Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Refrigeration and Ventilation Fans) Methodology Determination 2015 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Refrigeration and Ventilation Fans) Methodology Determination 2015 I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 27:10:15

GREG HUNT

Greg Hunt Minister for the Environment

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Definitions for eligible fan types (other than cross‑flow fan) 7 Standards referred to in this determination 8 References to factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Refrigeration and ventilation fan projects 9 Refrigeration and ventilation fan projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—General requirements for refrigeration and ventilation fan projects 10 Operation of this Part 11 Information to be included in application for declaration 12 Fans excluded from determination 13 Requirement for fans and components to be new Division 2—Additional requirements for high efficiency fan installations 14 General requirements for high efficiency fan installation 15 Efficiency requirement for replacement fans 16 Requirement relating to testing for high efficiency fan installations Division 3—Additional requirements for small motor fan upgrades 17 Additional requirements for small motor fan upgrades 18 Disposal of fans and other components for small motor fan upgrades 19 Requirement relating to testing for small motor fan upgrades Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 20 Operation of this Part 21 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations 22 Fans to be used in calculations Division 2—Calculating net abatement amount 23 Summary of this Division 24 Equation 1—net abatement amount (A) Division 3—Calculating net abatement from installed HE fans 25 Summary of this Division 26 Equation 2—net abatement from installed HE fans (AHE) 27 Equation 3—abatement amount from each installed HE fan (AHE,i) 28 Equation 4—motor input power of installed HE fan (PE,i) 29 Equation 5—overall driven fan efficiency of installed HE fan (𝜂i) for components tested as installed 30 Equation 6—overall driven fan efficiency of installed HE fan (𝜂i) for components tested separately 31 Equation 7—baseline overall energy efficiency of installed HE fan (𝜂B,i) 32 Equations 8 and 9—part load compensation factor of installed HE fan (CC,i) Division 4—Calculating net abatement from installed SM fans 33 Summary of this Division 34 Equation 10—net abatement from installed SM fans (ASM) 35 Equation 11—abatement amount from each installed SM fan (ASM,i) Part 5—Reporting, notification and record-keeping requirements Division 1—Offsets report requirements 36 Operation of this Division 37 Information that must be included in an offsets report Division 2—Notification requirements 38 Operation of this Division 39 Notification requirements Division 3—Record-keeping requirements 40 Operation of this Division 41 Record-keeping requirements Part 6—Dividing a refrigeration and ventilation fan project 42 Division of project for reporting purposes Schedule 1—High efficiency fan installations—operating efficiency and high efficiency threshold Division 1—Purpose of Schedule 1 Purpose of Schedule Division 2—Calculating operating efficiency of fan 2 Equation 12—determining operating efficiency of fan (𝜂Operating,i) 3 Equations 13 and 14—calculation of overall driven fan efficiency (𝜂i) 4 Equation 15—calculation of motor input power, PE,i 5 Equations 16 and 17—calculating part load compensation factor for controller of fan, CC,i Division 3—Calculating high efficiency threshold for the fan 6 Equation 18—determining the high efficiency threshold for the fan (𝜂HE,i) Schedule 2—Building types and capacity factors 1 Meaning of building type 2 Capacity factors 3 Interpretation Schedule 3—High efficiency fan installations—transmission efficiency Schedule 4—High efficiency fan installations—regression coefficients and regression constants Schedule 5—High efficiency fan installations—static and total efficiency benchmarks Schedule 6—Small motor fan upgrades—regression coefficients and regression constants Schedule 7—Small motor fan upgrades—control parameters