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Historical version for the period January 1, 2016 to December 1, 2016.
Last amendment: O. Reg. 412/15.
More specific scope of application prevails
Alternative methods of determining energy efficiency
2.4 If more than one scope of application set out in the Schedules to this Regulation applies to an appliance or product, the scope of application that applies most specifically to the appliance or product is the one to be applied. O. Reg. 412/15, s. 1.
2.5 Where a Schedule to this Regulation makes reference in a testing standard to Part 430 or 431 of the U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations with respect to a date or period, the reference is to be read as incorporating any alternative methods of determining energy efficiency or energy use that, under section 429.70 of that Code and any other provisions of Part 429 referred to in section 429.70, may be applied with respect to Part 430 or 431 as of that date or period, but, for greater certainty, all requirements under sections 3 and 4 of this Regulation continue to apply. O. Reg. 412/15, s. 1.
2.6 Where a Schedule to this Regulation makes reference in a testing standard or efficiency requirement to U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations as it read on the date an appliance or product is manufactured, any waiver or exception to the testing standard or efficiency requirement that applies to the appliance or product under that Code in response to the petition of a manufacturer is also incorporated, subject to any conditions that apply to that waiver or exception. O. Reg. 412/15, s. 1.
i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016 inclusive.
4.1 Clothes washer, commercial:
i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2016 or later.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart I, §431.154, Test procedures, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: an electrically operated appliance that is designed to clean clothes using a water solution of soap or detergent, or both, that does not require mechanical fastening to a floor or wall for safe operation, and that is residential-style designed for either use in applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes washer, such as multi-family housing common areas and coin laundries; or other commercial applications. For greater certainty, this includes an appliance that is either standard or compact and is either top-loaded or front-loaded.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart I, §431.156 Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. In addition, the clothes washer must have an unheated rinse water option.
ii. Testing standard: CAN/CSA C300-15, Energy Performance and Capacity of Household Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers and Wine Chillers.
5. The refrigerated volume must be calculated in accordance with Clause 4 of CAN/CSA C300-15, Energy Performance and Capacity of Household Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers and Wine Chillers.
D. for wedge cases, the total display area (TDA, expressed in metres squared) is the product of the vertical height of the air curtain or glass in a transparent door and the largest overall width of the case, when viewed from the front.
A. for ice maker, cube-type, July 1, 2013 to January 27, 2018 inclusive,
B. for ice storage bin, manual scoop-out, July 1, 2013 or later.
A. for ice maker, cube-type, the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to cube-type ice makers,
B. for ice storage bin, manual scoop-out, the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to manual scoop-out ice storage bins.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: Clause 5.4.1 and Table 2 and Clause 5.4.2 and Table 3 of the testing standard.
i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2013 to January 27, 2018 inclusive.
14.3 Ice maker, commercial automatic:
i. Date of manufacture: January 28, 2018 or later.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart H, §431.134 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy and water consumption of automatic ice makers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: an “automatic commercial ice maker” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart H, §431.132 Definitions concerning automatic commercial ice makers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to automatic ice makers with harvest rates between 23 to 1,814 kilograms of ice per day (50 and 4,000 pounds of ice per day). Ice makers installed in household refrigerators, refrigerators-freezers or household freezers are excluded. For clarity, both cube-type and other than cube-type ice makers are included in the scope.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart H, §431.136 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, with the exception of,
A. air-cooled ice makers with an ice-making head, with a harvest rate of at least 940 kilograms and less than 1,818 kilograms of ice per day (or a harvest rate of at least 2,072 pounds and less than 4,000 pounds of ice per day) and that produce cube-type ice, where the maximum energy use is determined by the following equation: 546.8 – 0.192 Hm, where Hm is the harvest rate in kilograms/day or 6.89 – 0.0011 H, where H is the harvest rate in pounds/day.
A. for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage, July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016 inclusive,
B. for other than refrigerated bottled or canned beverage, July 1, 2013 or later.
15.2 Vending machine, refrigerated bottled or canned beverage:
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 431, Subpart Q, §431.294 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy consumption of refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart Q, §431.292 Definitions concerning refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart Q, §431.296 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
18. Walk-in freezers and walk-in coolers:
i. Date of manufacture: June 5, 2017 or later.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart R, §431.304 Uniform test method for measurement of energy consumption of walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: a “walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart R, §431.302 Definitions concerning walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart R, §431.306 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 1; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 4; O. Reg. 93/14, s. 4; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 2; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 2.
2.1 Water heater, gas-fired, storage, with an input rating of not more than 22 kW (75,000 Btu/h):
ii. Testing standard: ANSI Z21.10.1-2014/ CSA 4.1-2014, Gas Water Heaters — Volume I, Storage Water Heaters with Input Ratings of 75,000 Btu Per Hour or Less.
2.2 Water heater, gas-fired, storage, with an input rating of not more than 22 kW (75,000 Btu/h):
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: energy factor ≥ 0.70 − 0.0005 × rated storage volume in L, or ≥ 0.70 − 0.00189 × rated storage volume in US gallons.
ii. Testing standard: ANSI Z21.10.3-2014 / CSA 4.3-2014, Gas-Fired Water Heaters, Volume III, Storage Water Heaters with Input Ratings Above 75,000 Btu per Hour, Circulating and Instantaneous.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 2; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 5; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 3; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 3.
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016 inclusive.
1.3 Furnace, gas-fired, with an input of less than 65.92 kW (225,000 Btu/h):
A. for three-phase furnaces: ANSI Z21.47-2012 / CSA 2.3-2012, Gas-Fired Central Furnaces,
B. for other furnaces: CSA P.2-13, Testing method for measuring the annual fuel utilization efficiency of residential gas-fired or oil-fired furnaces and boilers.
iii. Scope of application: a gas-fired central furnace, with an input of less than 65.92 kW (225,000 Btu/h).
A. for three-phase furnaces: AFUE ≥ 78 per cent, or thermal efficiency ≥ 80 per cent,
B. for single-phase furnaces: AFUE ≥ 90 per cent, with the following exceptions:
1. for single-phase furnaces in mobile homes and recreational vehicles, AFUE ≥ 80 per cent,
2. for single-phase outdoor furnaces with an integrated cooling component, AFUE ≥ 81 per cent.
i. Date of manufacture: July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016 inclusive.
6.1 Boiler, gas-fired, with an input of at least 88 kW (300,000 Btu/h) but less than 732 kW (2,500,000 Btu/h):
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2017 or later.
iii. Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to gas-fired boilers with an input rate of at least 88 kW (300,000 Btu/h) but less than 732 kW (2,500,000 Btu/h) that are used for space heating. However, units that are designed for combination space and water heating are excluded.
A. hot water:
1. for new building applications: no standing pilot, and thermal efficiency ≥ 90 per cent,
2. for all other applications: no standing pilot, and thermal efficiency ≥ 83 per cent,
B. for steam, natural draft: no standing pilot and thermal efficiency ≥ 78 per cent,
C. for steam, not natural draft: no standing pilot, and thermal efficiency ≥ 80 per cent.
7.1 Boiler, gas-fired, with an input of at least 732 kW (2,500,000 Btu/h):
iii. Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to gas-fired boilers with an input rate of at least 732 kW (2,500,000 Btu/h) that are used for space heating. However, units that are designed for combination space and water heating are excluded.
A. for hot water:
1. for new building applications: no standing pilot, and combustion efficiency ≥ 90 per cent,
2. for all other applications: no standing pilot, and combustion efficiency ≥ 83 per cent.
B. for steam, natural draft: no standing pilot, and thermal efficiency ≥ 80 per cent,
C. for steam, not natural draft: no standing pilot, and thermal efficiency ≥ 81 per cent.
16. Furnace fans, residential:
i. Date of manufacture: July 3, 2019 or later.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (cc) Furnace fans, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: An electrically-powered fan used for the purpose of circulating air through ductwork for space heating or cooling or both for a furnace with an input of less than 65.92 kW (225,000 Btu/h) or for a modular blower with less than 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h) of cooling and heating capacity.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (y) Residential furnace fans, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
“new building” means a building constructed under a permit issued under section 8 of the Building Code Act, 1992, where the permit was applied for after December 31, 2016.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 3; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 6; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 4; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 4, 5.
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 inclusive.
1.3 Air conditioner or heat pump, central, less than 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h), excluding single-package vertical:
A. for air-to-air air conditioners and heat pumps: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulation Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (m) Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. However, the heating season performance factor – Region V (HSPF V) must be calculated and used instead of HSPF IV.
B. for liquid-to-air or evaporatively-cooled air conditioners and heat pumps: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.96 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, and for liquid-to-air heat pumps: CAN/CSA C13256-1-01, Water-source heat pumps – Testing and rating for performance – Part 1: Water-to-air and brine-to-air heat pumps may be used as an alternative.
iii. Scope of application: an air conditioner or heat pump intended for air conditioning, space heating or both in buildings, that is either split-system and centrally ducted or single-package and ducted, unitary, either air-to-air, liquid-to-air or evaporatively cooled, electrically powered and that is rated below 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h) heating and cooling. For greater certainty, this includes air conditioners or heat pumps that are within the same cabinet as a furnace, are mini-split ductless units, or powered by three-phase current. However, single-package vertical air conditioner and heat pumps, geothermal heat pumps and computer room air conditioners are excluded.
iv. The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement is that set out in the following Table:
Single Package or Split- System
Minimum (HSPF V)
Max. Average Off Mode Electrical Power Consumption (W)
Air-to-air (single-phase)
All, except space constrained
Space constrained, including TTW
All, except SDHV and space constrained
Air-to-air (three-phase)
Liquid-to-air or evaporatively-cooled
< 17 kBtu/h: EER 11.2
≥ 17 and < 65 kBtu/h:
i. Date of manufacture: June 1, 2014 to December 31, 2016 inclusive.
4.2 Air conditioner, room:
ii. Testing standard: for through-the-wall and in-the-window systems, U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (f) Room air conditioners, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: an encased single-package assembly designed to provide air conditioned air, that has a prime source of refrigeration, is powered by a single-phase electric current, is designed for unducted applications, that may include a means for heating or ventilation or both, and that has a cooling capacity of less than 19 kW (65,000 Btu/h) and is designed for mounting in a window or through a wall. However, single-package vertical air conditioners and computer room air conditioners are excluded. For greater certainty, packaged terminal air conditioners and portable air conditioners are excluded, and water-cooled or evaporatively-cooled air conditioners are included.
iv. The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: for through-the-wall and in-the-window systems, U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (b) Room air conditioners, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
7. Heat pump, geothermal, liquid-to-air, excluding direct expansion:
i. Date of manufacture: June 24, 2005 to December 31, 2017 inclusive.
7.1 Heat pump, geothermal, liquid-to-air, excluding direct expansion:
iii. Scope of application: the same scope as the testing standard, but limited to geothermal heat pumps.
8.2 Water chiller:
iii. Scope of application: factory-manufactured, single-package assembly water chiller that is either:
A. vapour-compression, air-cooled with a cooling capacity of less than 700 kW,
B. vapour-compression reciprocating, rotary screw, scroll, or centrifugal water-cooled with a cooling capacity of less than 8,800 kW, or
C. air- or water-cooled single-effect, or direct- or indirect-fired double-effect absorption water chiller. For clarity this includes a chiller with a heat reclaim condenser. However, this excludes applications employing heat pumps or exhaust gas firing and excludes absorption chiller/heater units with air-cooled condensers.
iv. The prescribed efficiency standard or requirement is that set out in the following Table, subject to the requirement that all Path B chillers shall be equipped with demand-limiting control capability:
Vapour Compression or Absorption
Cooling Capacity Range (kW)
Path A - COP
Path A - IPLV
Path B - COP
Path B - IPLV
Air-cooled with condenser
≥ 528 and < 700
Air-cooled without condenser (rated with matching condenser)
Water-cooled, rotary screw, scroll
≥ 264 and < 528
≥ 528 and < 1,055
≥ 1,055 and < 8,800
Water-cooled, reciprocating
< 8,800
Water-cooled, centrifugal
≥ 1,055 and < 1,407
≥ 1,407 and < 2,110
≥ 2,110 and < 8,800
Single-effect absorption, air-cooled
Single-effect absorption, water-cooled
< 5,600
Double-effect absorption, indirect fired
Note 1: Air-cooled chillers without condensers shall be rated with matching condensers and comply with the efficiency requirements for air-cooled chillers with condensers.
Note 2: Reciprocating units shall comply with water-cooled, rotary screw, scroll efficiency requirements.
10. Air conditioner, computer room:
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.96 Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of commercial air conditioners and heat pumps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: a factory-made unitary electrically operated air conditioner designed for use in computer rooms, data processing rooms, or other information technology cooling applications, that is air- or water-cooled, a downflow or upflow unit, and where the functions of the air conditioner either alone or in combination with a cooling unit and heating plant are to provide air filtration, circulation, cooling, reheating, and humidity control. However, geothermal air conditioners are excluded. For greater certainty, glycol-cooled air conditioners are included.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart F, §431.97 Energy efficiency standards and their compliance dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 4; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 7; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 5; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 6.
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2015 to January 25, 2018 inclusive.
2.2 Lamp, fluorescent, general service:
i. Date of manufacture: January 26, 2018.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (r) General service fluorescent lamps, general service incandescent lamps, and incandescent reflector lamps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: “General service fluorescent lamp” as defined in the U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart C, §430.32 (n) General service fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. Note: The requirements for Colour Rendering Index (CRI) in subparagraph 2.1 iv (Lamp, fluorescent, general service), remain applicable.
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017 inclusive.
B. for life: IES LM-49-12, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage, and
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2017 inclusive.
i. Date of manufacture: December 31, 2014 to December 31, 2017 inclusive.
B. for life: IES LM-49-12, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,
6.1. Lamp, regulated incandescent:
A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-09, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,
iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in section 2 of this Schedule.
A. lamp efficacy in lm/W: ≥ 45,
2. (1) In this Schedule,
3. An explosion resistant lamp: a lamp that is designed and certified to operate in a Class I, Division 1 or Class II, Division 1 environment, as defined in CEI/IEC 60079-0 (2011), Explosive atmospheres – Part 0: Equipment – General Requirements.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 5; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 8; O. Reg. 93/14, s. 5; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 6; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 7.
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart X, §431.444 Test procedures for the measurement of energy efficiency, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
iii. Scope of application: “small electric motor” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart X, §431.442 Definitions, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured, but limited to motors that have two, four or six poles. However, motors within the scope of paragraph 1 of section 1 of this Schedule and motors that are components of other products covered in this Regulation are excluded.
iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 431, Subpart X, §431.446 Small electric motors energy conservation standards and their effective dates, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 6; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 9; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 7; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 8.
1. Digital television adapter (as a type of terrestrial set-top box):
i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2016 inclusive. However,
6.1 External power supply:
ii. Testing standard: U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart B, §430.23 (bb) External power supplies, as it read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured. For Class A external power supplies, CAN/CSA C381.1-08, Test method for calculating the energy efficiency of single-voltage external AC-DC and AC-AC power supplies may be used instead.
iii. Scope of application: an “external power supply” as defined in U.S DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions as it read on January 1, 2015, but excluding external power supplies designed exclusively for medical devices, and a “direct operation external power supply” as defined in U.S. DOE 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 430, Subpart A, §430.2 Definitions as it read on January 1, 2015, but excluding external power supplies designed exclusively for medical devices or a direct operation, AC-DC external power supply with nameplate output voltage less than 3 volts and nameplate output current greater than or equal to 1,000 milliamps that charges the battery of a product that is fully or primarily motor operated. For clarity, LED drivers are excluded from the scope.
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 7; O. Reg. 337/13, s. 10; O. Reg. 298/14, s. 8; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 9.
A. CAN/CSA A440.2-14/A440.3-14, Fenestration energy performance, or
O. Reg. 404/12, Sched. 8; O. Reg. 412/15, s. 10.