Singapore imposes new energy ruling for air-cons, fridges
Written by Joseph Chin of theedgemalaysia.com
Friday, 02 September 2011 16:19
KUALA LUMPUR: The Singapore government has imposed a minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) ruling for all air-conditioners and refrigerators, effective Thursday, Sept 1.
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) said on Friday, Sept 2 all the air-conditioners and refrigerators, must meet the MEPS as prescribed in the Singapore Government’s Environment Protection and Management (Energy Conservation) regulations.
Matrade said these standards were specified according to the types of goods, cooling capacity (in kW), minimum coefficient of performance, adjusted volume and maximum annual energy consumption (in kW).
“All Malaysian manufacturers and exporters who supply household air-conditioners and refrigerators in Singapore must register themselves with country’s National Environment Agency (NEA).
“They also must register their air-conditioner and refrigerator models which need to carry a Certificate of Registration that is valid for three years. Once this policy comes into force, all importers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, property developers and contractors must ensure that their units are affixed with the NEA’s energy label,” it said.
Matrade advised all Malaysian exporters and manufacturers to comply immediately with the new required standards to ensure continued market access for their products in Singapore.
It also advised Malaysian companies to be wary of the possible additional cost to be incurred following the implementation of the standard.
“Apart from the registration fee which is currently at S$34 and renewal fees at S$18 for each registrable product, additional costs will be incurred when carrying out the necessary tests at the approved testing laboratories,” it said
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