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MARK STEVENS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMCA INTERNATIONAL GOH SWEE LEE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASIA AMCA AMCA ADVOCACY UPDATE ON FAN EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE In April 2016, AMCA International and Asia AMCA hosted the second International Fan Efficiency Regulation Symposium. It was held in Beijing, just before the opening of the China Refrigeration Show and immediately following a meeting of the International Standards Organization Fan Technical Committee 117. This symposium solidified a trend noted at the first International Fan Efficiency Regulation Symposium, which was held in Swäibisch Hall, Germany, in 2014. That trend was that, while fan efficiency regulation at the national level is a global phenomenon, there are a wide variety of approaches being taken. Metrics based on standards, surveillance and efficiency levels are inconsistent across countries. For companies with presence in multiple countries, this leads to difficulties in the importing and exporting of fans between countries and in the management and presentation of performance data. Uncertainty surrounds the U.S. Department of Energy's regulation, as they have not yet published the draft test standard and conservation standard. The test standard will solidify whether the fan electrical input power (FEP), a metric agreed upon by stakeholders during public negotiations, will be upheld, and if the test standard will be based largely on ANSI/ AMCA Standard 210 as expected. The conservation standard, which will establish the energy efficiency requirements for covered fans, will answer the remaining questions about the regulation's scope, effective date, labeling requirements and other matters. Table 1 summarizes the status of efficiency regulations covered by nine presenters at the symposium. TABLE 1. STATUS OF EFFICIENCY REGULATIONS Country Efficiency Requirement Standard Third-party certification Notes Tier 1 effective Jan. 1, 2014 Tier 2 effective Jan. 1, 2016 Tier 3 effective Jan. 1, 2020 (expected) European Union EC 327 ISO 12759 is the basis United States Federal rule under development in two parts: test procedure, and conservation standard ANSI/AMCA Standard 210 Self-certification is basis; Draft test standard regulation expected is expected to be the basis however, third-parties can in 2016, draft conservation standard expected in 2017 submit compliance data for test standard No Wire-to-air total efficiency * Backward incline, airfoil Voluntary for centrifugal fans, mandatory for appliances Korea and forward curve * Direct drive airfoils China Mandatory * Minimum efficiencies - Grade 3 » Centrifugals and axials: from 55-76 percent shaft efficiencies GB 19761 » Air conditioning fans: from 38-55 percent wire-to-air efficiencies * "Top runner" efficiencies - 1 » About 8−10 points better than Grade 3 India Draft mandatory based on FEG Axial - FEG 67 Centrifugal - FEG 71 No Malaysia FEG 71 or FMEG Tier 2 13S020R0 based on ISO 12759 Thailand Draft mandatory: minimum FEG 53, high efficiency FEG 67 Based on ANSI/AMCA Standard 205 Taiwan Voluntary, based on FEG and FMEG * Axial - 55 * Centrifugal - 67 * FC - 52 ISO 12759 Singapore Bypassing regulating fans as components Hong Kong Yes 34 Summer 2016 Conducted by KTC 58-81 percent * Belt drive airfoils 56-78 percent Fans classified on specific speed, Yes. It is a self-declare pressure coefficient and diameter system by manufacturers, but test lab must be China is in the process of moving from accredited by CNISproduct efficiency to system efficiency appointed third parties and emissions trading AMCA CRP or Eurovent must be used if FEG is metric Malaysia standard code of practice is 13S020R0 Currently only accept ITRI Subjected to 100 percent test on every test report model BEC 2015/ASHRAE 90.1 AMCA Two samples are tested and must have results within a specified tolerance No inmotion The latest update in Oct. 2015 for BEC draft on power requirement: CAV < 1.6W per L/s VAV < 2.1W per L/s W W W. A M C A . O R G http://WWW.AMCA.ORG

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