Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered RegulationsSch. 3
Prescribed activity under regulation 6(c): Decommissioning a gas or liquefied petroleum gas water heater and installing a product that complies with the criteria specified in Part A of Schedule 3 .
Item
3A Gas or liquefied petroleum gas boosted solar
water heater certified by an accredited body to AS/NZS 2712:2007 achieving a
minimum energy performance of 60% solar contribution in zone 4 as determined
in accordance with AS 4234—1994 and listed in the ESC register.
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 decommissioning of a gas or liquefied petroleum gas heater and the installation of a product referred to in an item in Part A is determined by multiplying the abatement factor for that item by the regional factor applying to the place where the product is installed.
The following are the abatement factors and regional factors for each item in Part A:
Item
Sch. 3
3A Abatement factor:
(a) If the product is a small system as determined in accordance with AS 4234—1994 based on the system's peak daily thermal energy load delivery characteristics and—
(i) is
installed in metropolitan Victoria: 
;
(ii) is
installed in regional Victoria: 
;
(b) If the product is a large system as determined in accordance with AS 4234—1994 based on the system's peak daily thermal energy load delivery characteristics and—
(i) is
installed in metropolitan Victoria: 
;
(ii) is
installed in regional Victoria: 
;
3A Regional factor: 1
PART C—TIME AT WHICH ACTIVITY UNDERTAKEN
Item
Sch. 3
3A At the beginning of the day which is the later of the day on which the installed product is first able to produce and deliver water heated by solar energy and the day on which the gas or liquefied petroleum gas water heater is decommissioned.
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