A ladder of coloured arrows from green to red, grading a product's energy efficiency.
Also known as: Energy label, Energy rating, Coloured arrows label, A to G label
The EU energy label grades energy efficiency on a scale shown as a ladder of coloured arrows. It is required by regulation, and the scale was rescaled in 2021 so that the top grades were deliberately left empty for future products to earn.
Grades a product's energy efficiency on a lettered scale, shown as a ladder of arrows running from dark green at the efficient end to red at the inefficient one.
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Is required by regulation rather than voluntary, which is what distinguishes it from the certification marks it sits beside on a showroom floor.
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Was rescaled in 2021 back to a plain A–G range, abolishing the A+, A++ and A+++ grades that had accumulated, and leaving the top grades deliberately unoccupied so that improvement remained visible.
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A tall panel carrying a vertical stack of horizontal arrows of increasing length, coloured in sequence from dark green at the top through yellow and orange to red at the bottom, each bearing a letter, with the product's own grade marked alongside.
Both grade energy performance; one is a mandatory graded scale and the other a voluntary pass mark.