Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered RegulationsSch. 15
Prescribed activity under regulation 6(o): In the same residential premises, undertaking any one or more of the activities to restrict the airflow into or out of the premises [referred to in subparagraphs (i) to (vi) of regulation 6(o)] (not being an activity, or two or more activities that together, result in the premises failing to receive natural air changes at a rate of at least 0·5 per hour or to comply with the minimum ventilation requirements of Part 3.8.5 of the Building Code).
Item
15A A door bottom sealing product or a product that is a light weight self adhesive weather stripping product made of foam, flexible plastic, polypropylene pile, rubber compressible strip, fibrous seal or a similar product.
15B A product that is a light weight self adhesive weather stripping product made of foam, flexible plastic, polypropylene pile, rubber compressible strip, fibrous seal or a similar product.
15C A product, being a ceiling or wall exhaust fan that is fitted with a self-closing damper, flap, filter (for instance, of a type commonly fitted to a kitchen range hood) or other sealing product that can be closed to seal the exhaust of a fan.
15D A product that is a self-closing damper, flap, filter (for instance, of a type commonly fitted to a kitchen range hood) or other sealing product that can be closed to seal the exhaust of a fan.
15E A product capable of restricting the airflow into and out of a ventilation opening.
15F A product that is capable of restricting air
flow into or out of a chimney or flue.
PART B—CALCULATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENTS OF GREENHOUSE GASES
The method and variables to be used to calculate in tonnes the carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gases to be reduced by the installation of a product or products installed in residential premises in accordance with regulation 6(o) and this Schedule is the sum of the figures obtained by multiplying the number of activities undertaken in the premises under each item in Part A by the abatement factor for that item (or, in the case of item 15B, by the area in m 2 of the window the frame of which is sealed) and by the regional factor applying to the place where the premises are situated.
The following are the abatement factors and regional factors for each item in Part A:
Item
Sch. 15
15A Abatement factor:
For each door: 0·371.
15B Abatement factor:
For each m 2 of the window, the frame of which
is sealed:
0·025.
15C Abatement factor:
For each exhaust fan: 0·911.
15D Abatement factor:
For each exhaust fan: 0·911.
15E Abatement factor:
For each ventilation opening sealed or closed: 0·231.
15F Abatement factor:
For each chimney or flue in which a product is
installed:
5·130.
15A–15F Regional factor:
(a) If the prescribed activity is undertaken in metropolitan Victoria: 1·03;
(b) If the prescribed activity is
undertaken in
regional Victoria—climatic region Mild:
0·91;
(c) If the prescribed activity is
undertaken in
regional Victoria—climatic region Cold:
1·30;
(d) If the prescribed activity is
undertaken in
regional Victoria—climatic region Hot:
0·84.
PART C—TIME AT WHICH ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN
Item
Sch. 15
15A–15F At the beginning of the day on which the installation of the product is completed or, in the case of the installation of a product in place of a ceiling or wall exhaust fan, at the beginning of the day which is the later of the day on which the product is installed and the day on which the ceiling or wall exhaust fan is decommissioned.
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