Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement: Minimum Energy Performance Standards and Alternative Strategies for Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines

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Summary

This is a Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) proposing the introduction of Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) for Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines (RBVMs) in Australia and New Zealand was prepared by Niskin Enterprises Pty Ltd for the Equipment Energy Efficiency Committee (E3).

This Consultation RIS has been prepared following the 2005 publicly released report on Analysis of the Potential for Minimum Energy Performance Standards for Refrigerated Beverage Vending Machines.

This report found that RBVMs were the most energy intensive of refrigerated vending machines (RVMs) and represented 75% of total RVM energy consumption. Given that several U.S manufacturers had introduced energy efficient RBVMS into the U.S market at a small incremental cost, the report recommended the introduction of MEPS to enable the transfer of the U.S energy efficiencies into Australia and New Zealand.

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