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Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Labelling for Refrigerator

Source: International Energy Agency
Last updated: 17 October 2019

The following products are excluded from MEPS requirements:

a) mini bar / mini refrigerator which have a total volume of less than 60 L;

b) products that are designed exclusively for use in vehicles (e.g. mobile homes, campervans and/or rail cars) or boats and which have a total volume of less than 60 L;

c) portable products that have a volume of less than 30 L;

d) products that have a volume of less than 30 L where the refrigeration function is secondary (e.g. boiling or cooled water dispensers);

e) products that have no options for connection to a 230 V to 400 V 50 Hz mains electricity supply;

f) products that cool using technologies other than the vapour compression cycle; and

g) products that are designed exclusively for built-in in house.

h) French door/side by side door/More than 2-door refrigerator

 

TESTING STANDARD

The refrigerator must be tested according to the testing standards specified below.

a) MS IEC 62552-1:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 1: General Requirements (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-1:2015, IDT)

b) MS IEC 62552-2:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 2: Performance Requirements (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-3:2015, IDT)

c) MS IEC 62552-3:2016, Household Refrigerating Appliances - Characteristics and Test Methods – Part 3: Energy Consumption and Volumes (Second Revision) (IEC 62552-3:2015, IDT)

 

STAR INDEX RATING

     Star Index = ( EEF Tested / EEF Average - 1 ) x 100%

     

      EEF Tested = V-adjusted (L) / energy consumed per day (kWhr)

      EEF Average (1-door) = 1.114 V-adjusted + 79.87

      EEF Average (2-doors) = 0.6402 x V-adjusted + 64.46

 

For details of adjusted volume, see attached link.

 

LABEL

5-star: + 25 % = Star index

4-star: + 10 % = Star index < + 25 %

3-star: - 10 % = Star index < + 10 %

2-star: - 25 % = Star index < - 10 %

1-star: - 35 % = Star index < - 25 %

 

MINIMUM ENERGY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (MEPS)

MEPS requirement is 2-stars

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