The "positive list" for energy efficient professional kitchen cabinets - Processes and procedures

Danish Technological Institute

Per Henrik Pedersen

11 January 2005/revised 14 February 2005

Summary

The positive list includes the most energy efficient professional kitchen refrigerators and freezers. The scheme covers professional kitchen refrigerators and freezers with an integrated refrigeration system (plug-in).

The scheme functions with as little administration as possible. A small secretariat manages the scheme and Danish Technological Institute is in charge of the secretariat. In order to get a product entered on the "positive list" the manufacturer (or importer) has to forward an application. The application shall include the necessary information for documentation. The application form shall include a test report, a photo and a signed contract in duplicate. The test report shall document that the test has been carried out in accordance with the criterion and the standard according to which the test will be performed. As a starting point, test reports prepared by the manufacturer will be used.

If doubt should arise to the value of the test report, random checks will be carried out by making a cabinet - supplied by the manufacturer/importer - available for testing in the cli-mate chamber according to the standard in question. In addition, regular random sampling will be carried out. Random sampling routines have been prepared so products can be cancelled or re-entered on the list.

Secretariat

The scheme will be managed by a secretariat which Danish Technological Institute is in charge of. The scheme will function with a minimum amount of administration and will be based on applications stating the properties, energy consumption and energy efficiency index of the cabinets. In addition to approving applications, Danish Technological Institute will ensure continued updating of the positive list and preparation of info material to be used by the Danish Electricity Saving Trust etc. Danish Technological Institute also handles random sampling.

Danish Technological Institute shall on a regular basis inform the Danish Electricity Saving Trust about how matters are progressing.

The positive list and the application material will be available from www.prof-hvidevarer.dk

Application form

The scheme is partly based on a corresponding British scheme and therefore it will be possible for the manufacturer/importer to use the test reports that were also used in the British scheme – of course, if the cabinets are identical.

Therefore, manufacturers/importers do not have to carry out new tests or prepare new test reports in order to be included in the Danish scheme, if the test already has been carried out in connection with the British scheme. Please note, that the threshold value for refrigerators is lower in the Danish scheme. The tested cabinet has to be identical with the cabinet to be entered on the positive list.

In order to apply for entry on the positive list the manufacturer/importer first of all has to sign a contract with the Danish Electricity Saving Trust. The contract concerns the conditions required for entry on the positive list. The signed contract shall be forwarded in dup-licate to Danish Technological Institute. Then they will be signed by the Danish Electricity Saving Trust and afterwards one copy will be returned. When the contract has been entered into it is possible to apply for entry on the positive list.

The application material required to get a cabinet entered on the positive list consists of an application form and a test report for the cabinet in question. The application shall be sent to Danish Technological Institute. Normally, the application will be considered within a fortnight after which the product in question will be entered on the list. If the application mater-ial is incomplete or unclear, the applicant will be notified in writing. Then it will be possible for the applicant to forward additional documentation.

The application shall include:

• Completed standard application form for each cabinet1.
• A test report concerning each cabinet.
• A photo of each cabinet (in digital form - jpg format and of high quality).

Application forms etc. will be available on www.prof-hvidevarer.dk

The application can be sent by post or fax to:

Danish Technological Institute

Industry and Energy

P.O. Box 141

DK-2630 Taastrup Denmark

Attn: Per Henrik Pedersen

Fax: +45 72 20 25 00

The material has to be of high graphic quality so not doubts arise about test results, etc.

1 Please note that you on the application form can state if several types of cabinets are in question. It is a condition that the cabinets otherwise are identical with regard to the insulation, refrigeration system and energy consumption and that they do not exceed the stated threshold values/energy efficiency index.