Guide to Canada's Energy Efficiency Regulations

Foreword
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Part One – Introduction to the Regulations
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  Regulated Products
  Who is affected by the Regulations?
  Responsibilities of dealers
  Energy efficiency standards
  Reporting requirements
  Verification mark
  Labelling requirements
  Exemptions from the Act

Part Two – Technical Requirements for Energy-Using Products
Household appliances
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  Clothes dryers
  Clothes washers
  Dishwashers
  Electric ranges
  Freezers
  Gas ranges
  Integrated over/under washer-dryers
  Refrigerators and combination refrigerator-freezers

Water heaters
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  Electric water heaters
  Gas water heaters
  Oil-fired water heaters

Heating and air-conditioning equipment
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  Gas furnaces
  Gas boilers
  Oil-fired furnaces
  Oil-fired boilers
  Ground- or water-source heat pumps
  Internal water-loop heat pumps
  Large air conditioners, heat pumps and condensing units
  Packaged terminal air conditioners and heat pumps
  Room air conditioners
  Single-phase and three-phase single-package central
    air conditioners and heat pumps
  Single-phase and three-phase split-system central
    air conditioners and heat pumps
  Gas fireplaces

Other energy-using products
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  Automatic ice-makers
  Dehumidifiers
  Fluorescent lamp ballasts
  General service fluorescent lamps
  General service incandescent reflector lamps
  Electric motors (1 to 200 HP/0.746 to 150 kW)
  Chillers
  Dry-type transformers
  Exit signs

Fact Sheets

  Fact Sheet 1 – Energy Efficiency Reports
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  Fact Sheet 2 – Importing
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  Fact Sheet 3 – Verification Marks
    PDF (50K) | HTML
  Fact Sheet 4 – Exemptions
    PDF (58K) | HTML
  Fact Sheet 5 – EnerGuide Labels
    PDF (65K) | HTML
  Fact Sheet 6 – Electric Motors
    PDF (63K) | HTML
  Fact Sheet 7 – Lighting Products
    PDF (57K) | HTML

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