GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

Environmental Protection Act
Loi sur la protection de l’environnement

ONTARIO REGULATION 177/98

GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMPS

Note: This Regulation was revoked on May 18, 2012. See: O. Reg. 98/12, ss. 6, 7.

Last amendment: O. Reg. 98/12.

This Regulation is made in English only.

1. In this Regulation,

“ground source heat pump” means a heating and cooling system for buildings that uses a liquid to exchange heat with the ground or ground water. O. Reg. 177/98, s. 1.

2. A ground source heat pump that uses a liquid other than methanol is exempted from section 9 of the Act. O. Reg. 177/98, s. 2.

3. (1) No ground source heat pump that uses methanol shall be used unless it was put into operation before June 1, 1998. O. Reg. 177/98, s. 3 (1).

(2) No ground source heat pump that uses methanol shall be constructed, altered, extended or replaced. O. Reg. 177/98, s. 3 (2).

4. Omitted (revokes other Regulations). O. Reg. 177/98, s. 4.