This paper sets out the approach that will be used to convert energy measured under the AS/NZS 4474.1 test standard to estimate the likely energy consumption under the International Electrotechnical Commission 62552-3 test standard. This approach will form the basis on which the GEMS Regulator will assess whether household refrigerating appliances that have been registered under the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (Household Refrigerating Appliances) Determination 2012 will meet MEPS 2021 levels that will come into effect on 15 August 2021.
Since Energy Ministers agreed to the Decision Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) – Household Refrigerators and Freezers in November 2017, the Standards Australia Committee EL-060 made several sets of small changes to some factors in the draft AS/NZS 4474:2018 standard. This affected the anticipated outcomes of models’ star ratings calculated using the star rating algorithm that was proposed in the Decision RIS.
