B is going to be very rare and C is about as good as it gets for things like washers/dryers, so just take care when comparing to make sure you are not looking at an older rating for one device vs a new one for the other.

niktheguru

I had found this page from curry's of all sources was quite informative about the changes.....

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/efficiency-ratings-1765-commercial.html#washing-machines

greyteam1959

Well I for one have never bought an appliance on some daft energy rating stuck on the side of it.

Grizzlebeard

Rookie1986 said:

I’m looking to buy multiple new appliances but everything seems to have changed with the rating system (everything now seems to be rated F & G). Does anyone have a chart that shows what last years A+ ++ +++ ++++ appliances look like directly next to the new system as I’ve not been able to find one (my google-Foo sucks).

Since they're changing the way the ratings are calculated I doubt there's a simple direct like-for-like comparison table or chart between old and new. Appliances that were "tweaked" to look good on the old system won't necessarily score higher on the new system. And visa-versa.
Wonder how long it will take manufacturers to fiddle this, like Vehicles and exhaust emissions. The one I can think of (off the top of my head) is to expect the standard out-of-the-factory settings for TV screen brightness to be turned down a lot dimmer, with the help menu telling the customer how to turn it up bright again. This has a huge impact on TV energy consumption (70-80%?) since most energy it is used powering the display backlight.