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European Commission DG TREN
Preparatory Studies for
Ecodesign Requirements of EuPs (III)
[Contract N° TREN/D3/91-2007-Lot 25- SI2.521716]
TREN Lot 25
Non-tertiary coffee machines
Questionnaire for Manufacturers
(Printable version)
February 2010
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Contents
1. GENERAL “welcome page” ............................................................................. 3
2. Introduction .................................................................................................. 4
2.1. Objective ............................................................................................................................. 4
2.2. Filling the questionnaire ...................................................................................................... 4
2.3. Background ......................................................................................................................... 4
3. Company and Products .................................................................................. 5
3.1. Contact details .................................................................................................................... 5
3.2. Activity................................................................................................................................. 5
3.3. Confidentiality ..................................................................................................................... 5
3.4. Type of products ................................................................................................................. 6
3.5. Environmental Performance ............................................................................................... 6
4. Economic and Market Data trends .................................................................. 7
4.1. Type of end users ................................................................................................................ 8
4.2. Manufacturing and sales ..................................................................................................... 9
4.3. EU-27 market and stock .................................................................................................... 10
4.3.1. Non-tertiary coffee machines market data ...................................................................................... 11
4.3.2. Sales data breakup ........................................................................................................................... 15
4.4. Market trends ................................................................................................................... 16
4.5. Average product life .......................................................................................................... 17
4.6. Consumer expenditure ...................................................................................................... 18
4.6.1. Average appliance prices ................................................................................................................. 18
4.6.2. Other costs ....................................................................................................................................... 19
4.6.3. Consumables Used ........................................................................................................................... 20
5. Consumer Behaviour .................................................................................... 21
5.1. Customers’ buying decision .............................................................................................. 22
5.1.1. General aspects ................................................................................................................................ 22
5.1.2. Environmental aspects ..................................................................................................................... 22
5.1.3. Other aspects ................................................................................................................................... 23
5.2. Product use conditions ...................................................................................................... 23
5.2.1. Product recommended use compared to testing conditions ........................................................... 24
5.2.2. Real life use compared to recommended use .................................................................................. 25
5.2.3. Energy consumption ........................................................................................................................ 26
5.3. Maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 28
5.4. End-of-life Behaviour ........................................................................................................ 28
5.5. Other comments ............................................................................................................... 28
6. Potential Product Cases................................................................................ 29
European Commission (DG TREN)
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1. GENERAL “WELCOME PAGE”
In the context of the Ecodesign Preparatory study on non-tertiary coffee machines
(ENER Lot 25), product-specific questionnaires have been developed.
The objective is to understand the different products, applicable legislations, standards
or voluntary measures, market composition, and user behaviour issues, and to provide
an opportunity for industry and other interested stakeholders to participate.
This questionnaire is organised in five sections and each of them relate to different
aspects and objectives:
Section 1: Introduction
To present the objective of the questionnaire and the background to the
Lot 25 Preparatory Study concerning non-tertiary coffee machines.
Section 2: Company and products
To identify the type of products your company manufactures and
confirm whether the answers provided in this questionnaire are to be
treated as confidential information1.
Section 3 : Market data and trends
This section aims at understanding the market composition and trends.
Since the PRODCOM2 list does not explicitly provide product-specific
data, no official European statistics are available to have a thorough
vision of this market. Thus, we are gathering market and stock data
from manufacturers of coffee machines. We hope to be able to draw an
accurate and reliable picture of this market by comparing the data
coming from the different responses. This will help us to select the
products groups with significant market presence for further analysis in
the study. Also, we want to have a comprehensive view of the consumer
expenditure and therefore price information such as purchase prices,
maintenance costs, end-of-life costs, etc. are required.
Section 4: Consumer behaviour
To identify the differences between the intended use and real utilisation
conditions of the product.
Section 5: Potential product cases
To identify potential product cases which could be further analysed
during the next steps of this preparatory study.
Please reply to this questionnaire at the earliest possible, before March 24 2010.
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Confidential information is not passed on to any third party. Confidential information will be made
anonymous and only used indirectly to verify information received from others.
2
PRODCOM Classification: List of PRODucts of the European COMmunity, Eurostat
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2. INTRODUCTION
2.1. OBJECTIVE
This section provides a brief background to the Lot 25 Ecodesign Preparatory Study
concerning non-tertiary coffee machines3. It also contains a list of questions to
supplement our understanding and additional data request. Furthermore, it gives you
an opportunity to comment on the current study.
2.2. FILLING THE QUESTIONNAIRE
This is a locked document and you can fill or tick designated fields only. If you feel that
a format (e.g. a table) is not adapted to the answer you wish to provide, please send it
as a separate document or contact us and we will modify it to suit your requirements.
2.3. BACKGROUND
Directive 2005/32/EC establishes a framework for setting ecodesign requirements (e.g.
energy efficiency) for a wide range of products and, thus, it is going to affect
environmental and/or energy efficiency specifications of a variety of products sold in
EU in the future. For further details on the Ecodesign Directive, please visit the
European Commission’s website:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/index_en.htm
This preparatory study is the first step in considering whether and which ecodesign
requirements could be set for non-tertiary coffee machines falling into the broad
scope of this study4. The objective of the study is to analyse these products and
recommend ways to improve their energy and environmental performance. The study
shall provide the necessary information for the next phases (carried out by the
European Commission); in particular a consultation forum with the stakeholders, an
impact assessment, and draft implementing measures. You can follow the progress of
the study and also register as a stakeholder on the project website:
www.ecocoffeemachine.org
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Coffee machines are defined as machines that heat water, with or without an independent source of
energy, and pass it through the coffee, so as to produce a hot drink. This coffee can be dispensed in
various containers, such as cups, pots or in the machine itself.
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The preliminary scope of the study will be defined in the Task 1 draft document which is available on the
project website (http://www.ecocoffeemachine.org/documents.php).
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3. COMPANY AND PRODUCTS
3.1. CONTACT DETAILS
Organisation:
Name:
Position/Department:
Telephone:
E-mail:
3.2. ACTIVITY
Please specify the type of product you manufacture:
Espresso coffee machines
Drip / Filter coffee machines
Pod filter coffee machines
Traditional coffee machines (electrical or manual)
Are you a manufacturer of other type of non-tertiary coffee machines?
Yes No
If yes, which other types of coffee machines do you manufacture?
Are you an association or federation of companies whose activity is related to coffee
machines?
Yes No
You may provide more details about your organisation and/or your product range
here:
3.3. CONFIDENTIALITY
Please, state explicitly if you prefer to provide information only under terms of
confidentiality.
Confidential data: Yes No
Note: We ensure complete confidentiality; however, it is also possible to sign a non-
disclosure agreement (NDA). Please do not hesitate to contact us
(contact@ecocoffeemachine.org) for such an agreement.
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3.4. TYPE OF PRODUCTS
Kindly provide the list of the non-tertiary coffee machines you manufacture (espresso,
filter, traditional, etc.). If you have multiple models for certain product category, kindly
mention it in the last column of the table.
Table 3-1: Non-tertiary coffee machines range of the stakeholder5
Presence of some mode
Type of functions Number
Warming
coffee Type of appliance Energy of
Standby plate
machine Auto-off saving models
mode
mode
Traditional filter
Drip/filter coffee maker
coffee
machines Combo –drip filter
/espresso maker
Pod filter
Pod filter coffee
coffee
machines
machines
Automatic
Espresso espresso machine
coffee
machines Pump espresso
machine
Percolator
Traditional
coffee Moka pot
machines
Vacuum coffee
(manual)
machine
Electric percolator
Traditional
coffee Electric Moka pot
machines
Electric vacuum
(electric)
coffee machine
Further comments:
3.5. ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Do you take into account environmental performances and/or
characteristics when developing a product and placing it on the market?
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For the definition of each type of appliance, please refer to the draft Task 1 report available on the
project website.
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Some examples of environmental issues for coffee machines are energy
efficiency, end-of-life, etc.
a) Yes, by conformity to “green” label(s)
Please provide details on label(s) you use:
b) Yes, by conformity to voluntary agreement(s)
Please provide details (e.g. Blue Angel, etc.) :
c) Yes, by internal requirements/guidelines.
Please elaborate these guidelines (or provide them as a
separate document):
d) Yes, by other measures. Please specify:
e) No, we do not take any of the above issues into account.
Please comment your answer:
Do your customers demand for better environmental performance (e.g.
if they seek more energy efficient products)?
Yes, No,
Please comment your answer:
Any other comment related to environmental performance:
4. ECONOMIC AND MARKET DATA TRENDS
In order to assess the size of the market and the composition of product types,
information on different types of coffee making appliances available on the EU market
is requested. We are looking for the following elements:
Sales volume: number of units sold (during the last two years), at the EU-27 level,
and if possible, at each Member State (MS) level
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Stock of installed appliances: number of units in operation, in the EU-27 level, and
if possible, in each of the MS
Market trends
Consumer expenditure data
Task 2 should also include market structure, SMEs and the location of production
centres.
Please note that we are not asking you to provide the market share of your company,
but rather trying to estimate the overall market composition of the non-tertiary coffee
machines in the EU-27. Furthermore, the objective of this exercise is not to perform a
detailed market analysis but to choose products for further analysis which are
representative of the overall market.
Please provide your “expert estimate” where data is not easily available.
The preliminary definition of non-tertiary coffee machines is as follows:
Non-tertiary coffee machines are defined as machines that warm water, with or
without an independent source of energy, and project it on coffee, so as to produce
an amount of coffee beverage. This coffee can be dispensed in various containers, like
cups, carafe or in the machine itself.
Please comment on this definition:
4.1. TYPE OF END USERS
Non-tertiary coffee machines seem to be used mainly for domestic use, as well as in
the offices for non commercial purpose.
Please provide the estimated share (%) of units sold in EU-27 to each type of
purchaser:
Table 4-1: Characterisation of customers of non-tertiary coffee machines
Estimated share
Type of purchaser
of unit sold (%)
Domestic %
Offices for non commercial purpose %
Do you see large differences in the type of purchasers of non-tertiary coffee machines?
If yes, please explain:
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4.2. MANUFACTURING AND SALES
We would like to have insight on the sales distribution of non-tertiary coffee machines.
Please provide in the Table 4-2 the estimated breakdown of overall sales in the EU
taking place directly to the customers (e.g. using online stores etc.) and the ones taking
place through retailers and wholesalers.
Table 4-2: Estimation of the breakdown of overall sales mechanism
Estimate breakdown of overall sales
Type of non-tertiary
coffee machines Direct sales to To retailers To wholesalers
customer (%) (%) (%)
Drip/filter coffee
% % %
machines
Espresso coffee
% % %
machines
Pod filter coffee
% % %
machines
Traditional coffee
% % %
machines (manual)
Traditional coffee
machines (electric) % % %
Where are non-tertiary coffee machines manufactured? Also comment on the
distribution centres in the EU, where from are non-tertiary coffee machines imported
or distributed to the 27 MS in the EU.
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Table 4-3: Manufacture and distribution centres responsible for the sale of non-
tertiary coffee machines in EU
Manufacturing in the EU Manufacturing outside EU
Type of non-
tertiary coffee Estimated Estimated
machines share of the share of the
Country Country
units sold in units sold in
the EU (%) the EU (%)
Drip / filter coffee
% %
machines
Espresso coffee
% %
machines
Pod filter coffee
% %
machines
Traditional coffee % %
machines (manual)
Traditional coffee % %
machines (electric)
Please provide in the Table 4-4 below information regarding the main producers
(manufacturing coffee machines within EU-27) of non-tertiary coffee machines ranked
by their market share in the EU-27 market.
Table 4-4: Main manufacturers (active in EU-27) of the non-tertiary coffee machines
Manufacturer’s name
Type of coffee machine and estimated market
share (%)
Drip / filter coffee machines
Espresso coffee machines
Pod filter coffee machines
Traditional coffee machines
(manual)
Traditional coffee machines
(electric )
4.3. EU-27 MARKET AND STOCK
We are seeking market data (number of units sold and monetary volume) and stock
data (number of units in operation) for the whole non-tertiary coffee machines sector
in EU. In particular, we are interested in:
EU-27 totals for each type of product, and if possible for each country of
the EU-27
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The last two years (2008 and 2007) or at least one of the two, as well as
the expected sales trends (2009-2011 or any other year).
We would like you to fill in the following table to the best of your knowledge.
Nevertheless, if you are not able to provide country wise data, please give at least the
data (or estimates) at the EU-27 level (last row of the table). Furthermore, if you are
not able to provide any stock and sales data, please give your “expert estimate” of
the market share of each type of coffee machine.
4.3.1. NON-TERTIARY COFFEE MACHINES MARKET DATA
In this section we are looking for market data of non-tertiary coffee machines based on
the brewing technology used, namely:
Drip/filter coffee machines
Espresso coffee machines
Traditional coffee machines (electric)
Traditional coffee machines (manual)
Table 4-5: Sales and stock data of non-tertiary coffee machines at MS and EU 27 level
2007 stock 2007 sales 2008 stock 2008 sales Growth trend (%)
During next During next
Country Product type Number of Number of Volume Number of Number of
Volume 3 years years
units units (million units units
(million €) (2009- (2009 -
(million) (million) €) (million) (million)
2011) )
Drip/filter
Espresso
Austria Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Belgium Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Bulgaria Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Cyprus Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
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2007 stock 2007 sales 2008 stock 2008 sales Growth trend (%)
During next During next
Country Product type Number of Number of Volume Number of Number of
Volume 3 years years
units units (million units units
(million €) (2009- (2009 -
(million) (million) €) (million) (million)
2011) )
Drip/filter
Espresso
Czech
Pod filter
Republic
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Denmark Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Estonia Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Finland Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
France Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Germany Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Greece Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Hungary Drip/filter
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2007 stock 2007 sales 2008 stock 2008 sales Growth trend (%)
During next During next
Country Product type Number of Number of Volume Number of Number of
Volume 3 years years
units units (million units units
(million €) (2009- (2009 -
(million) (million) €) (million) (million)
2011) )
Espresso
Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Ireland Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Italy Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Latvia Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Lithuania Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Luxembo
Pod filter
urg
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Malta Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Poland
Espresso
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2007 stock 2007 sales 2008 stock 2008 sales Growth trend (%)
During next During next
Country Product type Number of Number of Volume Number of Number of
Volume 3 years years
units units (million units units
(million €) (2009- (2009 -
(million) (million) €) (million) (million)
2011) )
Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Portugal Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Romania Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Slovakia Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Slovenia Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Spain Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Sweden Pod filter
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
The
Netherla Espresso
nds
Pod filter
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2007 stock 2007 sales 2008 stock 2008 sales Growth trend (%)
During next During next
Country Product type Number of Number of Volume Number of Number of
Volume 3 years years
units units (million units units
(million €) (2009- (2009 -
(million) (million) €) (million) (million)
2011) )
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
United
Pod filter
Kingdom
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Drip/filter
Espresso
Total EU-
Pod filter
27
Trad. (man)
Trad. (elec)
Comments:
4.3.2. SALES DATA BREAKUP
This section seeks data on the current sales by sub-categories of coffee machines.
Please fill in the section(s) for product(s) relevant to you. If you have more detailed
information on specific Member States, please provide it in the column provided, citing
the member state to which it applies.
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Table 4-6: Sales of non-tertiary coffee machines (in %) according to type of machine
Type of Product market share in a
Volume (in 000 Market share (EU Member State
coffee Type of appliance
units) average in %)*
machine (specify: )
Traditional filter
Drip/filter coffee maker
coffee
machines Combo filter/
espresso maker
Pod filter
Pod filter coffee
coffee
machines
machines
Automatic
Espresso espresso machine
coffee
machines Pump espresso
machine
Percolator
Traditional Moka pot
(manual)
Vacuum coffee
machine
Percolator
Traditional Moka pot
(electric)
Vacuum coffee
machine
Reference year (ideally 2007-08):
*Note: each product type (e.g. espresso coffee machine) should add to 100%
4.4. MARKET TRENDS
In your opinion, what are the key factors influencing the future market of non-tertiary
coffee machines (e.g. cost, availability of certain functions, financial incentives, etc.)?
What are the key factors which might influence the design of non-tertiary coffee
machines in the future, e.g. size, integration of new options/functionalities,
environmental criteria, etc. You may also provide information on how you see the
evolution of your products in the future, a short and long-term.
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If possible, provide forecasted estimations about the expected evolution of sales
according to the type of appliances, capacity, and type of brewing technology.
Information should ideally be given for the European (EU-27) market, or for specific
Member State(s).
4.5. AVERAGE PRODUCT LIFE
Average economical product life6 (i.e. the typical service life of an appliance in regular
use) is required to make stock calculations and also for calculating payback time and
life cycle cost (LCC). We acknowledge that product economic life could vary across
products and Member States, but please try to provide best estimates based on your
knowledge and experience. In the table below, please indicate average EU values.
However, if specific to a particular Member State, please indicate.
Table 4-7: Product life time of non-tertiary coffee machines
Average product
Type of coffee
Type of appliance economic life time Comment
machine
(in years)
Traditional filter
Drip/filter coffee maker
coffee machines Combo filter/
espresso maker
Pod filter coffee Pod filter coffee
machines machines
Automatic espresso
Espresso coffee machine
machines Pump espresso
machine
Percolator
Traditional Moka pot
(manual) Vacuum coffee
machine
Percolator
Traditional Moka pot
(electric) Vacuum coffee
machine
If the average product life is influenced by the presence or absence of certain
components or affected by other parameters, e.g. the capacity, please detail.
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Economical life is the length of time during which the coffee machine may be put to profitable use. This is
usually less than its technical life (time until which a coffee machine functions sustaining minimum
acceptable performance criteria).
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4.6. CONSUMER EXPENDITURE
4.6.1. AVERAGE APPLIANCE PRICES
The average appliance consumer price (and not the manufacturing costs) is required
for LCC calculations. If available, please send us a price catalogue of your products.
Please indicate in Table 4-8 your estimation of the EU average product prices. Please
indicate if these prices relate to particular Member State(s).
Table 4-8: Observed average appliance prices
Average product
Type of coffee European average price in a Member
Type of appliance State
machine product price (€)
(specify: )
Drip/filter coffee Traditional filter coffee maker
machines Combo filter/ espresso maker
Pod filter coffee
Pod filter coffee machines
machines
Espresso coffee Automatic espresso machine
machines Pump espresso machine
Percolator
Traditional
Moka pot
(manual)
Vacuum coffee machine
Percolator
Traditional
Moka pot
(electric)
Vacuum coffee machine
Which parameters are most critical while fixing the price of coffee machines (technical
characteristics, design, brewing technology, etc.)? If possible, give examples.
Please provide the indication of typical cost breakdown of the retail sale price of a
typical non-tertiary coffee machines placed in the EU-27 market:
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Table 4-9: Cost breakdown indicator estimate (in %) of the retail sales prices of a
typical coffee machine placed in EU-27 market
Estimate breakdown of
Cost breakdown indicator
the retail sales price (in %)
Materials and components cost %
Production and assembly cost %
Inventory and distribution cost %
Marketing and retail sale cost %
If you have information about evolution of the prices in recent years, please provide.
Specify if the given prices are EU average, or apply to specific Member State(s).
4.6.2. OTHER COSTS
The “total cost” of an appliance comprises the costs related to its
purchase, installation, maintenance, repair, disposal, etc. ‘Other costs’
concerns the costs of the machines outside of the purchase price. As
many of these costs could be considered negligible for these coffee
machines, the table below allows a description and amount of the cost.
Please provide a short description (installation, disposal, etc) and an
estimate of the amount.
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Table 4-10: Installation, maintenance, repair, and disposal costs by type of appliance
Type of coffee
Type of appliance Description Cost (€)
machine
Drip/filter coffee Traditional filter coffee maker
machines Combo filter/ espresso maker
Pod filter coffee
Pod filter coffee machines
machines
Espresso coffee Automatic espresso machine
machines Pump espresso machine
Percolator
Traditional
Moka pot
(manual)
Vacuum coffee machine
Percolator
Traditional
Moka pot
(electric)
Vacuum coffee machine
4.6.3. CONSUMABLES USED
Please provide estimates as to the quantity of consumables used (coffee, water, paper
filters, caps/pods, water filters, decalcification, etc.) for product type in the table
below. Please be sure to specify the units of each item, for example “units of coffee
pod” or “g of ground coffee” or “mL of water” or “paper filters”. Several spaces are
provided for each type of coffee machines.
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Table 4-11: Consumables used to produce a cup of coffee
Quantity consumed per cup
(choose most applicable Units
Type of coffee machine Consumable Description column for cup size) (ie. grams,
mL)
(40mL) (120mL)
Drip/filter coffee machines
Espresso coffee machines
Pod filter coffee machine
Traditional (manual or
electric)
Any other information you would like to provide about costs or parameters influencing
the costs.
5. CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR
Consumer behaviour and product use conditions have a direct influence on the product
performance as the real life use conditions might be different compared to the
intended use conditions. These differences may arise through cultural or infrastructural
reasons (from one country to another), because of different ambient conditions
(temperature, and humidity), etc. Such differences might also represent barriers to the
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implementation of Ecodesign specifications and therefore, it is very important to
identify them in order to compute the realistic environmental and economic impacts of
the product. Kindly answer the following questions.
5.1. CUSTOMERS’ BUYING DECISION
Several aspects are taken into consideration by your customers when they buy non-
tertiary coffee machines. Please provide your opinion on the importance of such
criteria for your customers.
5.1.1. GENERAL ASPECTS
Please fill in the table below from the point of view of your customers.
Table 5-1: Importance given to general criteria in the purchasing decision
Criteria Level of consideration by customers
Technology /
very low low high very high
performance
Functionality very low low high very high
Design /
very low low high very high
aesthetics
Capacity very low low high very high
Product price very low low high very high
Others (specify):
very low low high very high
very low low high very high
very low low high very high
5.1.2. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Please fill in the table below from the point of view of your customers.
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Table 5-2: Importance given to environmental criteria in the purchasing decision
Criteria Level of consideration by customers
Energy
very low low high very high
consumption
Use of caps / pods very low low high very high
Product life very low low high very high
Others (specify):
very low low high very high
very low low high very high
very low low high very high
Do you see any link between environmental performance of some of your products
and their market success?
5.1.3. OTHER ASPECTS
Please provide any further information concerning consumers’ criteria when buying an
appliance.
5.2. PRODUCT USE CONDITIONS
Please provide in the Table 5-3 the duration of time for which non-tertiary coffee
machines are used in the Member States in EU-27 (the number and length of daily
coffee preparation times may be different for concerned Member States).
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Table 5-3: Time duration for which non-tertiary coffee machines are used in the EU-27
countries
Heating time duration for non-tertiary coffee machines
On Mode Ready Mode Stand-by Mode
Country
Times per Hours per Times per Hours per Times per Hours per
year day year day year day
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
The Netherlands
United Kingdom
Total EU-27
(average)
5.2.1. PRODUCT RECOMMENDED USE COMPARED TO TESTING CONDITIONS
Please specify which method you use when testing the performance of your products
(e.g. EN 13248:2002 standard, internal guidelines):
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When measuring the energy consumption of your products, do the recommended
conditions of use for products differ from the testing conditions (e.g. EN 13248:2002
standard conditions)?
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
Please comment your answer (difference due to the ambient conditions, etc.):
5.2.2. REAL LIFE USE COMPARED TO RECOMMENDED USE
Have you identified differences between real use conditions and instructions for use or
design specifications?
Differences related to the load conditions:
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
- Please comment your answer (is the appliance overloaded, is this
difference country dependent, etc.).
Differences related to the coffee conditioning:
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
- Please comment your answer (is real-life coffee conditioning
different from advised coffee conditioning? Are habits different
from a country to another?).
Differences related to the cup warming:
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
- Please comment your answer (are some cups long re-warmed):
Differences related to the implementation of the inactive mode (off
mode or standby or heating mode):
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
- Please provide further details, with examples (how much time
for which type of inactive mode?):
Differences related to other use conditions which might differ in real life
compared to recommended use:
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- Please specify:
5.2.3. ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Do these identified differences between real life conditions and instruction for use
imply a variation of energy consumption of the non-tertiary coffee machines?
Never Occasionally Sometimes Often
Please substantiate such differences through examples such as increase/decrease of
energy consumption:
Please estimate the energy consumption patterns in the following table based on real
life consumer behaviour patterns.
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Table 5-4: Energy consumption patterns
Presence of some mode functions Warming Energy Standby
Type of Ready mode Coffee making Off mode
Type of Energy plate saving mode mode
coffee Warmin Standby Auto-off consumption consumption consumption
appliance saving consumption consumption consumption
machine g plate mode function (W) (W) (W)
mode (W) (W) (W)
Traditional filter
Drip/filter
coffee maker
coffee
Combo filter
machines
/espresso maker
Pod filter
Pod filter coffee
coffee
machines
machines
Automatic
Espresso espresso
coffee machine
machines Pump espresso
machine
Electric
percolator
Electric Moka
Traditional
pot
Electric vacuum
coffee machine
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5.3. MAINTENANCE
Kindly provide information related to non-tertiary coffee machines maintenance and
repair practices (e.g. frequency of maintenance, components to be regularly replaced,
whether included in the product price itself). Please consider all cases: e.g. drip/filter,
espresso, and traditional coffee machines:
5.4. END-OF-LIFE BEHAVIOUR
Please provide information regarding the end-of-life of your products (e.g. recycling,
disposal, reuse). Try to quantify the proportion of each end-of-life scenario (e.g. second
life, proportion of recycled appliances). Explain also the customers’ role in the end-of-
life scenario of the non-tertiary coffee machines.
Please also specify if you see difference in the end-of-life scenarios of coffee machines
depending on if they are filter, espresso or Traditional based:
Please provide information regarding the end-of-life of the consumables used with the
product types you described above (e.g. recycling, disposal, reuse). Try to quantify the
proportion of each end-of-life scenario (e.g. second life, proportion of recycled
appliances). Explain also the customers’ role in the end-of-life scenario of the
consumables.
Please also specify if you see difference in the end-of-life scenarios of consumables
depending on if they are filters, pods, capsules, ground beans etc.:
5.5. OTHER COMMENTS
Please let us know your criteria/opinion describing the way you think your products are
really used, according to the type of end-user, the country, etc., and the way it might
influence their environmental and energy performance (safety switches, thermostat
controls, timer, etc.):
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6. POTENTIAL PRODUCT CASES
This part of the questionnaire aims to identify potential products cases (i.e. typical
average products representative of the products currently sold in EU) which you may
be able to propose for detailed analysis during subsequent steps of the study. If these
products are retained to contribute for the development of the subsequent steps, we
will come back to you for detailed technical data (bill of material, energy consumption,
etc.).
Article 15 of the Ecodesign Directive suggests that the products chosen for the analysis
should be representative.
The term “representative” shall be interpreted as per three criteria defined in the
Ecodesign Directive i.e. they are sold in large volumes, presently cause significant
environmental impacts, and have significant improvement potential in the future.
Volume: The product shall have significant sales volume in the EU market.
Environmental impact: The product should represent significant
environmental impacts so that its inclusion under Ecodesign (and
consequently reducing these impacts) will lead to significant benefits at the
European level.
Improvement potential: The product should represent significant
improvement potential through Ecodesign and/or other technical
measures.
Perhaps you already have “green” products which are very efficient from energy and
environmental point of view. Please don’t propose them here as a product-case. Such
efficient products will be the focus of this study at much later stage when we will
identify the best available technologies (BAT) on the market and the technologies for
the future i.e. best not-yet available technologies (BNAT).
Please provide some detail about each of the proposed product-case:
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Table 6-1: Product cases and their improvement potential
Short description of the
What share of the total non-
product (e.g. annual Date of Estimated Energy Estimated Energy Estimated Energy
tertiary coffee machines in
consumption, coffee introduction of Consumption per savings* potential savings*
the EU-27 market is
conditioning, brewing this product on product per year per product, BAT potential, BNAT
represented by this product?
technology, mode type, the EU-27 market (kWh/year) (%) (%)
(approximately)
switch off delay)
Product case 1 % %
Drip/filter
machines
coffee
Product case 2 % %
Product case 3 % %
Product case 1 % %
machines
Pod filter
Product case 2 % %
Product case 3 % %
Product case 1 % %
machines
Espresso
coffee
Product case 2 % %
Product case 3 % %
Product case 1 % %
Traditional
machines
coffee
Product case 2 % %
Product case 3 % %
*Note: Energy savings in terms of test conditions, not real life use conditions
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Thank you for spending your precious time to provide this useful information. The lot
25 project team is at your disposition for any clarification and information.
If you have any additional data or reports which you think could be of interest for our
study, it would be greatly appreciated (contact@ecocoffeemachine.org).
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