scope:

This Standard-

(a) applies to air conditioners that do not contain a DRED, and have a demand response interface intended to connect with a DRED;

(b) specifies a set of operational instructions that will meet the requirements of remote agents wishing to control the energy consumption of air conditioners;

(c) specifies the responses required to the operational instructions;

(d) specifies two alternative methods of connecting the demand response interface to the DRED; and

(e) provides methods of testing to verify compliance.

Air conditioners covered by this Standard include, but are not restricted to, single-phase and three-phase air conditioners of the vapour compression type that fall within the scope of the AS/NZS 3823 series.

NOTE: If compliance with this Standard is made mandatory by the relevant Australian and New Zealand regulatory authorities, then any exclusion of product types, limitations on cooling output or other criteria for limiting regulatory scope will be stated in the regulations.