South Australia
28 March 2023 Updated compliance list for the SA DR requirements for air conditioners
To apply to register a product in South Australia visit https://www.energymining.sa.gov.au/airconregs, scroll down to “Submit a compliant product for registration” and click on “product registration form”.
Early next financial year, South Australia will consult with AREMA on:
- the acceptance under the Air Conditioner Technical Regulator Guideline of AS4755.3.1.2012 from 1 July 2025 onwards; and
- the length of time manufacturers/suppliers will need to keep separate parts or components to comply with the requirements of the guideline.
In addition, AREMA has been advised that:
“Based on AREMA feedback we will adjust ECOC form for installers so that they will only have to indicate that the air conditioner installed is on the compliance list OR at least meets the DR requirements in the guideline. This will be a change from previously considered approach of getting the installer to nominate which compliance list category (if applicable) the air conditioner belongs to.”
Hopefully this makes life just a little easier for installers.
South Australia Demand Response requirements as explained in Government slide show on 8 March 2023
These important regulatory changes for certain air conditioners in South Australia will come into effect on 1 July 2023. Installers will have a legal obligation to ensure that certain air conditioners comply with demand response requirements as published in a guideline by the Technical Regulator.
Based on recent stakeholder feedback, the Technical Regulator has now decided to exclude close control air conditioners from these demand response requirements.
Close control air conditioners are used where temperature and humidity are required to be monitored and maintained within narrow limits, for example, use in computer rooms, data processing units, telecommunications facilities and other industrial process areas. For the purpose of the Technical Regulator guideline, close control air conditioners are defined in Clause 4.1 of AS/NZS 4965.1-2008: a unitary air conditioner designed for high sensible heat ratio applications that are capable of maintaining close control of both temperature and humidity. A close control air conditioner consists of one or more factory-made assemblies, which include a compressor, a direct expansion evaporator, an air-moving device and air-filtering devices, and may include a condenser, a humidifier or a reheating function.
Please see the following resources that have been updated to reflect the above exclusion:
