20 August 2024
Consultation open: introducing minimum energy performance standards for commercial ice-makers
We are seeking feedback on the draft determination and accompanying 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, but gradual path to improving the energy efficiency of commercial ice-makers
- provide an opportunity to evaluate the initial effects of MEPS and fine-tune the approach, if necessary
- ensure the continued availability of good quality products.
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 Australian, state and territory and the New Zealand Governments to improve the energy efficiency of appliances and equipment.
To have your say:
- read the draft determination and explanatory statement
- submit your feedback by 5pm, Monday 16 September 2024.
