Preface
This is the first edition of CSA R7006, the second edition of UL 7006, and the most recent version of AHAM 7006, Sustainability Standard for Household Room Air Conditioning Appliances.
This harmonized standard was prepared by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, (AHAM), CSA Group and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). The efforts and support of the Technical Harmonization Committee are gratefully acknowledged.
This standard was prepared by CSA Technical Committee on Sustainability of Household Appliances under the jurisdiction of CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Business Management and Sustainability and has been formally approved by the CSA Technical Committee.
The environmental performance of household room air conditioning appliances is commonly evaluated on the single environmental attribute of electricity consumption during use. This Standard takes a multi-attribute, life cycle approach to measuring a broad spectrum of environmental and social impacts of household room air conditioning appliances as a means of assessing sustainability performance. The multi-attribute approach was developed using representative product life cycle assessment (LCA) information along with other key factors such as hot-spot or hot-button analyses influencing product environmental performance. The attributes and criteria in this Standard are drawn from a much larger list and reflect the understanding of the attributes and criteria that are most prominent in sustainable performance and over which the manufacturers of these products have control. This approach, detailed in Annex A, determined the environmental attributes of household room air conditioning appliances for inclusion in this Standard. The authors acknowledge that revisions to this standard will be considered periodically and that future editions may consider a broader range of sustainability criteria.
It has been contemplated by all parties that this Standard will be updated to reflect new U.S. Department of Energy or Natural Resources Canada minimum energy performance standards for household room air conditioning appliances products. Many of the measurements included in this Standard are unique and have not been conducted on other appliance categories. The Standard’s committees expect to learn much from the application of this Second Edition in subsequent years. The use of this Standard and self-assessment by household room air conditioning appliances manufacturers and external third-party assessment bodies will be used to improve the Standard in drafting the second and subsequent editions.
This Standard was written specifically for products placed on the market in the United States and Canada. At the present time, a number of the calculations are based on systems and designs of products in North America.
Scope
1.1
This Standard covers room air conditioning appliances for households included within the scope of the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) minimum energy performance requirements. This includes the following product category: room air conditioner (see Clause 4 for a definition of room air conditioner). The room air conditioners covered by this Standard include:
a) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h;
b) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h;
c) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 8,000 to 13,999 Btu/h;
d) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h;
e) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 to 27,999 Btu/h;
f) without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 28,000 Btu/h or more;
g) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h;
h) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h;
i) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 8,000 to 10,999 Btu/h;
j) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 11,000 to 13,999 Btu/h;
k) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h;
l) without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more;
m) with reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 20,000 Btu/h;
n) with reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 14,000 Btu/h;
o) with reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more;
p) with reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 Btu/h or more;
q) casement-only; and
r) casement-slider.
1.2
This Standard does not include directions for conformity assessment or the use of a mark/seal of conformity assessment.
