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| B.C. Reg. 389/93 O.C. 1591/93 |
Deposited December 2, 1993 |
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Energy Efficiency Act
Energy Efficiency Standards Regulation
[includes amendments up to B.C. Reg. 31/97]
Interpretation
1In this regulation:
"Act" means the Energy Efficiency Act;
"energy device" means a product to which section 2 applies;
"label" means a printed decal, stamped plate or other permanent marking;
"verification" and "verify" means a procedure, including a certification procedure, used to determine whether an energy device meets the energy efficiency standards established by this regulation.
Energy device
2For the purpose of section 1 of the Act, "energy device" means a product described in Column 1 of Schedule 1.
Prescribed date
3The prescribed date for the purpose of section 2 (3) (a) of the Act is the date set out in Column 4 of Schedule 1 opposite the energy device in Column 1.
Persons and agencies designated to test and verify
4(1) Every testing agency accredited by the Standards Council of Canada as a certification organization and having a verification program recognized by the minister is designated to test and verify any energy device the agency is accredited to certify.
(2) Every inspector appointed under section 3 (1) of the Act is designated to test and verify any energy device.
[en. B.C. Reg. 478/94, s. 1.]
Labels
5(1) For the purpose of section 2 (1) (b) of the Act, every energy device must have affixed to it
(a)a label containing a registered trademark or symbol of the certification organization with a recognized verification program that verifies that the energy device complies with the energy efficiency standards required by the Act, or
(b)a label in the form of the label in Schedule 2.
(2) A light bulb is exempt from section 2 (1) (b) of the Act if
(a)its wattage is marked on it, and
(b)its lumens and life are marked on the manufacturer's carton in which it is sold.
[am. B.C. Regs. 478/94, s. 2; 211/96, s. 1.]
Placement of label
6(1) A person placing a label on an energy device must affix it so that it is easily and readily seen without the need to remove any covering.
(2) The manufacturer of an energy device made in British Columbia and the importer of an energy device not made in British Columbia must affix the manufacturer's name or identification and the date of manufacture or a date code to the shipping carton containing the energy device.
Prescribed efficiency standards
7(1) The standards set out in Column 2 of Schedule 1 are adopted and prescribed for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4.
(2) For items 1 and 26 of Schedule 1, the maximum energy consumption must not exceed the consumption that is indicated by the formula set out in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4.
(3) For items 2 and 3 of Schedule 1, the maximum energy consumption must not exceed the consumption that is indicated by the formula set out in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4 and ending on May 13, 1995.
(4) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 478/94, s. 3 (a).]
(5) For items 9, 10, 14, 17, 20 and 23 of Schedule 1, the maximum energy consumption must not exceed the consumption that is indicated by the formula set out in the table referenced in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4.
(6) For items 6, 8, 16, 19, 21, 31, 32 and 33 of Schedule 1, the maximum energy consumption must not exceed the consumption that is set out in the clauses referenced in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4.
(7) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 475/95, s. 1 (a).]
(8) The prescribed standard for a gas range in item 11 of Schedule 1 is that it not have a standing pilot where a cord set is available.
(9) For item 13 of Schedule 1, the minimum efficiency must not be less than the efficiency set out in the table referenced in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4, and the energy device must appear in the British Columbia Eligible Motor Directory.
(10) For item 4 of Schedule 1, the maximum energy consumption must not exceed the consumption that is indicated by the formula set out in the table referenced in Column 3 for the energy device opposite in Column 1, commencing on the date set out opposite in Column 4 and ending on December 31, 1994.
[am. B.C. Regs. 478/94, s. 3; 475/95, s. 1.]
Testing and verification of energy devices
8(1) Every energy device must comply with its prescribed efficiency standard under section 7.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a verification report issued by a person or organization designated under section 4 is evidence that an energy device meets the prescribed efficiency.
(3) Where an energy device has not otherwise been tested and verified under subsection (2), a person who manufactures in British Columbia or imports into British Columbia an energy device must make an application to the ministry, in the form which an inspector may specify, to test and verify the energy device.
(4) On receipt of an application under subsection (3) and payment by the applicant of the applicable charge, an inspector
(a)must evaluate the drawings and other information respecting the energy device, and
(b)may require an independent test of the energy device,
and where, in the opinion of the inspector, the energy device complies with the prescribed energy efficiency standard, the ministry will issue a label.
Charge for service
9For the purpose of section 8 (4), the charge to evaluate drawings and other information respecting an energy device is $100 for each hour or portion of an hour.
Exemption
10The Act and this regulation do not apply to a person who manufactures in British Columbia an energy device, or who manufactures in British Columbia anything that incorporates into it an energy device, if that energy device or thing is manufactured for export from British Columbia.
[am. B.C. Regs. 238/94; 478/94, s. 4; 475/95, s. 2; 211/96, s. 2; 31/97.]
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | ||
| 1 | Household electric ranges (other than microwave cooking appliances, tungsten halogen heating elements and portable appliances designed for an electrical supply of 120 volts) that are | CAN/CSA-C358-M89, Energy Consumption Test Methods for Household Electric Ranges |
Ranges: E = 0.93 V + 14.3 Cook tops, conventional, solid, smooth: E = 34 Cook tops, modular type: E = 43 Wall-mounted ovens: E = 38 |
May 1, 1991 May 1, 1991 May 1, 1991 Jan. 1, 1994 |
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| (a) | free-standing ranges equipped with surface elements and one or more ovens, | ||||
| (b) | built-in combinations of surface elements and one or more ovens, | ||||
| (c) | wall-mounted ovens with one or more ovens, or | ||||
| (d) | counter-mounted surface element assemblies. | ||||
| 2 | Household electric automatic clothes washers that are top-loaded, front-loaded standard and compact clothes washers (other than wringer washers or twin tub washer and spinners). | CAN/CSA-C360-M89, Test Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Capacity of Automatic Household Clothes Washers | E = 1.5 V + 30.5 | May 1, 1991 | |
| CAN/CSA-C360-92, Test Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Capacity of Automatic Household Clothes Washers | May 14, 1995 | ||||
| 3 | Standard and compact electrically operated and heated household tumble-type clothes dryers. | CAN/CSA-C361-M89, Test Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Drum Volume of Electrically Heated Household Tumble-Type Clothes Dryers | E = 0.3 V + 59 | May 1, 1991 | |
| CAN/CSA-C361-92, Test Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Drum Volume of Electrically Heated Household Tumble-Type Clothes Dryers | May 14, 1995 | ||||
| 4 | Household electrically operated automatic dishwashers that are not commercial, industrial or institutional machines. | CAN/CSA-C373-M89, Energy Consumption Test Methods for Household Dishwashers | E = 1.57V + 55.1 | May 1, 1991 | |
| CAN/CSA-C373-92, Energy Consumption Test Methods for Household Dishwashers | Jan. 1, 1995 | ||||
| 5 | Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 478/94, s. 4 (a).] | ||||
| 6 | Stationary electric storage tank water heaters with a capacity of between 50 litres and 450 litres inclusive that are intended for use on pressure systems in residential premises. | CAN/CSA-C191.1-M90, Performance of Electric Storage Tank Water Heaters | Clause 5 | Jan. 1, 1992 | |
| CSA-C745, Energy Efficiency of Electric Storage Tank Water Heaters and Heat Pump Water Heaters | Jan. 1, 1996 | ||||
| 7 | Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 475/95, s. 2 (b).] | ||||
| 8 | Gas fired forced air furnaces, other than furnaces for mobile homes and recreational vehicles, for use with propane and natural gas with inputs up to and including 400 000 British Thermal Units per hour. | CAN/CGA-2.3-M93, Gas-Fired Gravity and Forced Air Central Furnaces | Clause M1.1 | Apr. 1, 1993 | |
| 9 | Room air conditioners, other than packaged terminal air conditioners, not exceeding 10.55 kilowatts (36 000 British Thermal Units per hour) heating or cooling capacity. | CAN/CSA-C368.1-M90, Performance Standard for Room Air-Conditioners | Col. 2 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C368.1-M90 | Sept. 1, 1991 | |
| CAN/CSA-C368.1-M90, Performance Standard for Room Air-Conditioners | Col. 3 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C368.1-M90 | Jan. 1, 1994 | |||
| 10 | Central air conditioners and heat pumps that are factory made, air-source, air-sink, split system, unitary devices rated below 19 kilowatts (65 000 British Thermal Units per hour) heating or cooling capacity. | CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91, Performance Standard for Split-System Central Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Col. 2 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91 | Jan. 1, 1992 | |
| CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91, Performance Standard for Split-System Central Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Col. 3 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91 | Jan. 1, 1995 | |||
| Three-phase systems that are factory made and rated at capacity up to and including 19 kW | CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91, Performance Standard for Split-System Central Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Col. 4 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C273.3-M91 | June 1, 1995 | ||
| 11 | Gas Ranges. | No standing pilot | May 1, 1991 | ||
| 12 | Oil fired water heaters, with input rating not exceeding 30.5 kilowatts (0.75 U.S. gallons per hour), and storage capacity of 190 litres or less. | CAN/CSA-B211-M90, Seasonal Energy Utilization Efficiencies of Oil-Fired Water Heaters | June 1, 1991 | ||
| 13 | Electric induction motors, other than integral gear motors, that are polyphase, squirrel cage, single speed, NEMA/EEMAC Design A or B from 1 to 200 horsepower. | CSA Standard C390-93, Energy Efficiency Test Methods for Three-Phase Induction Motors | Table 3 | Apr. 1, 1993 | |
| Electric induction motors, other than integral gear motors, that are polyphase, squirrel cage, single speed, NEMA/EEMAC Design A or B from 1 to 200 horsepower, including electric induction motors incorporated into other equipment, unless that equipment has a prescribed standard under section 7 of this regulation. | CSA Standard C390-93, Energy Efficiency Test Methods for Three-Phase Induction Motors | Table 2 | Jan. 1, 1995 |
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| Electric induction motors, other than integral gear motors, that are polyphase, squirrel cage, single speed, NEMA/EEMAC Design A or B from 1 to 200 horsepower, including electric induction motors incorporated into other equipment. | Table 2 | Jan. 1, 1996 | |||
| 14 | Refrigerators and Combination refrigerator-freezers with a capacity of up to 1 100 litres and freezers with a capacity of up to 850 litres, other than electrically operated refrigerators employing an absorption refrigeration system. | CAN/CSA-C300-M91, Capacity Measurement and Energy Consumption Test Methods for Refrigerators, Combination Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers | Col. 4 of Table 9.1 of CAN/CSA-C300-M91 | Jan. 1, 1994 | |
| 15 | Fluorescent lamp ballasts for use in fluorescent luminaries installed in industrial, commercial or residential locations. | CAN/CSA-C654-M91, Fluorescent Lamp Ballast Efficiency Measurements | Nov. 1, 1992 | ||
| 16 | Ground or water source heat pumps that are factory built unitary packages or split system matching assemblies rated at a capacity below 40 kilowatts (135 000 British Thermal Units per hour) and intended for application in open and closed loop ground and ground-water source systems. | CAN/CSA-C446-M90, Performance of Ground and Water Source Heat Pumps | Clause 5.2 | Apr. 1, 1993 | |
| CAN/CSA-C446-94, Performance of Ground and Water Source Heat Pumps | Clause 5.1 | June 1, 1995 | |||
| 17 | Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 475/95, s. 2 (f).] | ||||
| 18 | Water source heat pumps that are factory built unitary packages or split system matching assemblies that. are intended for installation in internal water loop systems, that do not exceed 40 kilowatts (135 000 British Thermal Units per hour) in cooling or heating capacity. | CAN/CSA-C655-M91, Performance Standard for Internal Water-Loop Heat Pumps | Apr. 1, 1993 | ||
| 19 | Air conditioners and heat pumps that are air source, air sink, single package, unitary devices intended for air conditioning and heating applications that are rated at a capacity not exceeding 19 kilowatts (65 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | CAN/CSA-C656-M92, Performance Standard for Single Package Central Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Clause 5.2 | Apr. 1, 1993 | |
| Three-phase systems that are factory made and rated at capacity up to and including 19 kW. | CAN/CSA-C656-M92, Performance Standard for Single Package Central Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Clause 5.2 | Jan. 1, 1996 | ||
| 20 | Roadway lighting luminaries of Cobra-head type using 50 to 400 watt lamps and small or medium prismatic refractors. | CAN/CSA-C653-92, Performance Standard for Roadway Lighting Luminaries | Col. 5 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C653-92 | July 1, 1994 |
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| CAN/CSA-C653-92, Performance Standard for Roadway Lighting Luminaries | Col. 6 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C653-92 | Jan. 1, 1996 | |||
| CAN/CSA-C653-94, Performance Standard for Roadway Lighting Luminaries | Col. 6 of Table 1 of CAN/CSA-C653-94 | Jan. 1, 1996 | |||
| 21 | Gas fired automatic storage type water heaters with storage tank volumes of 76 to 380 litres inclusive, for use with propane and natural gas with inputs less than 75 000 British Thermal Units per hour. | CGA Standard CAN1-4.1-M85, Gas-Fired Automatic Storage Type Water Heaters with Inputs Less than 75 000 BTU/h | Clause 2.1.9 | May 15, 1993 | |
| 22 | Commercial and industrial unitary air conditioners, heat pumps and condensing units intended for air conditioning and space heating applications that are rated at a capacity above 19 kilowatts (65 000 British Thermal Units per hour) and below 73 kilowatts (250 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | CAN/CSA-C746-93, Performance Standard for Rating Large Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Apr. 1, 1994 | ||
| 23 | Absorption or vapour-compression refrigeration chillers intended for application in air-conditioning systems that are factory-built and equipped with centrifugal, rotary screw or positive displacement compressors with a cooling capacity of not more than 5 600 kilowatts (20 000 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | CSA Standard C743-93, Performance Standard for Rating Packaged Water Chillers | Col. 3 and Col. 5 of Table 10 of C743-93 | Aug. 1, 1994 | |
| CSA Standard C743-93, Performance Standard for Rating Packaged Water Chillers | Col. 4 and Col. 6 of Table 10 of C743-93 | Jan. 1, 1998 | |||
| 24 | Oil-fired warm-air furnaces, other than furnaces for mobile homes and recreation vehicles, having an input of up to and not more than 66 kilowatts (225 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | CSA Standard B212-93, Seasonal Energy Utilization Efficiencies of Oil-Fired Furnaces and Boilers | Sept. 1 1994 | ||
| 25 | Oil-fired central heating boilers intended for low pressure steam or hot water systems having an input of up to and not more than 88 kilowatts (300 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | CSA Standard B212-93, Seasonal Energy Utilization Efficiencies of Oil-Fired Furnaces and Boilers | May 1, 1996 | ||
| 26 | Self-contained gas burning central heating boilers that are intended for low pressure steam or hot water systems having an input of up to and not more than 88 kilowatts (300 000 British Thermal Units per hour). | When measured in accordance with CGA P.2-1991, Hot water systems: AFUE = 80%. | May 1, 1996 | ||
| Low pressure steam systems: AFUE = 75% |
May 1, 1996 | ||||
| 27 | Dehumidifiers that are factory made, self-contained, electrically operated and mechanically refrigerated with daily water removal capacity of up to 30 litres. | CAN/CSA-C749-94, Performance of Dehumidifiers | Jan. 1, 1996 | ||
| 28 | Ice storage bins and self-contained or split system automatic ice makers that are factory made and use air or water-cooled condensers having daily capacity between 23 and 1000 kilograms. | CAN/CSA-C742-94, Performance of Automatic Ice Makers and Ice Storage Bins | Sept. 1, 1995 | ||
| 29 | Packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps that are factory made and intended for use in residential, commercial and industrial heating and cooling systems. | CAN/CSA-C744-93, Standard for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps | Jan. 1, 1996 | ||
| 30 | Distribution transformers rated from 25 to 3 000 kV.A, power transformers rated from 501 to 10 000 kV.A and dry-type transformers rated from 30 to 7 500 kV.A for three-phase and 25 to 333 kV.A for single-phase (up to 1.2 kV class) as described in CSA Standards CAN/CSA-C2, CAN/CSA-C9, CAN/CSA-C22.2, CAN/CSA-C9,CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 47, CAN/CSA-C88, CAN/CSA-C227.3, C227.4 and C301.1. | CAN/CSA-C802-94, Maximum Losses for Distribution, Power, and Dry-Type Transformers | Jan. 1, 1998 | ||
| 31 | Ground or water source heat pumps that are factory made unitary packages or split system assemblies rated at capacity up to and including 21 kW intended for application in direct-expansion (DX) ground or water source systems. | CAN/CSA-C748-M94, Performance of Direct-Expansion (DX) Ground-Source Heat Pumps | Clause 5.1 | Jan. 1, 1995 | |
| 32 | Compact fluorescent (CF) ballasted adapters and self-ballasted CF lamps that incorporate a screwbase, including both dimmable and nondimmable types. | CAN/CSA-C861-95, Performance of Compact Fluorescent Lamps and Ballasted Adapters | Clause 6.6 | Apr. 1, 1996 | |
| 33 | Incandescent reflector lamps, from 40 watts up to and including 205 watts, rated 110 to 130 volts, with a medium or medium skirted base and a diameter of 70 mm or larger, except coloured lamps, heat lamps, lamps used in mines, aircraft, air fields, automotive or marine applications, and lamps with an ER or AR bulb shape. | CAN/CSA-C862-95, Performance Standard for Incandescent Reflector Lamps | Clause 6.2 | Apr. 1, 1996 | |
| 34 | Dusk-to-dawn area luminaries that are 120 volt, 60Hz luminaries, complete with photocell controllers applicable to provide automatic dusk-to-dawn area illumination. | CAN/CSA-C239-94, Standard for Dusk-to-Dawn Luminaries | Jan. 1, 1996 | ||
| 35 | Fluorescent lamps | CAN/CSA-C819-96, Performance of General Service Fluorescent Lamps | May 15, 1996 | ||
| 36 | Refrigerated display cabinets | CSA Standard C657, Energy Performance Standard for Commercial Refrigerated Display Cabinets and Merchandisers | Jan. 1, 1999 | ||
| AFUE | is the Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency | |
| E | is the energy consumption in kilowatt hours per month | |
| V | is the volume in litres of | |
| (a) | for the appliances or products referred to in item 1, oven size, | |
| (b) | for the appliances or products referred to in item 2, basket capacity, | |
| (c) | for the appliances or products referred to in item 3, drum capacity, and | |
| (d) | for the appliances or products referred to in item 4, hot water used. | |
 | This product complies with the energy efficiency standards required by the British Columbia Energy Efficiency Act |
Note: This regulation replaces B.C. Reg. 72/91.
[Provisions of the Energy Efficiency Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 114, relevant to the enactment of this regulation: section 6]
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