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Heating and cooling
21 August 2017
2017 Residential Climate Files
This Excel workbook contains the 2017 climate files and residential temperature bins for Australia’s 69 and New Zealand’s 18 climate zones. They allow for the calculation of cooling and heating seasonal performance factors for air conditioners and heat pumps when used with:
- AS/NZS 3823.4.1:2014 Amendment 1 Air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps—Testing and calculating methods for seasonal performance factors—Cooling seasonal performance factor (ISO 16358-1:2013 (MOD)); and
- AS/NZS 3823.4.2:2014 Amendment 1 Air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps—Testing and calculating methods for seasonal performance factors—Heating seasonal performance factor (ISO 16358-2:2013 (MOD)).
The files at tabs 07RO, 24CA and 28RI are used to calculate the cooling and heating seasonal performance factors for air conditioners and heat pumps for the Hot, Cold and Average climate zones on the zoned Energy Rating Label.