AS/NZS 2040.2:2005

AS/NZS 2040.2:2005 PERFORMANCE OF HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES-CLOTHES WASHING MACHINES - ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABELLING...

PREFACE

CONTENTS

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE

1.2 APPLICATION

1.3 OBJECTIVE

1.4 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS

1.5 DEFINITIONS

1.5.1 Base energy consumption (BEC)

1.5.2 Check test

1.5.3 Comparative energy consumption (CEC)

1.5.4 Family of models

1.5.5 Program for energy efficiency labelling

1.5.6 Projected annual energy consumption (PAEC)

1.5.7 Star rating

1.5.8 Star rating index (SRI)

1.5.9 Variant

1.6 MEASURED QUANTITIES

1.7 ROUNDING

SECTION 2 TEST REQUIREMENTS, CALCULATIONS AND ALGORITHMS FOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL

2.1 GENERAL

2.2 TEST REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSING OF DATA

2.2.1 Program for energy efficiency labelling

2.2.2 Number of units required

2.2.3 Number of tests per unit

2.2.4 Multiple test runs

2.2.5 Results

2.3 PROJECTED ANNUAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION (PAEC)

2.4 COMPARATIVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (CEC)

2.4.1 General

2.4.2 Variant

2.5 ENERGY EQUIVALENT OF RESIDUAL MOISTURE (Em)

2.6 BASE ENERGY CONSUMPTION (BEC)

2.7 STAR RATING INDEX (SRI)

2.8 STAR RATING

2.9 ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL VALIDITY

SECTION 3 PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

3.1 GENERAL

3.2 PERCENTAGE SOIL REMOVAL AND STANDARD DEVIATION

3.3 WATER CONSUMPTION

3.4 WATER EXTRACTION INDEX

3.5 SEVERITY OF WASHING ACTION INDEX

3.6 RINSE PERFORMANCE

SECTION 4 APPLICATION AND TEST REPORT FORMATS

4.1 APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION

4.1.1 General

4.1.2 Registration

4.1.3 Report format

4.1.4 Transitional period

4.1.5 Links to water efficiency rating registration

4.2 HOLDING OF RECORDS

4.2.1 General

4.2.2 Data

4.2.3 Test report

4.2.4 Availability

4.3 DATE OF MANUFACTURE INFORMATION

SECTION 5 PRINTING AND PLACEMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABELS

5.1 PLACEMENT

5.2 MATERIAL AND SHAPE

5.3 COLOURS

5.4 LABEL REQUIREMENTS

5.5 SAMPLE OF AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL

APPENDIX A - EXAMPLE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY CALCULATIONS

A1 GENERAL

A2 RAW DATA

A3 INITIAL CALCULATIONS

A4 STAR RATING INDEX

APPENDIX B - ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL DIMENSIONS

APPENDIX C - FORMAT OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF A CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABELLING AND...

C1 INTRODUCTION

C2 GUIDANCE ON THE USE OF THIS APPLICATION FORM

C3 SUBMISSIONS TO THE NEW ZEALAND REGULATOR

C4 APPLICATION FORM