VEET Compliance Workshop
Purpose To gain a thorough understanding of requirements under VEET (Victorian Energy Efficiency Target scheme) to produce compliant certificates. Outcome All jobs submitted to Ecovantage for compliance check 100% correct. 2
This session will cover: • How Ecovantage works under VEET • Compliance – Lighting assessment • Compliance – Installation • Certificate of Electrical Safety • Lighting layout 3
How Ecovantage works under VEET
How energy efficiency schemes work 5
How Ecovantage works under VEET • We are in the business of ENERGY SAVINGS. • The product we produce is an energy savings certificate. • Under VEET this is called a ‘VEEC’ – Victorian Energy Efficiency Certificate. 6
Quantify total energy savings 50 Tonnes carbon OLD light NEW light - abated x = 400W 140W (lifetime savings) VEECs 50 x 7
ESC • Essential Services Commission of Victoria • Commercial lighting compliance rules are defined and regulated by the ESC • We must comply with these evidence rules 8
Compliance with ESC regulations • To create certificates, we must comply with the ESC’s stringent evidence requirements. • Proof that the job actually took place: • Who • What • Where • When • Proof of energy savings (ie original energy consumption vs new energy consumption) 9
Evidence validated...production Only after all elements of proof are collected and validated, can we create our product 10
Incomplete / Incorrect evidence If we are missing one of the points of evidence, we can’t create our product: the certificates. 11
COMPLIANCE Lighting assessment
Conduct LIGHTING ASSESSMENT Involves the following: • Enter customer details • Divide building into CLUs – Commercial Lighting Upgrade areas • Collect photo evidence (geo tagged) • Collect documentary evidence: • Space Type/BCA Classification (where required) • Copy of floor plan 13
Customer details Pay particular attention to: • Address - Critical to have full street address in Runabout and on Certificate of Electrical Safety • Email – Required so we can email completed paperwork to them • Company Name - Must be the exact business name eg Expanse Digital not Expanse 14
Assessment questions Pay particular attention to: • Company ABN/CAN - Check ABN carefully with the customer. • Our compliance team can’t always look this up (eg may be another business/company/trust trading as …) • Total floor space – use floor plan or estimate Wide photo of front of premises Take a clear photo of front of premises showing business name Photo of floor plan 15
Commercial Lighting Upgrade (CLU) areas – How to define A CLU area is an area where: • space type • lighting product • air conditioning and • control devices are the same. For example: • CLU area 1: Office – Tubes • CLU area 2: Office - Tubes no AC • CLU area 3: Office – Downlights • CLU area 4: Warehouse – High bays • CLU area 5: Corridors - Downlights Note: CLU areas can quickly and easily be copied to speed this process up. 16
CLU area details For each CLU area, pay particular attention to: Wide photo of whole area Take a clear photo showing both the area and the lighting (floor or work height > ceiling) 17
CLU area details • Describe the upgrade activity Most jobs will be NJ6-C 18
CLU area details • Space Type / Building Type • Select appropriate space type • See Space Type vs Building Classification document • If the space type you select is from: • Group A - the annual operating hours for that space type are used (see list on page 2). • Group B - the type of building is used to determine the operating hours and Runabout asks you to select the Building Classification (see list on page 3 ). 19
Space Type/BCA – Additional evidence Some Space Types/Building Classifications need evidence beyond the photos discussed so far: • Rental lease agreement • Strata plan • Occupancy certificate • Planning permit • Report completed by a registered building surveyor. 20
Operating Space type hours Auditorium, church and public hall 2,000 Board room and conference room 3,000 Car park - general (undercover) and Car Park - entry zone (first 20m of travel) 7,000 Car park - general (open air) 4,500 Common rooms, spaces and corridors in a Class 2 building 7,000 Courtroom 2,000 Dormitory of a Class 3 building used for sleeping only or sleeping and study 3,000 Health care - children's ward, examination room, patient ward, all patient care areas including corridors where cyanosis lamps 6,000 are used Laboratory area - artificially lit to an ambient level of 400 lx or more 3,000 Library - stack and shelving area, reading room and general areas 3,000 Lounge area for communal use in a Class 3 building or Class 9c aged care building 7,000 Maintained Emergency Lighting 8,500 Museum and gallery - circulation, cleaning and service lighting 2,000 Office 3,000 Restaurant, café, bar, hotel lounge and a space for the serving and consumption of food or drinks 5,000 Retail space including a museum and gallery whose purpose is the sale of objects 5,000 School - general purpose learning areas and tutorial rooms 3,000 Sole-occupancy unit of a Class 3 building 3,000 Sole-occupancy unit of a Class 9c aged care building 6,000 Storage with shelving no higher than 75% of the height of the aisle lighting 5,000 Storage with shelving higher than 75% of the height of the aisle lighting 5,000 Wholesale storage and display area 5,000 21
Operating BCA Class Description Hours Class 2 7000 Common Areas - Residential Building Class 3 7000 Common Areas - A residential building, which is a common place of long term or transient living for a number of unrelated persons. Example: boarding-house, hostel, backpackers accommodation or residential part of a hotel, motel, school or detention centre. Class 3 3000 Other than Common Areas - A boarding-house, hostel, backpackers accommodation or residential part of a hotel, motel, school or detention centre. Class 5 3000 An office building, excluding buildings of Class 6, 7, 8 or 9. Class 6 5000 A shop or other building for the sale of goods by retail or the supply of services direct to the public. Example: café, restaurant, kiosk, hairdressers, showroom or service station. Class 7 (a) 4500 Open air car parks Class 7 (a) 7000 Undercover car parks Class 7 (b) 5000 A building which is for storage or display of goods or produce for sale by wholesale. Class 8 5000 Manufacturing (ANZSIC Division C) Class 8 3000 (other than ANZSIC Division C, Manufacturing) A laboratory, or a building in which a handicraft or process for the production, assembling, altering, repairing, packing, finishing, or cleaning of goods or produce is carried on for trade, sale or gain. Class 9a and 9c 6000 An aged care building. A health care building, including those parts of the building set aside as a laboratory. Class 9b 2000 An assembly building, including a trade workshop, laboratory or the like, in a primary or secondary school. Class 10b 1000 A non habitable building or structure - A structure being a fence, mast, antenna, retaining or free standing wall, swimming pool or the like. 22
CLU area details • Original Lighting: Lighting Type • Type of ballast (see list of types) • Replacement Product 23
CLU area details Original Control System Take a clear photo of any existing dimmers or sensors Air conditioning Take a clear photo of air conditioning unit or outlets 24
Assessment photos - summary Wide angle photo of site from outside showing business name Pre-installation photos of all CLU areas (with enough detail to evidence the space type) Photos of existing control systems (eg sensors or dimmers) Photos of air-conditioning (or vents or outlets) in each space type ALL PHOTOS MUST BE GEO-TAGGED AND DATE STAMPED (happens automatically if taken within Runabout and Runabout is connected – ie not offline) 25
COMPLIANCE Installation
Installer menu These three compliance areas must be covered off during the installation 27
CLU area – lighting details Original Lighting: Lighting Type • Entered by assessor • Installer to confirm that each is correct. • Type of ballast (see list of types) Replacement Product Make sure every upgrade product in Runabout is exactly what you are installing (even if wattage is the same but brand is different – must select correct brand) 28
CLU areas - photos Original lamp spec stamp Close up photo of each type of decommissioned lamp (ensure wattage is clear) Original ballast spec stamp • Close up photo of each type of ballast or transformer showing spec stamp • If ballast/transformer decommissioned but left in ceiling/luminaire, photo to show absence of terminal block or photo of removed terminal block 29
Ballast decommissioning photo 30
CLU areas - photos Upgraded lamp and driver spec stamp Close up photos of each type of new lamp and driver (where external driver) showing brand and model Wide photo of CLU area After installation take a wide photo of the upgrade area Photo of newly added control systems Photo of any new sensors or dimmers added during upgrade 31
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