No. S 92
Environmental Protection and Management Act
(Chapter 94A)
Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
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 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2009.
Amendment of regulation 2
2.  Regulation 2 of the Environmental Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) Regulations (Rg 10) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended —
(a)by inserting, immediately after the words “specified in” in the definition of “air-conditioner”, the words “Part I of”;
(b)by deleting the definition of “energy efficiency” and substituting the following definitions:
“ “clothes dryer” means a single-phase clothes dryer as specified in Part II of the Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order (O 2);
“energy efficiency”  —
(a)in relation to air-conditioners, means the Coefficient of Performance as defined in the First Schedule;
(b)in relation to clothes dryers, means the Energy Consumption as defined in the First Schedule;
(c)in relation to motor vehicles, means the Fuel Consumption as defined in the First Schedule; or
(d)in relation to refrigerators, means the Annual Energy Consumption as defined in the First Schedule;”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Energy Label”, the following definition:
“ “motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle specified in Part II or III of the Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order (O 2);”;
(d)by inserting, immediately after the words “specified in” in the definition of “refrigerator”, the words “Part I of”;
(e)by inserting, immediately after the definition of “refrigerator”, the following definition:
“ “Registrar” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276);”;
(f)by deleting paragraph (a) of the definition of “test report” and substituting the following paragraph:
(a)the report of the test carried out for the registrable goods or registered goods (as the case may be) in accordance with —
(i)the prevailing test standard or method specified in the Second Schedule; or
(ii)the equivalent of the prevailing test standard or method specified in the Second Schedule for motor vehicles, as approved by the Director-General; and”; and
(g)by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of "test report" and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:
“ “type-approval” means the type-approval, batch type-approval or modified type-approval granted by the Registrar under rule 3D of the Road Traffic (Motor Vehicles, Registration and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 276, R 5).”.
Amendment of regulation 3
3.  Regulation 3(4) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “registrable goods” in sub-paragraph (a), the words “(except a motor vehicle with no production model and without type-approval)”.
Amendment of regulation 5
4.  Regulation 5(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “in any way”, the words “by the manufacturer of those registered goods”.
Amendment of regulation 7
5.  Regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the words “registrable goods”, the words “(except a motor vehicle with no production model and without type-approval)”.
Amendment of First Schedule
6.  The First Schedule to the principal Regulations is amended —
(a)by deleting the Energy Labels for air-conditioners and refrigerators and substituting the following Energy Labels:
Energy Label for Casement, Window and Split Type (Non-inverter) Air-conditioners
UNKNOWN
Energy Label for Split Type (Inverter) Air-conditioners
UNKNOWN
Energy Label for Clothes Dryers
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN”.
(b)by inserting, immediately after the words “Energy Label” in paragraph 2, the words “for air-conditioners, refrigerators and clothes dryers”;
(c)by inserting, immediately after sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph 2, the following sub-paragraph:
(e)for clothes dryers —
UNKNOWN
 
Ticks
 
Energy efficiency rating
 
Energy Consumption (EC) Per Wash in kWh
 
0
 
Low
 
EC > Rated Capacity
 
1
 
Fair
 
Rated Capacity > EC >
 
 
 
 
 
Rated Capacity x 0.83
 
2
 
Good
 
Rated Capacity x 0.83 > EC >
 
 
 
 
 
Rated Capacity x 0.67
 
3
 
Very Good
 
Rated Capacity x 0.67 > EC >
 
 
 
 
 
Rated Capacity x 0.50
 
4
 
Excellent
 
Rated Capacity x 0.50 > EC”;
(d)by deleting paragraph 3 and substituting the following paragraphs:
3.  The Fuel Consumption to be shown on the Energy Label for motor vehicles shall be determined and expressed as follows:
Fuel Type
 
Fuel Consumption
 
Unit
Diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, petrol or hybrid electric running on diesel, LPG or petrol
 
As specified in the test report
 
litres
per 100 km
Natural gas or hybrid electric running on natural gas
 
Fuel Consumption in kilograms per 100 km to be obtained by multiplying the fuel consumption in m3 per 100 km as specified in the test report with 0.654 kilogram per m3
 
kilograms
per 100 km
Electric
 
As specified in the test report
 
watt-hours
per km
4.  In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Annual Energy Consumption” or “AEC” means the amount of energy consumed over 8,760 hours expressed in kilowatt-hour as specified in the test report;
“Coefficient of Performance” or “COP” means the ratio of the total cooling capacity expressed as Watts to the total effective input power expressed as Watts, as specified in the test report;
“Energy Consumption” or “EC”, in relation to clothes dryers, means the amount of energy consumed per cycle as specified in the test report;
“Fuel Consumption”, in relation to motor vehicles, means the fuel consumption for the combined driving cycle, as specified in the test report;
“split type (inverter) air-conditioner” and “split type (non-inverter) air-conditioner” have the same meanings as in Part I of the Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order (O 2);
“Weighted COP” means the sum of 0.4 x COP at full-load cooling capacity and 0.6 x COP at part-load cooling capacity.”.
Deletion and substitution of Second Schedule
7.  The Second Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted and the following Schedule substituted therefor:
SECOND SCHEDULE
Regulation 2
Test Standard or Method
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 Annex 4 of UN ECE Regulation No. 83 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 Annex 4 of 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)
 
 
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
2.  In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires —
“IEC” means the International Electrotechnical Commission;
“ISO” means the International Organization for Standardization;
“JIS” means the Japanese Industrial Standard;
“casement or window type air-conditioner”, “split type (inverter) air-conditioner” and “split type (non-inverter) air-conditioner” have the same meanings as in Part I of the Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Registrable Goods) Order (O 2);
“UN ECE R 101” means the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation No. 101.”.

Made this 26th day of February 2009.

CHEW GEK KHIM
Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.
[NEA/LD/38/4/Vol. 1; AG/LEG/SL/94A/2003/1 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 77(3) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act).