# Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2281 of 30 November 2016 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units (Text with EEA relevance), Division: Definitions related to the calculation method for air conditioners, comfort chillers and heat pumps using fuels

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(93)‘seasonal primary energy ratio in cooling mode’ (SPERc ) means the overall energy efficiency ratio of the air conditioner or comfort chiller using fuels, representative for the cooling season;
(94)‘seasonal gas utilisation efficiency in cooling mode’ (SGUEc ) means the gas utilisation efficiency for the whole cooling season;
(95)‘gas utilisation efficiency at partial load’ means the gas utilisation efficiency when cooling (GUEc,bin ) or heating (GUEh,bin ) at outdoor temperature Tj;
(96)‘gas utilisation efficiency at declared capacity’ means the gas utilisation efficiency when cooling (GUEcDC ) or heating (GUEhDC ) at declared capacity conditions as defined in Annex III, Table 21, and corrected for possible cycling behaviour of the unit, in case the effective cooling capacity (QEc ) exceeds the cooling load (Pc (Tj )) or the effective heating capacity (QEh ) exceeds the heating load (Ph (Tj ));
(97)‘effective cooling capacity’ (QEc ) means the measured cooling capacity corrected for the heat from the device (pump(s) or fan(s)) responsible for circulating the heat transfer medium through the indoor side heat exchanger, expressed in kW;
(98)‘effective heat recovery capacity’ means the measured heat recovery capacity corrected for the heat from the device (pump(s)) of the heat recovery circuit for cooling (QEhr,c ) or heating (QEhr,h ), expressed in kW;
(99)‘measured heat input for cooling’ (Qgmc ) means the measured fuel input at part load conditions as defined in Annex III, Table 21, expressed in kW;
(100)‘seasonal auxiliary energy factor in cooling mode’ (SAEFc ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency for the cooling season, including the contribution of thermostat-off mode, standby mode, off mode and crankcase heater mode power modes;
(101)‘reference annual cooling demand’ (QC ) means the annual cooling demand, calculated as the design cooling load (Pdesign,c ) multiplied by the equivalent active mode hours for cooling (HCE );
(102)‘seasonal auxiliary energy factor in cooling mode in active mode’ (SAEFc,on ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency for the cooling season, excluding the contribution of thermostat-off mode, standby mode, off mode and crankcase heater mode power modes;
(103)‘auxiliary energy factor in cooling mode at partial load’ (AEFc,bin ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency when cooling at outdoor temperature (Tj );
(104)‘electric power input in cooling mode’ (PEc ) means the effective cooling electrical power input, in kW;
(105)‘seasonal primary energy ratio in heating mode’ (SPERh ) means the overall energy efficiency ratio of the heat pump using fuels, representative for the heating season;
(106)‘seasonal gas utilisation efficiency in heating mode’ (SGUEh ) means the gas utilisation efficiency for the heating season;
(107)‘effective heating capacity’ (QEh ) means the measured heating capacity corrected for the heat from the device (pump(s) or fan(s)) responsible for circulating the heat transfer medium through the indoor side heat exchanger, expressed in kW;
(108)‘measured heat input for heating’ (Qgmh ) means the measured fuel input at part load conditions as defined in Annex III Table 21, expressed in kW;
(109)‘seasonal auxiliary energy factor in heating mode’ (SAEFh ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency for the heating season, including the contribution of thermostat-off mode, standby mode, off mode and crankcase heater mode power modes;
(110)‘reference annual heating demand’ (QH ) means the annual heating demand, calculated as the design heating load multiplied by the annual equivalent active mode hours for heating (HHE );
(111)‘seasonal auxiliary energy factor in heating mode in active mode’ (SAEFh,on ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency for the heating season, excluding the contribution of thermostat-off mode, standby mode, off mode and crankcase heater mode power modes;
(112)‘auxiliary energy factor in heating mode at partial load’ (AEFh,bin ) means the auxiliary energy efficiency when heating at outdoor temperature Tj;
(113)‘auxiliary energy factor at declared capacity’ means the auxiliary energy factor when cooling (AEFc,dc ) or heating (AEFh,dc ) at part load conditions as defined in Annex III, Table 21, and corrected for possible cycling behaviour of the unit, in case the effective cooling capacity (QEc ) exceeds the cooling load (Pc (Tj )) or the effective heating capacity (QEh ) exceeds the heating load (Ph (Tj ));
(114)‘electric power input in heating mode’ (PEh ) means the effective heating electrical power input, in kW;
(115)‘NOx emissions of heat pumps, comfort chillers and air conditioners with an internal combustion engine’ means the emissions of the sum of nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions, of heat pumps, comfort chillers and air conditioners with an internal combustion engine, measured at standard rating conditions, using engine rpm equivalent, expressed in mg nitrogen dioxide per kWh fuel input in terms of GCV;
(116)‘engine rpm equivalent’ (Erpmequivalent ) means the revolutions per minute of the internal combustion engine calculated on the basis of an engine rpm at 70, 60, 40 and 20 % part load ratios for heating (or cooling if no heating function is offered) and weighing factors of 0,15, 0,25, 0,30 and 0,30 respectively.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2281/annex/I/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2281/annex-I/division-6
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