Mandatory appliance labelling and minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for households refrigerators were introduced in Australia in 1987 and 1992 respectively. The Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) undertook an evaluation of MEPS for households refrigerators to establish whether the introduction of such a policy achieved desired impacts (reduction in energy and electricity demand) and compared these to those forecasted at the time of implementation of the policy. EnergyConsult was responsible for directing the collection, processing and analysis of historic sales and technical data of refrigerators sold in Australia for past 35 years. As well as establishing the direct impacts of government policy on energy performance attributes of refrigerators such as annual energy consumption and energy consumption per unit storage volume.
Client: Department of Environment, Water, Heritage & Arts, Australian Greenhouse Office