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Since 2012 the Swedish-Norwegian electricity certificate market has delivered a total of 6.2 TWh new, renewable energy production. The goal is to reach 26,4 TWh by 2020. Swedish Energy Agency's report Kontrollstation 2015 (Checkpoint 2015 ) shows that changes need to be made in the current electricity certificate regulation in order to achieve the common goal.

The EU Commission has made a ruling on the amount of electricity that computers and servers are allowed to use. Even more electricity can be saved by those consumers who choose to purchase an Energy Star-marked computer.

In a year's time, there will be a ceiling for how much electricity a vacuum cleaner is allowed to use. At the same time, there will be rules on how well they are to clean and how much noise they are allowed to make. These rules have been passed by the EU.

It will now be easier to choose an air-to-air heat pump that suits our cold climate. Since the end of the year, air-to-air heat pumps, fans, circulation and water pumps have had better energy marking and energy requirements throughout the entire EU.

Variable speed-controlled exhaust air heat pumps save a lot more energy than older models with on/off technology, especially in buildings with a high energy use. This is shown by tests that have been carried out on exhaust air heat pumps by the Swedish Energy Agency.