Paper 3 - Household Refrigeration: MEPS3 in Australia and New Zealand – Preliminary Impact Assessment of New MEPS Levels in 2015, August 2012 4 - Household Refrigeration: Technical Support Document on MEPS and Labelling for 2015 for Refrigeration Equipment, August 2012 Regulatory Discussion Document – Government agency proposed pathway to regulate refrigeration equipment sold to consumers in Australia and New Zealand from about April 2015, October 2012 September 2012 Stakeholder submissions received Five industry stakeholder submissions received from: Consumer Electronics Suppliers’ Association (CESA) Electrolux Australia Fisher and Paykel Appliances Mitsubishi Electric Australia Pty Ltd Black Diamond Technologies (New Zealand agents for Mitsubishi) Technical aspects of industry submissions were reviewed by Energy Efficient Strategies and 16 recommendations were made. General support for the proposal Concerns about implementation timing and transition arrangements Some general concerns regarding IEC test method Costs, research and development, beverage cooler labels issues Technical issues raised were: capacity humidity proposals for compact products range of other minor issues Energy Efficient Strategies considered submissions and made decisions on each of the substantive matters in November 2012 These decisions were included into documents released in early 2013 February 2013 Whitegoods Forum papers released Documents released for discussion were: Information Paper - AS4474.2-2013 (V0.4) - Performance of Household Electrical Appliances – Refrigerating Appliances, February 2013 Information Paper - Domestic Refrigeration – Proposed Regulatory Changes Explanatory Guide to the proposed AS/NZS 4474, Part 2, February 2013 Information Paper - Household Refrigerators – Energy Labelling Algorithm in Draft AS/NZS 4474.2-2013, February 2013 Draft - Revised 2015 GEMS Determination for household refrigerators, February 2013 – (AS/NZS 4474.2:2015 Performance of household electrical appliances – Refrigerating appliances, Part 2) Issues to be discussed during Whitegoods Forum
Technical Issues raised humidity testing analysis labelling algorithm May 2013 IEC released draft refrigerator test method for voting Draft voting open for three months Comments and votes closed on 16 August 2013 Australia submitted positive plus 74 written comments July 2013 Stakeholder Workshop Six papers circulated: Paper 1 - Refrigerator and Freezer MEPS3 and IEC Migration Documentation (recap of documents to date) Paper 2 - IEC Migration Position Differences – CESA and AIG Paper 3 - AS/NZS 4474.2 (V0.5) – incorporating whitegoods forum discussions and industry submission from April 2013 Paper 3a - Summary of the edits undertaken on AS/NZS 4474.2 (V0.5) Paper 4 - Refrigerator Round Robin Testing – First Concept Draft Paper 5 - How does the energy efficiency of Australian whitegoods compare internationally? Paper 6 - Guide to undertaking tests to IEC SC59M/24/NP – Energy Consumption of Household Refrigerators Key task was to review part 2 Version 0.5 Review of draft of AS/NZS 4474.2:2015 Performance of household electrical appliances – Refrigerating appliances, Part 2 Consensus on most points Some issues on algorithms and load processing need further work Technical advisory group to consider Stakeholders agreed on of round robin testing Supported by officials August 2013 Round robin of test laboratories commences Government sponsored laboratory testing of two specified model refrigerators to the IEC test standard Checked that requirements of the standards (both IEC and AS/NZS 4474 draft) were clear, unambiguous and not onerous Purpose of testing is to support adoption of IEC test method IEC62552 in Australia and New Zealand as well as preparing testing facilities to adapt to testing to E3 prepared detailed technical comments about specific issues identified with the IEC standard aimed at making the test method more practical and workable
4. Support Option B? Y N - - - - 5. Support Option C? Qualified Y Qualified Y Qualified Y Qualified Y - - 6. Support Algorithm Y Qualified Y Y Y - - 7. effect - - - - - - 8. Competition effect - During transition period, fewer models expected to be available - - - - 9. Laboratory costs 1. Testing costs per unit will be higher due to two ambient tests 2. Other setup costs will be incurred 1) No laboratory cost benefits from adopting IEC 2) Increased testing time for IEC vs AS/NZS - Testing time per unit will be longer - - 10. Allow early registration to IEC Y Y - Y - - 11. Support new ERL design N - Need to better differentiate old and new labels Qualified Y Y - optional to include old CEC in green band Y - Include old CEC in band. Include old CEC, gross volume and SRI on website - -