E3 Special Notices

This page contains a full listing of all special notices issued by E3 regarding regulatory and program matters.

June 2008: Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement of proposed revisions to the method of test and energy labelling algorithms for household refrigerators and freezers - Comments close 14 August 2008. See E3 letter inviting submissions.

June 2008: Voluntary Labelling Program for Televisions - Rules for Participation - DRAFT. Comments close 13 June 2008 to simone.tiele@environment.gov.au

May 2008: Proposal to Mandate the Energy Performance of Set-Top Boxes - Update to Introduction Date and Scope.

April 2008: Proposal to Mandate the Energy Performance of External Power Supplies - Update to Introduction Date and Scope.

January 2008: Home Entertainment Equipment - No Interim Regulatory Requirements - more.

December 2007: E3 Committee Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Alternative Strategies for Chillers is now open for comment until 15 February 2008.

December 2007: E3 Committee Revised Regulatory Impact Statement: MEPS and Alternative Strategies for External Power Supplies is now open for comment until 8 February 2008.

December 2007: E3 Committee Consultation Technical Report – Phase-Out of Inefficient Incandescent Lamps and Standards for Compact Fluorescent Lamps is now open for comment until 1 February 2008.

December 2007: E3 Committee Consultation Technical Report – Distribution Transformers: Proposal to Increase MEPS Levels is now open for comment until 25 January 2008.

December 2007: E3 Committee Costs and Benefits of Proposed Revisions to the Method of Test and Energy Labelling Algorithms for Household Refrigerators and Freezers is now open for comment until Monday, 21 January 2008.

October 2007: E3 Committee Regulatory Impact Statement: Proposal to Introduce Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Set-top Boxes is now open for comment until Friday, 9 November 2007.

September 2007: E3 Committe Discussion Paper: Refrigerator Star Rating Algorithms in Australia and New Zealand – Revised Proposal (September 2007) is now open for comment until 31 October 2007.

August 2007: E3 Committe Cost-Benefit Analysis: Proposal to Introduce a Minimum Energy Performance Standard for Chillers is now open for comment until 14 September 2007.

July 2007: E3 Committe Cost-Benefit Analysis: Proposal to Introduce a Minimum Energy Performance Standard for Home Entertainment Products is now open for comment until 28 September 2007.

July 2007: Stakeholder Letter - Notice of increased levels Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Air Conditioners - 1 October 2007

June 2007: E3 Gas Committe Cost-Benefit Analysis: Proposal to Introduce a Minimum Energy Performance Standard for Gas Water Heaters is now open for comment until 6 August 2007.

May 2007: Government’s Regulatory Plans for Gas Water Heaters (including Stakeholder Letter)

May 2007: Stakeholder Letter - Postponement of the Proposed 2008 MEPS Levels for Air Conditioners

April 2007: Energy Round Table Meetings – April 2007 - For Whitegoods and Air Conditioners

April 2007: E3 Committe Cost-Benefit Analysis: MEPS and Alternative Strategies for Set-top Boxes is now open for comment until 31 May 2007.

May 2007: E3 Proposal for Clothes Washer Round Robin draft is open for comment until 28 May 2007. Comments should be sent to Simone Tiele at the Australian Greenhouse Office - simone.tiele@environment.gov.au or 02 6274 1340.

March 2007: Consultation RIS - MEPS and Alternative Strategies for External Power Supplies is now open for comment until 30 April 2007.

March 2007: E₃ Mining Forum - Summary and Presentations - 1 March 2007, Perth.

February 2007: E₃ White Goods Forum - Summary, Presentations and Background Papers - 12 February 2007, Mercure Hotel Sydney Airport, 20 Levey St, Wolli Creek, Sydney.

January 2007: Home Entertainment Equipment Standby Interim Requirements. Letter from Shane Holt, Chair of E3 to stakeholders notifying them of Standby MEPS for Home Entertainment Equipment.

January 2007: Anti-circumvention of the refrigerator and freezer test procedure. Letter from Shane Holt, Chair of E3 to stakeholders notifying them of forthcoming changes to AS/NZS 4474.

January 2007: Schedule Of Published Data Fields From The On Line Database. Draft for comment. Comments close 28 February 2007.

November 2006: The Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Committee is pleased to release the Draft proposal for Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Home Entertainment Equipment. The report covers commercially available consumer equipment that produces, records or assists in producing an audio or video signal/output but excludes televisions and set top boxes which are being considered for separate regulation. The E3 Committee seeks comment from any interested stakeholder by Friday 9 February 2007.

November 2006: Australian Ministers announce a mandatory 1 Watt standby target for all electrical appliances for Australia by 2012. See Press Releases and News below.

November 2006: Standby store data, which has been collected from retail stores over the period from 2001 to date is now available for download - this covers to 6500 products. Registration is required to access the data.

November 2006: The Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Committee is pleased to release the Draft proposal for Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Home Entertainment Equipment. The report covers commercially available consumer equipment that produces, records or assists in producing an audio or video signal/output but excludes televisions and set top boxes which are being considered for separate regulation. The E3 Committee seeks comment from any interested stakeholder by Friday 9 February 2007.

October 2006: The Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee and Australian Gas Association (AGA) and the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association of Australia (GAMAA) hosted a Gas Forum - Domestic Gas Water Heaters for gas industry stakeholders on the 30th October 2006 in Melbourne. Documents for comment are now available from the Gas Forum events page.

May 2006: Letter from the E3 Chair (31/5/06) outlnes the proposal to include standby power in the energy ratings of clothes washers and dishwashers. Comments are open until 30 June 2006 on the RIS - inclusion of standby power in the energy ratings of clothes washers & dishwashers which is now available for download from the electronic library.
September 2005: Notice of early adoption of increased MEPS for single phase airconditioners from 1 April 2006.
Letter from the NAEEEC Chair (Sept 2005) outlines the proposal considered by Energy Ministers for the revised MEPS date for non-ducted single phase air conditioners less than 7.5kW for household use. It also provides a summary of the MEPS levels. The letter dated 19 January 2006 confirms that MCE have now agreed to the proposal for MEPS to commence on 1 April 2006.
October 2005: E₃ in the 21st Century - The National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Programme (NAEEEP) has been changed to the Equipment Energy Efficiency Programme (E₃). In line with this change, the National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (NAEEEC) is now known as the Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (E₃ Committee).
September 2005: NAEEEC Commercial Refrigeration MEPS Compliance Forum, 11 November 2005, Brisbane.
Forum Program and Registration Excel Electronic Registration Form
July 2005: NAEEEC Spring Industry Forum, 15 September 2005, Canberra.
Presentations and publications from the day are now available including the report Climate Control - Heating, Ventilation, Airconditioning and Efficiency, prepared by Energy Strategies.
July 2005: Annual National Air Conditioning & Energy Forum, 20 & 21 September 2005, Sydney.
Forum page and presentations now available
July 2005: Motor MEPS 2006: Industry Forum and Laboratory Visit, 12 & 13 September 2005 , South Australia 2005.
Presentations and publications from the forum are now available.
February 2005: Notice of Proposal to Increase MEPS Regulations for Room Airconditioners
Letter from the NAEEEC Chair inviting interested organisations to comment on the proposal explained in the draft Regulatory Impact Statement.
November 2004: Public Consultation -- Test procedure and MEPS for external power supplies
Closing date 18 January 2005
- Draft Standards for Public Comment: see DR04528 and DR04529 for details
December 2004: 10 year strategies to reduce the energy used by gas appliances and lighting products.
- Greenlight Australia
- Switch On Gas
- Ministerial Council on Energy Communique
September 2004: Notice of new MEPS levels for miscellaneous and mains pressure electric water heaters.
Letter from the NAEEEC Chair reporting on the regulatory and communication processes to date with respect to the proposed minimum energy performance standard regulations for certain electric water heaters. Information on new electric water heater MEPS levels for October 2005 have been included on energyrating.

This page last modified 27 June 2008