The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) seeks feedback on the draft determination and explanatory statement to introduce minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for commercial ice-makers.
After considering stakeholder feedback from the options presented in the consultation regulation impact statement in 2023, a two-stage approach to introducing MEPS has been developed.
Introducing MEPS in two stages will provide a clear and gradual path to improving the energy efficiency of commercial ice makers. It will also allow evaluation of the initial effects of MEPS and fine-tuning of the approach where necessary. Critically, it will ensure enough good-quality products are available for purchase and use within the industry.
A second determination, introduced two years after the first, will increase the MEPS to require products sold in Australia to be more energy efficient.
The work is being delivered through the Equipment Energy Efficiency (E3) Program. The E3 Program is an initiative of the Federal, State, Territory and New Zealand Governments to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment.
Interested parties can read the draft determination and explanatory statement and submit feedback by 5pm, Monday 16 September 2024.
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