The Bureau of Energy Efficiency on 24th August 2022, has notified the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Particulars and Manner of their Display on Labels of Light Commercial Air Conditioners) Draft Regulations, 2022 and has invited Objections/ suggestions, from the public which shall be addressed to the Director-General, of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, 4th Floor, Sewa Bhawan, North Wing, Sector-1, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066 and may also be sent at the e-mail of the Bureau at dg-bee@nic.in within 30 days.
As per the Draft regulation, On every light commercial air conditioner, the following particulars shall be displayed on its label, namely:-
- Star level;
- Indian Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio;
- Label validity period;
- Appliance/type of air conditioner;
- the name of manufacturer or importer and brand;
- Model/year of manufacturing or import;
- cooling capacity (hundred per cent.) in Watts;
- Electricity Consumption in units per year etc.
A label containing all the above particulars shall be displayed on every light commercial air conditioner within a period of six months from the date of coming into force of these regulation and every manufacturer, seller or trader shall display on every light commercial air conditioner a label at the time of sale and the label shall be either adhere to, or be attached as a swing tag, on it.
For units not on display, the label may be attached to the exterior of the casing of the light commercial air conditioner and the label may be attached to the unit when the unit is removed from its packaging or the label may be included as a part of the documentation given to the customer or user.
Further, No star label shall be affixed on a light commercial air conditioner without obtaining the prior permission of the Bureau. For the purposes of obtaining permission of the Bureau, every brand shall be registered separately, accompanied by a label security fee of one lakh rupees, payable by any acceptable electronic mode of payment: Provided that in case of small scale industry, the label security fee shall be twenty five thousand rupees only.
Once the permission is granted it shall be valid for the duration for which the star level specified by the energy consumption standard as notified by the Central Government. In case of revision of star rating plan, an application for renewal of permission shall be made by the permittee from six months but not later than three months before its expiry and shall be accompanied by a fee of rupees one thousand payable in electronic mode in favour of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency, New Delhi.
No application shall be renewed after expiry of validity period, in which case the permittee may make a fresh application. The permittee shall seek permission to affix a label afresh, if a new model of the light commercial air conditioner is to be launched synchronizing with the revised star level, and application for such permission shall be made six months in advance of coming into force of the revised star level.
