draft joint australian new zealand standard dr3823.2 committee el-015 performance of electrical appliances - air conditioners and heat pumps part 2 energy labelling and minimum energy performance standards meps requirements revision of as nzs 3823.2 2009 91 pages in english until 1 august 2011 the public comment draft of the revised standard can be viewed on the standards new zealand website at www.standards.co.nz web-shop actionviewdraftmoddraftsdraftiddr3823.2searchid1002846searchorderingindex1searchsessionid514b1ef8f397284f4ed89bcc563dd0f2 after 1 august 2011 the public comment draft of the revised standard can be obtained from the new zealand tbt enquiry point. this is a draft revision of joint australia new zealand standard as nzs 3823.2 2009. the existing standard including amendment 1 was published with the approval of the combined state and territory regulatory authorities of australia and new zealand and is structured to be suitable for reference in legislation calling u minimum energy performance standards meps and also for reference in energy labelling regulatory legislation. this draft revision to the standard includes i introduction of more stringent cooling and heating meps levels for air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps. ii introduction of cooling and heating meps levels for multi-split system air-cooled air conditioners and air-to-air heat pumps within the scope of part 1.4. iii a restriction on the use of simulation to those products with a rated capacity of 30 kw or greater for meps. new zealand has not yet consulted on the policy case for revising meps levels for air conditioners in new zealand regulation but the government of new zealand intends to incorporate the revisions to this standard into new zealands energy efficiency energy using products regulations 2002 at a time to be determined and after it has been incorporated into australian regulations. comments received in relation to this notification will be considered alongside the outcomes of consultation with local industry and before final recommendations are put to the new zealand cabinet for decision