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European Ventilation Industry Association

EVIA

The European Ventilation Industry Association represents ventilation manufacturers and promotes energy-efficient indoor air quality solutions.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Sacha Halphen (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

15 Jan 2026 · Secteur de la construction et enjeux industriels européens.

EVIA urges clearer Taxonomy rules for ventilation systems

3 Dec 2025
Topic — The consultation reviews the EU Taxonomy to update and simplify technical screening criteria.
Message — EVIA recommends defining "significantly populated" classes using a 30% market product threshold. They also propose using Ecodesign standards for non-residential units lacking energy labels.12
Why — These changes provide legal certainty and maintain green eligibility during energy label updates.34
Impact — Private certification bodies lose influence if the EU adopts public Ecodesign standards.5
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Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

5 Nov 2025 · European Affordable Housing Plan

Meeting with Robert Nuij (Head of Unit Energy)

16 Oct 2025 · Introduction of the association and its activities

Meeting with Gordan Bosanac (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Oct 2025 · Exchange of views on the ventilation industry

Meeting with Borja Giménez Larraz (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Fundación Secretariado Gitano

1 Oct 2025 · HOUS Draft Report

Meeting with Alicia Homs Ginel (Member of the European Parliament)

1 Oct 2025 · HOUS Draft Report position

Meeting with Philippe Moseley (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

16 Sept 2025 · Housing and indoor air quality

Response to European Affordable Housing Plan

3 Jun 2025

With Europeans spending 90% of their life indoors, good indoor air quality is a critical element of health that should not be overlooked in the Affordable Housing Plan. For this reason, EVIA calls on the European Commission to include healthy indoor air quality, through adequate ventilation, as an essential aspect of decent housing. Ventilation, enabling to optimise the energy needs of dwellings, will also improve their sustainability and affordability dimensions. This can be achieved specifically through the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directives IAQ and ventilation requirements. Please refer to the attached position paper for EVIA's complete recommendations.
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Response to Revision of the Cost-Optimal Methodology framework for calculating minimum energy performance requirements for buildings

7 May 2025

Please find attached the contribution from the European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA)
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Response to Amendment of Reg (EU) 2024/1834) on ED for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125Wand 500kW

16 Jan 2025

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA), the voice of the European ventilation industry, representing manufacturers of residential and non-residential ventilation products as well as fans, welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the corrigendum to amend Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1834 on ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 watts and 500 kilowatts. EVIA appreciates the European Commission's consideration of the comments and suggestions provided by the ventilation and fan industry. In particular, we support the proposed amendment which corrects the error in Article 9 regarding the transition period, extending it until July 2027. This adjustment provides much-needed clarity and ensures that manufacturers have sufficient time to adapt to the updated regulatory framework. Furthermore, EVIA commends the inclusion of an adjustment tolerance on the rotational speed of the fan. While the initial 2% tolerance was recognized as overly restrictive, the revised 5% tolerance represents a pragmatic and balanced compromise. This change accounts for technical realities and supports the industrys ability to deliver compliant, energy-efficient products while maintaining high performance standards. EVIA still has concerns regarding of the definition of inherent speed but is unable to provide alternative words for the term. We believe these revisions strike an appropriate balance between regulatory ambition and practical feasibility, reinforcing the Commissions commitment to fostering innovation and sustainability in the ventilation sector. EVIA remains committed to supporting the successful implementation of this regulation and stands ready to assist the European Commission and Member States to ensure its effective application.
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Response to Regulatory measure on the review of ecodesign requirements for industrial fans

3 Nov 2023

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) welcomes the opportunity to provide written feedback to the Commissions draft review of Ecodesign Regulation (EU) No 327/2011 on fans. We would also like to thank the Commission for proposing a revision that challenges the industry to provide further energy consumption reductions and addresses circular economy aspects. Nonetheless, we see an opportunity to further improve the proposal. In the attached paper we specify how we believe that the new ecodesign rules can better reflect changing market and technological realities for fans. The text includes EVIA's comments on the following: 1) Air circulating fans: exclude under Article 1(3) and adapt the Article 2(33) definition 2) Variable speed drive: change the Article 2(15) definition 3) Test points: add definition under Annex I(37) 4) Spare part fans exemption: extend to 15 years in Annex II 5) Maintain text on assumption of VSD use in Annex II.2 6) Improve data is marked on rating plate in Annex II.2 7) Clarify information requirements for single speed fans 8) Remove the +/- 5 % under Annex II Our paper also includes various editorial comments. Thank you in advance for taking the fan and ventilation industry's views into consideration.
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Ventilation industry supports green claims rules but rejects mandatory verification

20 Jul 2023
Topic — The initiative requires companies to substantiate environmental claims using specific footprint methods.
Message — EVIA supports a harmonized EU framework to prevent market fragmentation caused by diverging national initiatives. They also argue that mandatory third-party verification is disproportionate and seek self-declaration options.123
Why — Avoiding mandatory third-party audits would reduce compliance costs for manufacturers.4
Impact — External auditors lose guaranteed revenue if the EU allows companies to self-certify.5
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Response to Ecodesign for Sustainable Products - Product priorities

11 May 2023

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) welcomes the Commission proposal for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback to the prioritisation of product groups. Energy-related Products (ErP) have been subject to ecodesign requirements since 2009. As such, ErPs have been successfully regulated in product-specific regulations in terms of their energy efficiency, and since 2016 2019 also increasingly in terms of their material efficiency. In the paper attached to this message, we react to the Call for Evidence on the product group prioritisation under the ESPR. We would like to highlight and recommend that: 1) Maintain the ErP prioritisation through the already existing review clauses; 2) Maintain product-specific approaches to optimise circular economy; and 3) Avoid duplication of rules and contradictory requirements.
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Meeting with Ciarán Cuffe (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and Stichting European Climate Foundation and

7 Feb 2023 · EPBD

Response to European Critical Raw Materials Act

25 Nov 2022

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) welcomes the Commission proposal for a CRMA and appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback. EVIAs main message is that the CRMA should not set prescriptive requirements in the legislation itself. The CRMA should be a framework legislation that sets objectives that are implemented more granularly in the appropriate Internal Market legislation. Much of that granular work is already in motion and in progress in waste, chemical, and ecodesign legislation. In essence, EVIA stresses that the CRMA should not set prescriptive requirements at product level, as these need to be sensitive to the specificities of products and thus should be addressed, if CRM requirements are considered necessary, on a case-by-case basis under ecodesign, for which there is existing precedent, and under other existing EU legislation. 1) Strengthen the EUs CRM value chain (mining, refining, processing, recycling) in a global context by including the notion of overriding public interest 2) Ensure a level playing field across the Single Market. i. Potentially address CRM requirements in waste legislation: Waste Framework Directive (WFD), Waste Electronical and Electronic Devices (WEEE) Directive, End-of-Life Vehicles Directive (ELVD), and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) ii. Potentially address CRM requirements in chemical legislation: REACH, RoHS, and tracking of substances of concern (SoC) under the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) iii. Potentially address CRM requirements in ecodesign legislation: material efficiency, presence of CRMs, and recyclability scoring under the current ecodesign framework and upcoming ESPR More information can be found in our positions, which is attached to this feedback.
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Response to Review of the Construction Products Regulation

12 Jul 2022

EVIA welcomes the European Commission’s revision proposal for the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). This revision of the CPR will be the first revision of an EU sectoral products legislation in the new era that will be framed by the draft Ecodesign Regulation. Indeed, whilst the draft Ecodesign Regulation remains subject to co-decision in the European Parliament and Council, it expands the scope of the existing Ecodesign Directive to include virtually all tangible products placed on the EU market. As such, the revision of the CPR will be the first opportunity to ensure that the CPR “sufficiently addresses the sustainability” of the construction products in its scope. This is confirmed in Recital (43) of the draft Ecodesign Regulation proposal. EVIA would like to stress the importance of ensuring that Recital (43) is respected in so far that the sustainability of Technical Building Systems (TBS), including ventilation units, does not fall within the scope of the CPR. EVIA strongly supports the recognition in Recital (43) that the correct ‘home’ for setting ecodesign requirements for TBS is the draft Ecodesign Regulation, and the product-specific implementing regulations setting requirements that reflect the specificities of the individual product-groups, e.g., GROW Lot 6 (ventilation units). This is vital to ensure the consistency and continuity with the existing implementing regulations under the Ecodesign Directive, which have successfully delivered product-level energy efficiency improvements for many years and are the natural vehicle to deliver on wider sustainability aspects. EVIA is therefore fully supportive of this acknowledgment in Recital (28) of the CPR revision proposal. As such, we propose to add the following extension to Article 2 on the scope: (f) products in technical building systems covered by the update of Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, except optional requirements on fire under Annex I(1.2). A further explanation to EVIA's position can be found in the attached position paper.
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Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

22 Jun 2022

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) support the need to keep legislation up-to-date and in line with the latest technological developments. In that light, we appreciate the European Commission’s proposals for an Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). We believe that technological progress coupled with the current climate crisis necessitates measures that go beyond energy efficiency by including stringent sustainability, material, and resource efficiency requirements. Nonetheless, we are concerned with certain elements that may bypass the potential offered by the ESPR as tool to achieve sustainability while simultaneously strengthening the European economy. As such, enclosed paper presents our recommendations on improving the proposal. The format in which we have presented our position is in the form of amendment proposals followed by a justification to explain our views.
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Response to Empowering the consumer for the green transition

26 May 2022

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the Commission proposal for a directive amending Directives 2005/29/EC (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) and 2011/83/EU (Consumer Rights Directive) that was published as part of the Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI) on 30 March 2022. EVIA is a staunch supporter of the EU legislative framework that protects consumers against misinformation and unfair practices, and we fully understand the need for an adaptation of the existing rules to better reflect the transition towards a sustainable economy. Given the importance of this proposal in relation to the other initiatives presented as part of the SPI package, we would like to offer various recommendations in order to further strengthen consumer protection from the perspective of the ventilation industry. Attached is our list of recommendations; the Commission proposal is on the left side and the EVIA recommendations on the right side.
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Response to Promoting sustainability in consumer after-sales

4 Apr 2022

EVIA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback to the European Commission's Sustainable Consumption of Goods Initiative (SCGI). Nonetheless, we would like to raise our concerns and offer recommendations in order to optimise the efficiency of the SCGI in relation to other policies that are also addressing material efficiency and sustainability of goods. The main aspect of our views is that HVACR equipment should be outside the objectives of the SCGI. The reason is that HVACR are already covered by Ecodesign and Energy Labelling requirements and that double regulation, with the possibility of contradicting requirements, should be avoided. Recommendations 1) HVACR equipment is long-lasting and repairable 2) Avoid overlaps with existing legislation, e.g., the Ecodesign Directive 3) Product-specific requirements for HVACR equipment under the Ecodesign Directive 4) Include importance of training and certification Our recommendations are further elaborated and explained in the enclosed position paper.
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Response to Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU

31 Mar 2022

EVIA, the European Ventilation Industry Association, welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for a recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) and this opportunity to provide feedback. To fully exploit the benefits mechanical ventilation can deliver for the energy efficiency of buildings and the health, comfort and productivity of occupants, we ask the Commission to consider the recommendations outlined in the attached paper. Including mechanical ventilation in all new buildings and renovations allows to achieve two crucial aims: energy consumption optimisation and contribution to a good indoor air quality (IAQ). Our industry looks forward to further support the development of this crucial legislative revision.
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Meeting with Ville Niinistö (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

16 Feb 2022 · RED, EED & EPBD ventilation (staff level)

Response to Review of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency

19 Nov 2021

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) is delighted to provide feedback to the European Commission's proposal for a revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Please find our input in the attached statement.
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Response to Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001

18 Nov 2021

The European Ventilation Industry Association (EVIA) is delighted to provide feedback to the European Commission's proposal for a revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED). EVIA would like to highlight that waste heat and cold recovery, better called energy recovery, in ventilation systems has enormous potential to contribute significantly to reaching the EU’s climate goals by significantly reducing the energy demand of buildings. Recognizing this simple measure as waste energy equivalent to renewable energy in the RED would optimise the energy consumption of buildings, as it limits thermal losses to a minimum and usefully recovers available energy which would otherwise be wasted. Please find our detailed commentary in the attached statement.
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Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

3 Sept 2021 · Implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

Response to Revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 2010/31/EU

22 Mar 2021

EVIA would like to share its feedback on the Inception Impact Assessment in the attached document.
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Response to Climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy

18 Dec 2020

The attached document includes EVIA’s feedback on the draft Taxonomy Delegated Regulation.
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Response to Implementation modalities of the smart readiness indicator for buildings

16 Jul 2020

The fact that the SRI, under the current EPBD is a voluntary measure, creates risks associated with fragmented implementation by the Member States. Many Member States will be very hesitant to implement a new administrative burden if it will cost the consumer money without a clear added value. As such EVIA would support an expedited, targeted revision of the EPBD ahead of the 2026 review deadline, to make the inclusion of the SRI a mandatory component of EPCs. A mandatory measure would ensure uptake. Based on the weak and strong points mentioned below, the best way to implement the SRI is to couple it with a mandatory measure like the EPC. This would launch the SRI without having to convince many people and ensuring the general uptake of the SRI in the market. In addition, as a mandatory measure the calculation methodology would remain uniform across the Member States allowing the comparability of data from SRI implementation to be comparable across the EU. As it stands Annex VII ‘Possible adaptation of the standard calculation process’ of the draft Delegated Regulation on the calculation methodology plans to allow the Member States to adjust the methodology. Weak Points - 1. Article 7 ‘Monitoring and promotion of the smart readiness indicator scheme no link to EU level policy initiatives, i.e. the Renovation Wave initiative. Strong Points - 1. Member States that decide to implement the smart readiness indicator shall ensure that the assessment of the smart readiness of buildings or building units with a view to issuing a smart readiness certificate is carried out by experts that are qualified or accredited. The experts may operate as self-employed or be employed by public bodies or private enterprises. 2. Member States that decide to implement the smart readiness indicator scheme shall establish an independent control system for smart readiness indicator certificates. Where relevant, those Member States may rely on the independent control systems that are already in place, such as those for energy performance certification schemes. 3. Member States that decide to implement the smart readiness indicator scheme may couple the issuing of the smart readiness indicator certificate with their energy performance certification scheme or with their scheme for the inspection of heating, air-conditioning and combined heating or air-conditioning and ventilation systems under Directive 2010/31/EU, or with their scheme for energy audits under Directive 2012/27/EU. 4. Member States may decide that coupling with those schemes shall be mandatory, in which case a smart readiness indicator certificate shall be issued whenever an energy performance certificate has to be issued or whenever an inspection or audit has to be performed, or that it shall be voluntary, in which case a smart readiness indicator certificate shall be issued only at the request of the economic operator. Specific Recommendations - • Article 7 ‘Monitoring and promotion of the smart readiness indicator o Provide an express reference to incorporating guidelines to promote the uptake of the smart readiness indicator in the EU’s Renovation Wave initiative. o Include an explicit reference to the Commission expert groups that will be consulted, i.e. the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Consultation Forum. o Include an explicit reference to the EU Building Stock Observatory as a repository for data on Member States’ SRI schemes.
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Response to Establishment of a smart readiness indicator for buildings

16 Jul 2020

The fact that the SRI, under the current EPBD is a voluntary measure, creates risks associated with fragmented implementation by the Member States. Many Member States will be very hesitant to implement a new administrative burden if it will cost the consumer money without a clear added value. As such EVIA would support an expedited, targeted revision of the EPBD ahead of the 2026 review deadline, to make the inclusion of the SRI a mandatory component of EPCs. A mandatory measure would ensure uptake. The best way to implement the SRI is to couple it with a mandatory measure like the EPC. This would launch the SRI without having to convince many people and ensuring the general uptake of the SRI in the market. In addition, as a mandatory measure the calculation methodology would remain uniform across the Member States allowing the comparability of data from SRI implementation to be comparable across the EU. General Recommendations - • A targeted revision of the EPBD in 2023 ahead of the 2026 review deadline to make the SRI a mandatory component of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs). (Currently 1 January 2026). • Expedited review of the Delegated Regulation and the Implementing Regulation by 2023 to assess the weightings in the calculation methodology and the modalities of the SRI certificate assessment. (Currently by 1 January 2026). o EVIA would strongly support improving the weighing for the ‘demands for building occupants’ criteria and linking the EPREL database (for Residential application) or other data declaration formats (for example based on Building Information Management (BIM) implementations for Non-Residential applications) to the certification method by including an indication of a product’s smartness in the database. • The calculation methodology must be uniform across the Member States. Weak Points – 1. The smart readiness indicator scheme shall be an optional common Union scheme. 2. Member States may decide if they implement the smart readiness indicator on their national territory. They may also choose to implement the scheme only to certain categories of buildings. A Member State that implements the smart readiness indicator scheme may choose to apply it on a voluntary or mandatory basis. 3. From the draft Delegation Regulation Annex VII ‘Possible adaptation of the standard calculation process’: • To avoid unfairly penalising a building or building unit, some smart-ready services may be omitted in the calculation of the smart readiness scores in case those services are not relevant for that building or building unit. • Member States define the conditions under which such adaptations are relevant and allowed. 4. Annex VI ‘Smart ready service catalogue’ paragraph 4, Member States are encouraged to provide guidelines to experts on identifying smart-ready services, using where relevant Union guidance. Specific Recommendations - • Annex VII ‘Possible adaptation of the standard calculation process’ strongly oppose flexibility for the Member States in regard to changing the weighting of impact criteria and the omission of some smart-ready services. Member State adaptation of the calculation methodology will lead to fragmented implementation and will hinder comparability across Member States. Service omission could be allowed provided there is a clear indication of which services have been included and excluded, again to ensure comparability. • Annex V ‘Weighting of technical domains’ paragraph 5 Member States should be required to follow relevant Union guidance in defining the weighting factors. An explicit deadline should be given for the Commission to adopt the Union guidance. • Annex VI ‘Smart ready service catalogue’ paragraph 4, Member States who pursue an SRI scheme should be required to issue guidelines to experts on identifying smart-ready services, using where relevant Union guidance. An explicit deadline should be given for the Commission to adopt the Union guidance.
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Response to Ecodesign requirements for (other) electric motors

20 Nov 2018

The draft of the European Commission’s revision of Regulation No. 640/2009 EC has proposed to also regulate 8 pole motors. There has been some criticism of this decision. EVIA supports the inclusion of 8 pole motors into the energy efficiency regulation. Regulation is necessary to ensure high efficiency 8-pole motors are available to be integrated in fans. The fan regulation 327/2011 does not take into consideration the rotational speed of the fan. Low speeds, such as 8-pole speeds, are necessary as the centrifugal forces of higher speeds with large diameter fans would be excessive. Further the demands for lower noise require lower rotational speeds. Therefore 8, 10 and 12 pole motors are essential. High efficiency 8-pole motors are indispensable for large industrial fans. EVIA see a reluctance for motor manufacturers to supply such motors. Therefore, regulation of 8-pole motors is necessary.
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Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President) and The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration and

24 Jun 2016 · Energy efficiency and decarbonisation