First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 22 December 2017 at 5 pm.

No. S 747

ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT (CHAPTER 92C)

ENERGY CONSERVATION (PRESCRIBED REGULATED GOODS) ORDER 2017

ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS

Paragraph

1. Citation and commencement
2. Regulated goods
3. Revocation

The Schedules

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Energy Conservation Act, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, after consulting the National Environment Agency, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1. This Order is the Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order 2017 and comes into operation on 1 January 2018.

Regulated goods

1. The following goods are regulated goods for the purposes of Part III of the Act, if they are not second-hand goods:

(a)    any air-conditioner described in Part 1 of the First Schedule, from the date specified opposite that air-conditioner;

(b)    any            clothes            dryer   described       in         Part     1          of        the

Second Schedule, from the date specified opposite that clothes dryer;

(c)    any lamp described in Part 1 of the Third Schedule, from the date specified opposite that lamp;

(d)    any refrigerator described in Part 1 of the Fourth Schedule, from the date specified opposite that refrigerator;

(e)    any television described in Part 1 of the Fifth Schedule, from the date specified opposite that television;

[S                602/2018 wef 01/10/2018]

(f)     any motor described in Part 1 of the Sixth Schedule, from the date specified opposite that motor;

[S                602/2018 wef 01/10/2018] [S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

(g)    any ballast described in Part 1 of the Seventh Schedule, from the date specified opposite that ballast.

[S                729/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

Revocation

1. The Energy Conservation (Registrable Goods) Order 2013 (G.N. No. S 556/2013) is revoked.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(a)

PART 1 AIR-CONDITIONERS THAT ARE REGULATED GOODS

FIRST SCHEDULE — continued

(non-inverter)) with cooling capacity of

17.6 kW or lower

4. Any three-phase variable refrigerant         1 April 2021 flow (VRF) air-conditioner

[S 200/2021 wef 01/04/2021]

PART 2 DEFINITIONS

In this Schedule —

“casement or window type air-conditioner”, in relation to a single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner, means such air-conditioner having an assembly of components of a refrigeration system fixed on a common mounting to form a single unit;

“single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner” means an encased assembly or assemblies of one or more evaporators, compressors and condensers, designed to be used together as a permanently installed piece of equipment to provide conditioned air to any enclosed space, and —

(a)    includes a prime source of refrigeration for cooling and dehumidification; and

(b)   may include other means for dehumidifying, circulating and cleaning the air in the enclosed space;

“split type (inverter) air-conditioner”, in relation to a single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner, means such air-conditioner having an assembly of components of a refrigeration system fixed on 2 or more mountings to form a matched functional unit that employs technologies that vary the output of the compressor, by means other than start-stop operation;

“split type (non-inverter) air-conditioner”, in relation to a single-phase non-ducted room air-conditioner, means such air-conditioner having an assembly of components of a refrigeration system fixed on 2 or more mountings to form a matched functional unit that employs technologies that control the output of the compressor by start-stop operation;

[S 200/2021 wef 01/04/2021] “three-phase variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air-conditioner” means an encased assembly or assemblies of one or more evaporators, compressors and condensers, designed to be used together as a permanently installed

FIRST SCHEDULE

piece of equipment to provide conditioned air to any enclosed space, that —

(a)   is of the variable refrigerant flow type;

(b)   has one or more outdoor units that service a network of indoor units; and

(c)   uses a three-phase power supply.

[S 200/2021 wef 01/04/2021]

SECOND SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(b)

PART 1 CLOTHES DRYERS THAT ARE REGULATED GOODS

Description of clothes dryer     Date from which becomes regulated goods

1. Any single-phase clothes dryer having a        1 January 2018 rated capacity of 10 kilograms or lower

PART 2 DEFINITIONS

In this Schedule —

“rated capacity”, in relation to a single-phase clothes dryer, means the mass in kilograms of a particular type of dry textiles which, according to the instructions of the manufacturer of the clothes dryer, can be treated in a drying programme suitable for drying the particular type of dry textiles;

“single-phase clothes dryer” means an assembly consisting of —

(a)   a rotating drum, in which textile material is dried by tumbling; and

(b)   a heating device, which electrically heats the air used for drying the textile material in the rotating drum.

THIRD SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(c)

PART 1 LAMPS THAT ARE REGULATED GOODS

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

THIRD SCHEDULE

PART 2 DEFINITIONS

In this Schedule —

“ballast” means a device that is inserted between the electrical supply and a discharge lamp and limits the current of a lamp to the required value; “compact fluorescent lamp with integrated ballast” means a fluorescent lamp with a lamp cap, a ballast and other components necessary to start and stably operate the lamp, that is manufactured as a unit that cannot be dismantled without permanently damaging the lamp;

“compact fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast” or “CFLni” means any specified single-phase lamp that is a compact fluorescent lamp without an integrated ballast, with a lamp cap designed to be fitted into a lamp holder for G24d-1, G24d-2, or G24d-3 lamp cap as specified in IEC 60061-1;

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019] “discharge lamp” means a lamp in which light is produced, directly or indirectly, by an electric discharge through a gas, a metal vapour or a mixture of several gases or vapours;

“fluorescent lamp” means a discharge lamp of the low pressure mercury type in which most of the light is emitted by one or several layers of phosphors excited by the ultraviolet radiation from an electric discharge;

“IEC” means the International Electrotechnical Commission;

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019] “incandescent lamp” means a lamp in which light is produced by heating a filament to incandescence by the passage of an electric current, and in which the filament operates in an evacuated bulb or is surrounded by inert gas;

“lamp” means a device that is designed to emit light produced by the transformation of energy, and includes any additional components necessary for starting, power supply or stable operation of the lamp or for the distribution, filtering or transformation of light, where such components cannot be removed without permanently damaging the device; “lamp cap” means the part of a lamp that connects the lamp to the electrical supply;

THIRD SCHEDULE — continued

“LED lamp” means a lamp incorporating one or more solid state devices embodying a p-n junction, emitting optical radiation when excited by an electric current;

“light” means visible optical radiation with a wavelength of 380 nm to 780 nm;

“linear, double-capped fluorescent lamp without integrated ballast” or “LFL” means any specified single-phase lamp that is a linear, double-capped, fluorescent lamp with a diameter of 26 mm and with a length of 0.5 m and above but not exceeding 1.5 m;

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019] “luminaire” means an apparatus that distributes, filters or transforms the light transmitted from one or more light sources and that includes all the parts necessary for supporting, fixing and protecting the light sources (including the circuit auxiliaries together with the means for connecting them to the supply) but not the light sources themselves;

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019] “specified single-phase lamp” means a single-phase lamp that is designed to be connected directly to any 230 V mains voltage by means of a socket or lamp connector, other than a single-phase lamp that —

(a)    has at least 80% light output within a solid angle of π steradian

(corresponding to a 120° angle cone);

(b)   has a luminous flux below 130 lumens;

(c)    is designed to be used only —

(i)      to emit light as an agent in a chemical or biologicalprocess;

(ii)     for image capture and image projection;

(iii)   to provide heating; or

(iv)   in signalling devices;

(d)   is a coloured lamp with chromaticity coordinates within the range of x < 0.270 or x> 0.530 and y < – 2.3172 x² + 2.3653 x – 0.2199 or y> – 2.3172 x² + 2.3653 x – 0.1595;

(e)    has a spectral distribution that is adjusted to the specific needs of technical equipment;

(f)    is designed to protect a subject lit by the lamp from the negative effects of the light emitted by the lamp;

THIRD SCHEDULE

(g)   is designed to withstand rough use, extreme vibration, or temperatures below -20°C or above 50°C; or

(h)   is incorporated in a product the primary purpose of which is not to emit light.

[S 729/2019 wef 01/11/2019]

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2(d)

PART 1 REFRIGERATORS THAT ARE REGULATED GOODS

Description of refrigerator       Date from which becomes regulated goods

1. Any single-phase refrigerator with an 1 January 2018 adjusted volume of up to 900 litres

PART 2 DEFINITIONS

1. In this Schedule —

“adjusted volume” or “V_adj”, in relation to a single-phase refrigerator, means the sum of the adjusted volumes of the compartments or sections of the refrigerator, where the adjusted volume of a compartment or section is the product of the rated volume of that compartment or section and the corresponding volume correction factor as follows:

.             #Compartment/Section Type                 Volume correction factor