Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206:reg:8:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 2/3)
Character Range: 13076–15579

listed above.
What an IE unit is
 (5) A system of equipment may be identified as an IE unit in relation to an offsets project if:
 (a) it is:
 (i) at one location; or
 (ii) at locations connected by a dedicated transport mechanism that is part of system; and
 (b) the principal use of energy that it consumes is to provide IE services (whether the IE services are outputs of the system, or are generated by one part of the system and used by another part in producing the output); and
 (c) the use of energy that it consumes for any other function of the system has no more than a minor or trivial effect on the amount of fuel or energy that it uses.
Note: There will often be a choice as to what pieces of equipment to identify as a system that constitutes an IE unit for a project, and also as to the services that will be treated as outputs of the system.  The services used as outputs do not have to be IE services.  The project proponent will need to choose systems in such a way that each of them:
 (i) includes all equipment within an energy boundary (section 11); and
 (ii) has an associated IE upgrade that satisfies paragraph (1)(b) and is not excluded by subsection (7), 10(2),  22(3) or 22(4); and
 (iii) has an output, or set of outputs, with appropriate output indicators (section 14).
For example, if the main energy-consuming equipment is a pumping service, and the intended upgrade will improve the efficiency of the pumps, the proponent might choose to define the IE unit as consisting of the pumps themselves, and use the fluid output of the pumps as the output indicator. However, if the intended upgrade will improve the efficiency of equipment such as pipes and valves that are supplied by the pumping system and affect the pumping system energy consumption, the proponent might choose to define the IE unit to include that equipment, and may use a broader output indicator such as the output of the site as a whole if pump flow measurements are not available.
IE upgrades
 (6) An IE upgrade consists of doing one or more of the following in relation to an IE unit, other than as maintenance:
 (a) modifying, removing or replacing equipment of the unit;
 (b) installing additional equipment in the unit;
 (c) changing the way existing equipment of the unit is controlled or operated;
 (d) changing the energy sources or mix of energy sources used by the unit;
  in a way that maintains it as an IE unit that has the same outputs, and uses energy to provide the same IE services for