ECO 40-60
The mandatory standard test programme EU energy labels for washing machines are based on.
ECO 40-60 is a mandatory washing-machine programme, required on every EU-labelled machine since 2021, that manufacturers must use to generate the energy, water and duration figures on the official EU energy label. It washes a mixed lightly-to-normally soiled cotton load at an effective temperature between 40°C and 60°C, and is intentionally slow, often three or more hours, because a longer, gentler cycle uses meaningfully less energy and water than a fast wash. The figures we publish for energy per 100 cycles and water per cycle are ECO 40-60 numbers, so they are directly comparable across brands.
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