Part Part 15 - Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 2018 - Weather sealing

Part 15—Weather sealing

11 Prescribed activity

The prescribed activity is undertaking in the same premises one or more of the weather sealing activities referred to in Table 15.1 unless the activity results, or those activities together result, in—

(a) the volume of air that is exchanged at the premises each hour being less than 50% of the volume of the premises; or

(b) the premises failing to comply with Part 3.8.5 of Volume Two of the Building Code.

The concept in paragraph (a) is known as the air change rate. Expressed as a decimal number, the air change rate referred to in paragraph (a) is 0·5.

Table 15.1

| Item | Weather sealing activity | | 15.1 | Installing a category 15A product, or combination of category 15A products, to the frame of an external door or to each edge of an external door if that installation— (a) is in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) restricts airflow along the entire perimeter of the door; and (c) does not impair the normal operation of the door. | | 15.2 | Installing a category 15B product, or combination of category 15B products, to the frame of an external window if that installation— (a) is in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) restricts airflow through the window; and (c) does not impair the normal operation of the window. | | 15.3 | Doing all of the following things— (a) removing a ceiling or wall exhaust fan that does not comply with the criteria applying to the product category numbered 15C; (b) decommissioning that ceiling or wall exhaust fan; (c) installing, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and in the place of the decommissioned fan, a category 15C product. | | 15.4 | Installing a category 15D product— (a) in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) on a ceiling or wall exhaust fan that expels air either outside or into the roof space of the premises and on which a category 15D product is not already installed; and (c) so that when installed on a ceiling or wall exhaust fan, the product allows airflow through the exhaust of the fan when the fan is operating and restricts airflow when the fan is not operating. | | 15.5 | Installing a category 15E product— (a) in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) in an unsealed wall vent; and (c) with the result that a ventilation opening in an external wall is sealed or closed. | | 15.6 | Installing a category 15F product— (a) in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) in an unsealed chimney or flue of a fireplace in which a category 15F product is not already installed; and (c) so that when fitted to a chimney or flue of an open fireplace used to burn solid fuel, the product— (i) restricts the airflow into or out of the chimney or flue when closed; and (ii) allows the fireplace to operate safely and effectively when open; and (d) so that it is fitted permanently to the chimney or flue. | | 15.7 | Installing a category 15G product (not being the reinstalling of a category 15G product)— (a) in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) to an unsealed chimney or flue of a fireplace in which a category 15G product is not already installed; and (c) so that when fitted to a chimney or flue of an open fireplace used to burn solid fuel, the product restricts the airflow into or out of the chimney or flue; and (d) with signage that includes instructions for removing the product. | | 15.8 | Installing a category 15H product (not being the reinstalling of a category 15H product)— (a) in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions; and (b) so that the product covers the ceiling outlet of a ducted evaporative cooling system to which a category 15H product is not already installed; and (c) so that when installed to cover the ceiling outlet of a ducted evaporative cooling system, the product restricts airflow from inside the residential premises into the evaporative cooling ductwork; and (d) that is supplied for installation with instructions regarding— (i) the installation and removal of the product; and (ii) the time of year that the product should be installed and removed. | | 15.9 | Installing a category 15I product in accordance with the specified installation requirements. |

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