As of today, you are allowed to display the new label.
There is a 14 day period for everybody to switch over the displays, so it'll take a few days for it to show up everywhere.
Only exception is for the edge case that the manufacturer of an appliance has gone out of business and can't re-supply the new label for old stock. In that case those specific appliances can be sold for up to 9 months with only the old label.
Many things are as expected.
Condenser dryers are now rated G.
Many heat pump dryers are either D or C. Many are condensation class D now - the worst class possible.
A few A dryers are available - Samsung and AEG/ELux. But I think only the ELux design is quadruple A.
A few more Bs are available - naming the VZug TOL dryer explicitly as that is only B in many ratings despite being that expensive.
A few things are unexpected.
The approximate mapping of old to new is that A++ is now D, A+++ is C, -10% is B and -25% is A.
However, as the testing is somewhat different, that isn't the case every time.
BSH's TOL dryer used to be -10% - and now is "only" C, makeing BSH one of the few brand name manufacturers with no B rated dryer at the start.
LGs recent US size DD dryer was A+++ and now is only D.
It also shows that you can build competitive appliances without changing the base design.
But if you want to get up there, you do need some design changes. Samsung appears to only have changed the compressor and programming, but does not get to the quadruple A.
ELux had to redesign the entire machine base and switch around air flow components to get there.
So yeah, just a small summary for that change.
Especially with dryers, the energy label has much more connection to real life usage than with DWs or washers, so I think that's a welcome change.
There is a 14 day period for everybody to switch over the displays, so it'll take a few days for it to show up everywhere.
Only exception is for the edge case that the manufacturer of an appliance has gone out of business and can't re-supply the new label for old stock. In that case those specific appliances can be sold for up to 9 months with only the old label.
Many things are as expected.
Condenser dryers are now rated G.
Many heat pump dryers are either D or C. Many are condensation class D now - the worst class possible.
A few A dryers are available - Samsung and AEG/ELux. But I think only the ELux design is quadruple A.
A few more Bs are available - naming the VZug TOL dryer explicitly as that is only B in many ratings despite being that expensive.
A few things are unexpected.
The approximate mapping of old to new is that A++ is now D, A+++ is C, -10% is B and -25% is A.
However, as the testing is somewhat different, that isn't the case every time.
BSH's TOL dryer used to be -10% - and now is "only" C, makeing BSH one of the few brand name manufacturers with no B rated dryer at the start.
LGs recent US size DD dryer was A+++ and now is only D.
It also shows that you can build competitive appliances without changing the base design.
But if you want to get up there, you do need some design changes. Samsung appears to only have changed the compressor and programming, but does not get to the quadruple A.
ELux had to redesign the entire machine base and switch around air flow components to get there.
So yeah, just a small summary for that change.
Especially with dryers, the energy label has much more connection to real life usage than with DWs or washers, so I think that's a welcome change.
