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Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Labelling for Refrigerator

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 17 October 2019

The following products are excluded from MEPS requirements:



a) mini bar / mini refrigerator which have a total volume of less than 60 L;



b) products that are designed exclusively for use in vehicles (e.g. mobile homes, campervans and/or rail cars) or boats and which have a total volume of less than 60 L;



c) portable products that have a volume of less than 30 L;



d) products that have a volume of less than 30 L where the refrigeration function is secondary (e.g. boiling or cooled water dispensers);



e) products that have no options for connection to a 230 V to 400 V 50 Hz mains electricity supply;



f) products that cool using technologies other than the vapour compression cycle; and



g) products that are designed exclusively for built-in in house.



h) French door/side by side door/More than 2-door refrigerator



 



TESTING STANDARD



The refrigerator must be tested according to the testing standards specified below.



a) MS IEC 62552-1:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 1: General Requirements (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-1:2015, IDT)



b) MS IEC 62552-2:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 2: Performance Requirements (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-3:2015, IDT)



c) MS IEC 62552-3:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 3: Energy Consumption and Volumes (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-3:2015, IDT)



 



STAR INDEX RATING



     Star Index = ( EEF Tested / EEF Average - 1 ) x 100%



     



      EEF Tested = V-adjusted (L) / energy consumed per day (kWhr)



      EEF Average (1-door) = 1.114 V-adjusted + 79.87



      EEF Average (2-doors) = 0.6402 x V-adjusted + 64.46



 



For details of adjusted volume, see attached link.



 



LABEL



5-star: + 25 % = Star index



4-star: + 10 % = Star index < + 25 %



3-star: - 10 % = Star index < + 10 %



2-star: - 25 % = Star index < - 10 %



1-star: - 35 % = Star index < - 25 %



 



MINIMUM ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (MEPS)



MEPS requirement is 2-stars

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