| 4E |
Efficient Electrical End-use Equipment – an implementing agreement under the IEC |
| A/NZ |
Australia/New Zealand |
| Base Energy Consumption |
The nominal energy consumption of an appliance of a given rated capacity with a Star Rating of 1.00. (Units: kilowatt hours/year). |
| BAU |
Business As Usual: assumed circumstances under which no policy intervention has been taken |
| CFLs |
Compact Fluorescent Lamps |
| Checktest |
A full or part test in accordance with the relevant Standard to verify the minimum performance requirements and/or claims made on energy labels of an individual brand and model. |
| CO2-e |
Carbon dioxide equivalent |
| Comparative Energy Consumption |
The nominal energy consumption of an appliance. For all appliances, except air conditioners, it is based on the average projected annual energy consumption for the appliance. (Units: kilowatt hours/year)/ For air conditioners it is based on the estimate of energy used by a single unit per hour of use at rated power for cooling and/or heating as applicable. (Units: kilowatt hours/hour). The Comparative Energy Consumption appears on the energy label. |
| CPRS |
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme |
| DCCEE |
Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency |
| DEWHA |
Department of Environment, Heritage and the Arts |
| E2WG |
Energy Efficiency Working Group |
| E3 Program |
Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (formerly known as the National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Program) |
| Field Use Factor |
A factor used to calculate clothes dryer star ratings that takes account of the over-drying that occurs in timer and manual clothes dryers compared to autosensing dryers. |
| GEMS |
Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards |
| MEPS |
Minimum Energy Performance Standards |
| NAEEEP |
The National Appliance and Equipment Energy Efficiency Program – now the E3 Program |
| NATA |
National Association of Testing Authorities |
| NFEE |
National Framework for Energy Efficiency |
| NSEE |
National Strategy for Energy Efficiency |
| OBPR |
Office of Best Practice Regulation – a part of the Australian Government’s Department of Finance and Deregulation |
| Projected Annual Energy Consumption |
The estimate of energy used by a model or single unit during one year’s use. It assumes a particular number of uses in one year (refrigerators and freezers are assumed to run continuously). (Units: kilowatt hours/year) |
| RET |
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism |
| RIS |
Regulatory Impact Statement |
| Star Rating |
The number of stars displayed on the energy label. Available stars are between a minimum of one and a maximum of ten, the first six in half star intervals and then up to ten for super efficient appliances in full star increments. The star rating is calculated from the Star Rating Index and is always rounded down to the nearest star. |
| Star Rating Index (SRI) |
An indication of the claimed energy efficiency of an appliance. A higher Star Rating Index indicates higher energy efficiency. The Star Rating Index is a decimal version of the star rating. Simply speaking this is a more exact version of the star rating. Whereas a star rating is always stated in half stars (or whole numbers for super efficient appliances above six stars and up to a maximum of ten), the SRI is given to one decimal place. For example, one appliance may have an SFRI of 4.1 whilst a comparable appliance may score 4.4, both units would be labelled as 4 star rated but the unit with the higher SRI would in fact be more efficient. |
