No. S 352
Environmental Protection and Management Act
(Chapter 94A)
Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and shall come into operation on 1st July 2010.
Amendment of First Schedule
2.  The First Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) Regulations (Rg 10) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by deleting paragraph 1 and substituting the following paragraph:
1.  Subject to these Regulations, every Energy Label —
(a)shall be of the dimensions as shown in this Schedule or be proportionately larger;
(b)shall be of the shape, colour and contain text that is of the typeface Arial as shown in this Schedule, legible and in the English language only;
(c)shall contain information that is consistent with or drawn from the relevant test report;
(d)shall be printed in an indelible manner and with a minimum resolution of 300 pixels per inch; and
(e)shall be made of such material as the Director-General may approve.”; and
(b)by deleting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph 2(d) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:
(i)without freezer:
UNKNOWN
Ticks
Energy efficiency rating
 
Annual Energy Consumption (AEC) in kWh
 
0
Low
 
AEC > (368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot)
 
1
Fair
 
(368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) > AEC > (368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.86
 
2
Good
 
(368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.86 > AEC > (368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.74
 
3
Very Good
 
(368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.74 > AEC > (368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.64
 
4
Excellent
 
(368 + 0.892 x Vadj tot) x 0.64 > AEC”.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amendment of Second Schedule
3.  Paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following paragraph substituted therefor:
1.  The test report shall contain the results of tests carried out for the registrable goods in accordance with the applicable test standard or method, as follows:
Registrable goods
 
Type
 
Applicable test standard or method
Air-conditioner
 
Casement/
Window type
 
ISO 5151 (1994)
 
 
Split type
(inverter)
 
JIS C 9612 (1994)
 
 
 
 
The cooling tests shall be conducted at 2 points, namely, the full-load cooling capacity and the part-load cooling capacity
 
 
Split type
(non-inverter)
 
ISO 5151 (1994).
Clothes Dryers
 
All
 
IEC 61121 (2005)
 
 
 
 
The test shall be conducted on cotton textiles using the dry cotton drying programme.
Motor Vehicles
 
All
 
UN ECE R 101 (Revision 2) with amendment 1; or
 
 
 
 
Type 1 test specified in UN ECE Regulation No. 83 without any running-in and methods of calculation of fuel consumption values for motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines only, stated in UN ECE R 101 (Revision 2) with amendment 1.
Motor Vehicles
 
In respect of which type-approval has been granted by the Registrar before 1st April 2009
 
Type 1 test specified in UN ECE Regulation No. 83 without any running-in to measure the carbon dioxide value and methods of calculation of fuel consumption values for motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines only, stated in UN ECE R 101 (Revision 2) with amendment 1 using this carbon dioxide value multiplied by 0.92 in the calculation.
Refrigerator
 
All
 
ISO 15502 (2005)
IEC 62552 (2007)
 
 
Without freezer
 
ISO 7371 (1995) with amendment 1 valid up to 30th June 2010
 
 
With freezer
 
ISO 8187 (1991) with amendment 1 valid up to 30th June 2010
 
 
With frost-free freezer
 
ISO 8561 (1995) valid up to 30th June 2010.”.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deletion and substitution of Third Schedule
4.  The Third Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
THIRD SCHEDULE
Regulation 3(2)(b) and (4)(c)
Fees
1. Application for registration as a registered supplier
 
No charge.
 
 
 
2. Application for registration for each registrable good —
 
 
(a) air-conditioner
 
$34
(b) clothes dryer
 
$34
(c) motor vehicle
 
$37
(d) refrigerator
 
$34.
 
 
 
3. Application for renewal of registration for each registrable good —
 
 
(a) air-conditioner
 
$18
(b) clothes dryer
 
$18
(c) motor vehicle
 
$17
(d) refrigerator
 
$18.”.
[G.N. No. S 92/2009]

Made this 29th day of June 2010.

CHEW GEK KHIM
Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[NEA/LD/38/4/Vol. 1; AG/LLRD/SL/94A/2010/3 Vol. 1]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 77(3) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act).