How to get energy rating for your Air Conditioner?

As an air conditioner manufacturer, you as well as others know that it’s not enough to just cool the room anymore. You need to provide more. You need to provide savings. You have to make sure that that your product is seen as an investment rather than a burden. And the only way you can do that if you find a way to reduce the energy consumption of your product. 

But that still wouldn’t be enough. Even if you reduce the energy consumption, you’d need to find a way to make your prospective customer aware of it. That’s where BEE certification comes in. 

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, in a move that changed the direction of the technological development of India, started giving star rating to the electronic and electrical appliances. As a result:

1. Customers now have an option to choose among many electrical appliances. 

2. Manufacturers started to focus on reducing the energy consumption of their products. 

3. Customers, for the first time ever, had a way to think of an air conditioner, or a fridge as an investment. 

As more and more product flooded the market, the costs reduced. Extravagant electronic appliances – including air conditioner – stopped being a status symbol. They became what they actually always were, a commodity that controls air temperature within a room; nothing more, nothing less. 

So, through this article, you’ll find out how to get star rating for your air conditioner. Because in a market with a lot of competition, a 5 star AC rating is just what you need to get ahead. 

What is the BEE certification process? 

The BEE certification process occurs in two stages. Each one would get you closer towards your goal of getting your AC, the BEE certification that you need.

BEE certificate Registration for the brand

There are merely five steps involved with brand stage of BEE registration process. They are:

1. Testing the equipment for energy consumption and keeping the test report for future preference. 

2. Filing the application of BEE certification. It’s a total online process and it involves and the time you file, would also be the time that you’ll attach the following documents:

1. Certificate of trademark registration

2. Details of the manufacturing facility

3. BIS certificate of the facility (if available)

4. QMC or Quality management certificate. ISO certification body provides the same. 

5. Small Scale Industry Certificate for your Air conditioner manufacturing plant. 

3. After online submission, it’s offline’s turn: For the bureau of energy efficiency registration, you’d need to take both the online and the offline process. Once you’ve filed the online application, take out a print out. Also take the hard copies of the required documents. Sign all of them and then send them to the Bureau. 

4. Getting brand level certification: Once your product has been tested and accepted by the Bureau, you’ll receive the BEE certification for the brand level. 

BEE model Registration for the product

1. Submit the details of the model of the product that you’ve gotten the brand registration for. 

2. Let the product goes through inspection. 

3. Your test report will be cross-checked. 

4. If the cross checking yields positive results for you, you’ll receive the  star rating for your Air conditioner. 

Conclusion

When all is said and done, you’d need to get your AC to an optimal level of energy consumption if you’re looking for that five star rating. With the above steps, you can understand the depth at which the Department conducts the tests. So, for your air conditioner, make sure to get the documents ready from the start. To help in that process, reach out to your nearest BEE certification service provider. Who knows? You’ll probably find us.