Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Alternative Strategies for Chillers

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Summary

This report was prepared in December 2007 by EnergyConsult, for the Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (E3).

This is a regulatory impact statement (RIS) proposing the introduction of common minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in Australia and New Zealand for liquid-chilling packages using the vapour compression cycle (commonly called chillers in this document).

An initial Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the proposal (E3 Committee 2007) was released in August 2007. It was prepared and issued by the Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (E3 Committee) under the Ministerial Council on Energy of the Australian federal, state and territory governments and the New Zealand Government. Stakeholder submissions called for changes to that proposal and this RIS, taking account of those stakeholder submissions, represents the latest proposed recommendations of energy efficiency regulators to the Ministerial Council on Energy.

Chillers were identified for policy action in the National Appliance & Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (NAEEEP), today the Equipment Energy Efficiency Program, from 2003. A plan was published by NAEEEP in October 2004 for improving the efficiency of chillers which proposed that mandatory regulations might better meet the Australian and New Zealand governments' efficiency goals. Since this time, significant industry and government consultation has occurred to provide a suitable framework for the introduction of MEPS.

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