Certification Introduction

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is Canada's government agency that oversees and enforces energy efficiency regulations - regulations that require minimum energy performance levels for various energy-consuming products, label energy-intensive products, and collect energy usage data.

All regulated products imported into Canada for sale or lease or transshipment from a manufacturing province to another region (inter-provincial shipping) should meet the requirements of the energy efficiency standards set forth in the Energy Efficiency Regulations. As a result, Natural Resources Canada mandates that all regulated products must obtain the Energy Verification Mark from a Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accredited certification body.

Applicable product scope

Washing machines, clothes dryers, dry cleaning machines, dishwashers, refrigerators, ice machines, air conditioners, three-phase induction motors, lamps, TV sets, power supplies, gas water heaters, oil water heaters, gas heaters, gas fireplaces, etc.

Battery charging products entering the Canadian market after June 13, 2019 must meet Canada's mandatory NRCan certification and online submission. At the same time, the subsequent certification body will conduct an annual market sampling inspection, and the sampling ratio is about 1% Basic model.

Enhanced the requirements and control scope of the "minimum energy efficiency standards" for the following 7 types of products:
electric motors;
domestic gas boilers;
domestic kerosene boilers;
dry-type transformers;
large air conditioning facilities and heat pumps;
commercial integrated refrigerators;
New requirements for minimum energy efficiency standards and reporting items for the following products are proposed:
Standby energy consumption of electronic products
- Audio products
- TVs, monitors, etc.
- Video playback products
External power supply
Digital TV adapters
Electric boilers
Single stereo air conditioners and heat pumps

Mandatory Directives for Manufacturers and Importers:

All manufacturers and importers must follow the directive to ensure that the products they manufacture and import meet the minimum energy efficiency standards for products required by the directive. Manufacturers and importers should be tested by an accredited third-party certification body to obtain compliance performance reports and certificates.