Systems Thinking – A New Approach to Minimum Energy Performance Standards

Publication date: April 2020

Discover

A review of the regulatory system underpinning our Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) programme recommended a systems approach to MEPS.

Traditionally, MEPS require products to meet specified minimum energy performance criteria when tested under standardised conditions. A systems approach may enable EECA to expand the MEPS programme beyond residential products and provide greater emissions savings.

Systems thinking – A New Approach to Minimum Energy Performance Standards