L 139/8
3.2.
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
18.5.2022
Calculation of the share of Seasonal Performance Factor that qualifies as renewable energy –
SSPF is the share of cooling supply that can be counted as renewable.
The increases with increasing SPFp values.
The SPFp (7) is defined as described in Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2281 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2012 (8), except that the default primary energy factor for electricity has been updated to 2.1 in Directive 2012/27/EU (as amended by Directive (EU) 2018/2002 (9)) of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Boundary conditions from the EN14511 standard shall be used.
The minimum efficiency requirement of the cooling system expressed in primary seasonal performance factor shall be at to be 100 % the minimum efficiency requirement of the cooling system shall be at least 6 least 1.4 (SPFpLOW).
For (SPFpHIGH).
For all the other cooling systems the following calculation shall be applied:
SPFp is the efficiency of the cooling system expressed as primary seasonal performance factor; is the minimum seasonal performance factor expressed in primary energy and based upon the efficiency of standard cooling systems (minimum eco-design requirements); is the upper threshold for seasonal performance factor expressed in primary energy and based on best practices for free cooling used in district cooling (10).
3.3.
Calculation of renewable energy quantity for cooling using standard and measured SPFp
Standard and measured SPF Standardised SPF values are available for electric vapour compression cooling generators and combustion engine vapour compression cooling generator due to the Ecodesign requirements in Regulation (EU) No 206/2012 and (EU) No 2016/2281.
Values are available for these cooling generators up to 2 MW for comfort cooling and up to 1.5 MW for process cooling.
For other technologies and capacity scales standard values are not available.
As regards district cooling, standard values are not available but measurements are used and available; these allow to compute SPF values at least on a yearly basis.
To calculate the quantity of renewable cooling, standard SPF values may be used where available.
Where standard values are not available or measurement is standard practice, measured SPF values shall be used, separated by cooling capacity thresholds.
For cooling generators with a cooling capacity below 1.5 MW, standard SPF can be used, while measured SPF shall be used for district cooling, for cooling generators with cooling capacities higher than or equal to 1.5 MW and cooling generators for which standard values are not available.
In addition, for all cooling systems without standard SPF, which includes all free cooling solutions and heat activated cooling generators, a measured SPF shall be established in order to take advantage of the calculation methodology for renewable cooling.
(7) In case the real operating conditions of cooling generators lead to SPF values substantially lower than planned in standard conditions because of different installation provisions, Member States may exclude these systems from the scope of the renewable cooling definition (e.g. a water cooled cooling generator using a dry cooler instead of a cooling tower to release heat to ambient air).
(8) Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2012 of 6 March 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for air conditioners and comfort fans (OJ L 72, 10.3.2012, p. 7).
(9) Directive (EU) 2018/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 amending Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 210).
(10) ENER/C1/2018-493, Renewable cooling under the revised Renewable Energy Directive, TU-Wien, 2021.