Energy Efficiency Regulations, 2016 (SOR/2016-311)

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Regulations are current to 2024-11-26 and last amended on 2024-03-27. Previous Versions

PART 1General (continued)

Provision of Information (continued)

Marginal note:CFL life information

6 (1) Despite paragraph 5(1)(f), a dealer is not required to provide information related to the life of a CFL if
- (a) at the time the information is to be provided the life testing of the product is not completed, but 40% of the product’s design life has been verified as described in subparagraph 4(3)(b)(ii); and
- (b) the dealer provides the following information to the Minister together with the information provided under subsection 5(1):
  - (i) a statement indicating that 40% of the product’s design life has been verified,
  - (ii) the date on which life testing began,
  - (iii) the design life of the product, and
  - (iv) the number of hours of life that have been verified.
Marginal note:Verified CFL life
(2) Within 30 days after the day on which the life testing of the CFL is completed, the dealer must provide the Minister with the following information:
- (a) the product’s life as verified; and
- (b) the name of the laboratory or manufacturing facility that performed the verification, if it is different from the name provided under subparagraph 5(1)(e)(ii).

Information Pertaining to Imports

Marginal note:Prescribed information

7 (1) A dealer who, for the purpose of sale or lease, imports an energy-using product into Canada must, for the purpose of subsection 5(1) of the Act, provide the following information to the Minister:
- (a) the name of the product as prescribed in these Regulations;
- (b) the brand name of the product, if any;
- (c) the product’s model number or, in the case of a motor, the product’s model number or unique motor identifier;
- (d) the dealer’s address; and
- (e) a statement as to whether the product is being imported
  - (i) for sale or lease in Canada without modification,
  - (ii) for sale or lease in Canada after being modified to comply with the applicable energy efficiency standard, or
  - (iii) for incorporation into any other product that is to be exported from Canada.
Marginal note:Exception
(1.1) However, the following energy-using products are not energy-using products for the purpose of subsection (1) if, at the time of their importation, they are incorporated into another product:
- (a) a battery charger;
- (b) an external power supply;
- (c) a fluorescent lamp ballast;
- (d) an electric motor; and
- (e) a small electric motor.
Marginal note:Manner and time
(2) The information must be provided by including it in any customs invoice or commercial invoice that is required to be provided in respect of the energy-using product under subsection 6(1) of the Accounting for Imported Goods and Payment of Duties Regulations and must be provided before the product is released under the Customs Act.

SOR/2018-201, s. 4

Previous Version

Exemptions from Certain Provisions of the Act

Marginal note:Exemption — product to be modified

8 (1) A dealer is exempt from the application of paragraph 4(1)(a) of the Act if the dealer, for the purpose of modifying an energy-using product to comply with the applicable energy efficiency standard, ships the product from the province in which it was manufactured to another province or imports the product into Canada.
Marginal note:Requirements
(2) The dealer must
- (a) ensure that the product is brought into compliance with the applicable energy efficiency standard within 90 days after the day on which the product is shipped or imported;
- (b) despite subsection 5(2), provide the information referred to in subsection 5(1) within 120 days after the day on which the product is shipped or imported; and
- (c) if requested by the Minister, provide the Minister with any other information that is necessary to establish that the product has been brought into compliance with the applicable energy efficiency standard.

Marginal note:Exemption — incorporation into product for export

9 A dealer is exempt from the application of sections 4 and 5 of the Act with respect to the shipment or importation of an energy-using product that is to be incorporated into any other product that is to be exported from Canada.

Marginal note:Exemption — product to be exported

10 A dealer is exempt from the application of sections 4 and 5 of the Act if the dealer, for the purpose of exporting the energy-using product from Canada, ships the product from the province in which it was manufactured to another province or imports the product into Canada.

Marginal note:Exemption — motors with same unique motor identifier

11 A dealer is exempt from the application of section 5 of the Act in respect of a motor if

(a) the information has been provided in respect of a motor that has the same unique motor identifier; and
(b) the motor is at least as energy efficient as the motor for which the information was provided.

Specified Energy-Using Products

Marginal note:Subsection 20.1(2) of Act

11.1 The following energy-using products are specified for the purpose of subsection 20.1(2) of the Act:

(a) clothes dryers;
(b) clothes washers;
(c) integrated clothes washer-dryers;
(d) dishwashers;
(e) refrigerators and combination refrigerator-freezers;
(f) freezers;
(g) gas ranges;
(h) dehumidifiers;
(i) microwave ovens;
(j) miscellaneous refrigeration products;
(k) ceiling fans;
(l) room air conditioners;
(m) large air conditioners;
(n) packaged terminal air conditioners;
(o) single package central air conditioners;
(p) single package vertical air conditioners;
(q) split system central air conditioners;
(r) portable air conditioners;
(s) large heat pumps;
(t) packaged terminal heat pumps;
(u) single package central heat pumps;
(v) single package vertical heat pumps;
(w) split system central heat pumps;
(x) gas furnaces;
(y) oil-fired furnaces;
(z) electric furnaces;
(z.01) gas boilers;
(z.02) oil-fired boilers;
(z.03) electric boilers;
(z.04) gas-fired storage water heaters;
(z.05) oil-fired water heaters;
(z.06) electric water heaters;
(z.07) gas-fired instantaneous water heaters;
(z.08) general service lamps;
(z.09) modified spectrum incandescent lamps;
(z.10) general service incandescent reflector lamps;
(z.11) general service fluorescent lamps;
(z.12) fluorescent lamp ballasts;
(z.13) metal halide lamp ballasts;
(z.14) torchieres;
(z.15) ceiling fan light kits;
(z.16) exit signs;
(z.17) traffic signal modules;
(z.18) pedestrian modules;
(z.19) external power supplies;
(z.20) battery chargers;
(z.21) commercial refrigerators;
(z.22) commercial refrigerator-freezers;
(z.23) commercial freezers;
(z.24) refrigerated beverage vending machines;
(z.25) snack and refrigerated beverage vending machines;
(z.26) ice-makers;
(z.27) walk-in door assemblies;
(z.28) walk-in panels;
(z.29) walk-in refrigeration systems;
(z.30) dry-type transformers;
(z.31) electric motors;
(z.32) small electric motors;
(z.33) commercial pre-rinse spray valves; and
(z.34) clean water pumps.

SOR/2022-265, s. 2

PART 2Energy-Using Products

DIVISION 1Household Appliances

Interpretation

Marginal note:Definitions

12 The following definitions apply in this Division.

10 C.F.R. Appendix D2: 10 C.F.R. Appendix D2 means Appendix D2 to Subpart B, Part 430 of Title 10 to the United States Code of Federal Regulations, entitled Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Clothes Dryers, as amended from time to time. (appendice D2 10 C.F.R.)
CSA C300-00: CSA C300-00[Repealed, SOR/2019-163, s. 1]
CSA C300-12: CSA C300-12 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C300-12 entitled Energy Performance and Capacity of Household Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers and Wine Chillers. (CSA C300-12)
CSA C300-15: CSA C300-15 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C300-15 entitled Energy Performance and Capacity of Household Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers and Wine Chillers. (CSA C300-15)
CSA C358-03: CSA C358-03 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C358-03 entitled Energy Consumption Test Methods for Household Electric Ranges. (CSA C358-03)
CSA C360-03: CSA C360-03 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C360-03 entitled Energy Performance, Water Consumption and Capacity of Household Clothes Washers. (CSA C360-03)
CSA C360-13: CSA C360-13 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C360-13 entitled Energy Performance, Water Consumption and Capacity of Household Clothes Washers. (CSA C360-13)
CSA C361-12: CSA C361-12[Repealed, SOR/2018-201, s. 5]
CSA C361-16: CSA C361-16 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C361-16 entitled Energy performance and drum volume of household electric clothes dryers. (CSA C361-16)
CSA C361-92: CSA C361-92 means the CSA standard CAN/CSA-C361-92 entitled Test Method for Measuring Energy Consumption and Drum Volume of Electrically Heated Household Tumble-Type Clothes Dryers. (CSA C361-92)

SOR/2018-201, s. 5
SOR/2019-163, s. 1