prEN 50XXX

Hot beverages vending machines – Methods for measuring energy consumption and productivity prEN 50XXX

Scope

This document defines methodologies to measure the energy consumption and productivity of hot beverages vending
machines based on their characteristics.
This document applies to hot beverages vending machines including those dispensing also cold beverages as additional
feature.
This document does not apply to:
- traditional coffee machines (already covered by prEN50730 elaborated by WG 21)
- fully automatic coffee machines (already covered by prEN50730 elaborated by WG 21)
- household appliances;
- machines powered by non-electrical energy (i.e. gas);
NOTE Hot beverages vending machines represent the majority of the market, some hot beverages machines are provided
with additional module to dispense cold beverages.