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O. Reg. 93/14: ENERGY EFFICIENCY - APPLIANCES AND PRODUCTS

filed March 31, 2014 under Green Energy Act, 2009, S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A

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ONTARIO REGULATION 93/14

made under the

GREEN ENERGY ACT, 2009

Made: March 26, 2014
Filed: March 31, 2014
Published on e-Laws: March 31, 2014
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 19, 2014

Amending O. Reg. 404/12

(ENERGY EFFICIENCY — APPLIANCES AND PRODUCTS)

1. (1) Subsection 2 (1) of Ontario Regulation 404/12 is amended by striking out “clause 15 (1) (a)” and substituting “section 15”.

(2) Subsections 2 (1.1) and (1.2) of the Regulation are revoked.

2. The Regulation is amended by adding the following sections:

Rolling incorporation of a foreign regulation that is revoked

2.1 If a standard or requirement set out in section 1 of a Schedule to this Regulation incorporates by reference a provision of a regulation from a jurisdiction outside Canada as it reads on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured and the incorporated provision is revoked and not replaced by the date the appliance or product is manufactured, the provision as it read immediately before it was revoked continues to have effect for the purposes of this Regulation.

Early compliance

2.2 (1) Despite section 2, for the purposes of section 15 of the Act, a person may apply a testing standard or an efficiency standard or requirement set out in section 1 of the applicable Schedule to this Regulation that would apply to an appliance or product if it were manufactured on a future date if the person complies with the following rules:

1. The person shall select a notional future date and apply both the testing standard and the efficiency standard or requirement set out in section 1 of the applicable Schedule to this Regulation that would apply if the appliance or product were manufactured on the notional future date.

2. If a testing standard or an efficiency standard or requirement set out in section 1 of a Schedule to this Regulation incorporates a document by reference as of a fixed date, the person shall,

i. use the version of the incorporated document as it reads on the fixed date, and

ii. apply the testing standard or the efficiency standard or requirement set out in the incorporated document that would apply if the appliance or product were manufactured on the notional future date referred to in paragraph 1.

3. If a testing standard or an efficiency standard or requirement set out in section 1 of a Schedule to this Regulation incorporates by reference a document as it reads on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured the person shall,

i. use the version of the incorporated document that is in effect on the actual date the particular product or appliance is manufactured, and

ii. apply the testing standard or the efficiency standard or requirement set out in the incorporated standard that would apply if the appliance or product were manufactured on the notional future date referred to in paragraph 1.

(2) For greater certainty, early compliance under subsection (1) is not permitted if,

(a) section 1 of the applicable Schedule to this Regulation does not provide for a testing standard and an efficiency standard or requirement that would apply to the particular appliance or product on the notional future date selected under paragraph 1 of subsection (1); or

(b) an incorporated document does not set out either a testing standard or an efficiency standard or requirement that would apply to the particular appliance or product on the notional future date or the actual date, as the case may be.

3. Subsection 4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and replaced with the following:

4. (1) A prescribed label referred to in clause 15 (1) (b) of the Act for an appliance or product must consist of either a label containing the registered trademark or symbol of an organization designated in subsection 3 (2) or (3), as applicable, or a label in the form provided by the Ministry.

4. Subparagraph 9.1 ii of section 1 of Schedule 1 to the Regulation is amended by striking out “as they read on the date of manufacture” at the end and substituting “as they read on the date the particular appliance or product is manufactured”.

5. (1) Paragraphs 4 to 7 of section 1 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

4. Lamp, regulated incandescent, excluding halogen, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2014 or later.

ii. Testing standards:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-00, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,

B. for life: IES LM-49-01, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage, and

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources.

iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in section 2 of this Schedule, other than a halogen lamp, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. lamp efficacy in lm/W:

1. for modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 75 per cent of the efficacy of a clear lamp with the same filament and bulb shape and operating at the same voltage and power, and

2. for lamps other than modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 4.0357 × ln (lumen output) – 7.1345,

B. life: ≥ 1,000 hours, and

C. CRI: ≥ 80.

5. Lamp, regulated incandescent, halogen only, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens:

i. Date of manufacture: March 31, 2014 to December 31, 2014 inclusive.

ii. Testing standards:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-00, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,

B. for life: IES LM-49-01, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage, and

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources.

iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in section 2 of this Schedule if it is a halogen lamp, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. lamp wattage:

1. for modified spectrum lamps with lumen output ≥ 1,050 and < 1,118 lm: ≤ 53W,

2. for modified spectrum lamps with lumen output ≥ 1,118 and ≤ 1,950 lm: ≤ 72W,

3. for lamps other than modified spectrum lamps with lumen output ≥ 1,050 and < 1,490 lm: ≤ 53W, and

4. for lamps other than modified spectrum lamps with lumen output ≥ 1,490 and ≤ 2,600 lm: ≤ 72W,

B. life: ≥ 1,000 hours, and

C. CRI: ≥ 80.

5.1 Lamp, regulated incandescent, halogen only, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens:

i. Date of manufacture: January 1, 2015 or later.

ii. Testing standards:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-00, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,

B. for life: IES LM-49-01, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage, and

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources.

iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in section 2 of this Schedule if it is a halogen lamp, with a lumen output of at least 1,050 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. lamp efficacy in lm/W:

1. for modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 75 per cent of the efficacy of a clear lamp with the same filament and bulb shape and operating at the same voltage and power, and

2. for lamps other than modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 4.0357 × ln (lumen output) – 7.1345,

B. life: ≥ 1,000 hours, and

C. CRI: ≥ 80.

6. Lamp, regulated incandescent, with a lumen output of at least 250 lumens but less than 1,050 lumens:

i. Date of manufacture: December 31, 2014 or later.

ii. Testing standards:

A. for lamp lumen output and wattage: IES LM-45-00, IESNA Approved Method for Electrical and Photometric Measurements of General Service Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,

B. for life: IES LM-49-01, IESNA Approved Method for Life Testing of General Lighting Incandescent Filament Lamps, except that the lamp must be tested at 120 volts regardless of its nominal voltage,

C. for colour rendering index (CRI): CIE 13.3-1995, Method of Measuring and Specifying Colour Rendering Properties of Light Sources.

iii. Scope of application: a “regulated incandescent” lamp as defined in section 2 of this Schedule, with a lumen output of at least 250 lumens but less than 1,050 lumens.

iv. Prescribed efficiency standard or requirement:

A. lamp efficacy in lm/W:

1. for modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 75 per cent of the efficacy of a clear lamp with the same filament and bulb shape, operated at the same rated voltage and wattage, and

2. for lamps other than modified spectrum lamps: ≥ 4.0357 × ln (lumen output) – 7.1345,

B. life: ≥ 1,000 hours, and

C. CRI: ≥ 80.

(2) Section 2 of Schedule 5 to the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

2. In this Schedule,

“coloured lamp” means a lamp that is marketed as a coloured lamp and that has a colour rendering index of less than 50, as determined in accordance with CIE 13.3-1995, or a correlated colour temperature of less than 2,500 K or greater than 4,600 K;

“maximum wattage” has the same meaning as in the Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations (May 4, 2012 version);

“modified spectrum lamp” means a lamp that,

(a) is marketed as a modified spectrum lamp,

(b) is not a coloured lamp, and

(c) when operated at its nominal voltage and nominal power, has a colour point that, on the 1931 chromaticity diagram described in CIE 15: 2004, Colorimetry, lies below the black-body locus and that is at least 4 MacAdam steps, as described in IES LM-16-1993, Practical Guide to Colorimetry of Light Sources, distant from the colour point of a clear lamp with the same filament and bulb shape and operating at the same nominal voltage and nominal power;

“nominal wattage” has the same meaning as in the Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations (May 4, 2012 version);

“regulated incandescent”, in respect of a lamp, means a lamp that,

(a) provides light by heating a filament to incandescence,

(b) is designed to provide a substantially uniform level of illuminance throughout an area,

(c) is not designed for a particular function or purpose,

(d) has a luminous flux of at least 250 lumens but not more than 2,600 lumens,

(e) has a nominal voltage of at least 110 volts but not more than 130 volts, or a nominal voltage range that lies at least partially between those voltages,

(f) is screw-based,

(g) is not a type of lamp listed in subsection 3 (1) or 3 (3), and

(h) does not have any of the characteristics described in subsection 3 (2).

3. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a regulated incandescent lamp excludes any of the following types of lamps:

1. A reflector lamp: a lamp that falls under paragraph 3.1 of section 1 of this Schedule.

2. A three-way lamp: a lamp that is marketed as a three-way lamp and that employs two filaments, operated separately and in combination, to provide three light levels.

(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a regulated incandescent lamp excludes a lamp with any of the following characteristics:

1. A lamp that has a G-shape, as specified in ANSI C78.20-2003 and ANSI C79.1-2002, with a diameter of 12.7 cm or more.

2. A lamp that has a T-shape, as specified in ANSI C78.20-2003 and ANSI C79.1-2002, and a maximum nominal power of 40 W or a length exceeding 25.4 cm.

3. A lamp that has a B, BA, CA, F, G16-½, G25, G30, S or M-14 shape or other similar shape, as specified in ANSI C78.20-2003 and ANSI C79.1-2002, and a maximum nominal power of 40 W.

4. A lamp that has a screw base size of E5, E10, E11, E12, E17, E26/50×39, E26/53×39, E29/28, E29/53×39, E39, E39d, EP39 or EX39, as specified in ANSI C81.61-2006.

5. A left-hand thread lamp with a base that screws into a lamp socket in a counter-clockwise direction.

(3) For greater certainty, a regulated incandescent lamp excludes the following types of lamps:

1. A coloured lamp.

2. An appliance lamp: a lamp, including an oven lamp, a refrigerator lamp and a vacuum cleaner lamp, that is specifically designed and marketed to operate in a household appliance and has a maximum wattage of 40 W.

3. An explosion resistant lamp: a lamp that is designed and certified to operate in a Class I, Division 1 or Class II, Division 1 environment, as defined in CEI/IEC 60079-0 (2007), Explosive atmospheres – Part 0: Equipment – General Requirements.

4. A plant lamp: a lamp that contains a filter or coating to suppress light with wavelengths of less than 0.58 µm and that is marketed as a plant lamp.

5. A sign service lamp: a vacuum type or gas-filled lamp that has a sufficiently low bulb temperature to permit exposed outdoor use on high-speed flashing circuits and that is marketed as a sign service lamp.

6. A silver bowl lamp: a lamp that is marketed as a silver bowl lamp and that has a reflective coating applied directly to part of the bulb surface that reflects light toward the lamp base.

7. A traffic signal module: a “traffic signal module” as defined in the Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations (May 4, 2001 version).

8. A pedestrian module: a “pedestrian module” as defined in the Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations (May 4, 2001 version).

9. A submersible lamp: a lamp that meets the requirements of CSA Standard C22.2 No. 89-1976, Swimming-pool Luminaires, Submersible Luminaires and Accessories.

10. A rough service lamp: a lamp that is marketed as a rough service lamp and that has,

i. a C-7A or C-11 filament, as described in IES’s Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., with at least five supports exclusive of lead wires,

ii. a C-17 filament, as described in IES’s Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., with eight supports exclusive of lead wires, or

iii. a C-22 filament, as described in IES’s Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., with 16 supports exclusive of lead wires.

11. A vibration service lamp: a lamp that,

i. is marketed as a vibration service lamp,

ii. has a maximum nominal power of 60 W, and

iii. has a C-5, C-7A or C-9 filament configuration, as illustrated in figure 6.12 of IES’s Lighting Handbook, 9th ed., or a similar configuration, with less than five supports.

12. A shatter-resistant lamp: a lamp that has an external silicon, polytetrafluoroethylene or similar coating applied for the purpose of resisting breakage and preventing glass from reaching the operating environment in the event of breakage and that is marketed as a shatter-resistant, shatter-proof or shatter-protected lamp.

13. A bug lamp: a lamp that is marketed as a bug lamp and is designed to attract insects.

14. A black light lamp: a lamp that is marketed as a black light lamp and radiates predominantly ultraviolet light.

15. An infrared lamp: a lamp that is marketed as an infrared lamp and that emits more than 90 per cent of its radiation in the 0.7 µm to 10 µm range of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Commencement

6. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.