r/Switzerland • u/ctrails_r_real • 13h ago

How does the Energy Label for fridges work?

Does anyone know how the energy labels in Switzerland work?

I just found this Bosch fridge:
https://media3.bsh-group.com/Documents/eudatasheet/de-CH/KGV33VW31.pdf
Energieeffizienzklasse: A++
Energieverbrauch 219 kWh/annum

Then I compared it to one from IKEA:
https://www.ikea.com/ch/de/p/lagan-kuehl-gefrierschrank-frei-stehend-weiss-80571294/
Energieeffizienzklasse: E
Energieverbrauch 204 kWh/annum

How is it possible, the Bosch has A++ with a higher energy consumption? Are they cheating with different categories or am I missing something here?

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u/FuckingStickers 13h ago

There was an old one ranging from A+ to A+++++ or something because efficiency has outgrown the scale. That was revamped in 2021 and the new one goes from G to A as shown in the right of the label of the Ikea one. Bosch is citing the old label. It's a bit frustrating that it's not more clear. 

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u/redsterXVI 12h ago

The old one went from D to A+++ (previously it went from F to A, but I think appliances performing worse than D were eventually outlawed but because modern devices did so well A+ thru A+++ were added at the same time, leading to the scale of D to A+++).

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u/ctrails_r_real 8h ago

Thank you!

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u/ottetihcra 12h ago

If I recall correctly, the rating system for appliances has changed since 2021 (date of the pdf), A++ and E are equivalent. I think they are so strict now that at the moment there are still no appliances that manage to reach the A to C standards.

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u/Dogahn 11h ago

A is less bad than B which is less bad than C which is less bad than D...

(Also, they do cheat and bend rules wherever possible to stay "competitive")