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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021/schedule-14/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348222920",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/14/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Determination of the standard annual energy consumption (SAE)",
  "text": "(1) For all refrigerating appliances, SAE, expressed in kWh/a and rounded to two decimal places, is calculated as follows—\nSAE=C×D× ∑ c=1 n Ac ×Bc×[ Vc /V ]×( Nc±V×rc×Mc ) where—\n(a) c is the index number for a compartment type ranging from 1 to n, with n the total number of compartment types;\n(b) Vc, expressed in dm3 or litres and rounded to the first decimal place is the compartment volume;\n(c) V, expressed in dm3 or litres and rounded to the nearest integer, is the total volume where—\nV≤ ∑ c=1 n Vc\n(d) rc, Nc, Mc and C are modelling parameters specific to each compartment with values as set out in Table 18; and\n(e) Ac , Bc and D are the compensation factors with values as set out in Table 19.\n(2) When carrying out the calculations in this paragraph, for the variable temperature compartments, the compartment type with the lowest target temperature for which the manufacturer has declared it suitable must be chosen.",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222920/schedule/14/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:21.902040+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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