Certification Introduction:

CEC certification is the Appliance Efficiency Regulation implemented by the California Energy Commission on December 30, 2005. The purpose of this regulation is to improve the efficiency of electrical products, save energy, reduce gas emissions and the greenhouse effect. At present, BACL has obtained authorization for various products such as audio and video, energy-saving lamps, LED high-efficiency lighting, ballasts and power supplies, and can provide customers with CEC related tests and reports.

Recently, the California Energy Efficiency Commission has updated Title20, Title24 and voluntary certification, as follows:

CEC Title 20

In January 2019, the CEC Title 20 Household Electrical Regulations officially released a new version CEC-140-2019-002. The new regulations emphasize that the definition of general lighting bulbs issued by DOE on January 19, 2017 will continue to be used, and at the same time, it is emphasized that from January 1, 2020, general lighting bulbs with luminous efficacy below 45lm/w will not be allowed in California. market sales. From June 13, 2018, the battery charger regulation CEC Title 20 came into force.

Website: http://www.energy.ca.gov/appliances/ 

On January 1, 2017, CEC added regulations and certification requirements for LED bulbs in Title20 Section1601-1607, and it can be considered to accept LED bulb compliance data from January 1, 2017. On January 1, 2018, CEC released the certification template and guidelines and officially began to accept the certification of LED bulbs. CEC Title 20 Section1601-1607 The new standard for LED bulbs can be viewed at the following link:

https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Browse/Home/California/CaliforniaCodeofRegulations?guid=I8F8F3BC0D44E11DEA95CA4428EC25FA0&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29

CEC Title 20 Home Appliance Product Categories:

• Refrigerator, freezer

• Air conditioners, air filters, forced ventilation heating or cooling, water heaters

• Dishwasher, clothes dryer, pool heater, microwave

CEC Title24

The building lighting energy efficiency regulations are updated according to a cycle of about 3 years. The new building lighting energy efficiency regulations in 2019 have been improved on the basis of the 2016 regulations. The current 2019 building lighting energy efficiency regulations are CEC-400-2018-020-CMF, Effective January 1, 2020. The new regulation CEC Title24 2022 has been announced, and the specific effective date of the new regulation is January 1, 2023.

Voluntary California Quality LED Lamp Specification CEC-400-2017-015-SF, LED bulb voluntary certification regulation Version3.1. On December 19, 2017, CEC officially announced the final draft of the voluntary bulb certification V3.1/CEC-400 -2017-015-SF, V3.1 standard specification clarifies that manufacturers can estimate the life before completing the life test and complete the initial submission for listing. This standard is used by the California Energy Efficiency Commission to guide more high-quality LED bulbs to enter California market.

URL: https://www.energy.ca.gov/business_meetings/2017_packets/2017-12-13/Item_01e_VoluntaryLEDSpec/Voluntary%20CA%20Quality%20Spec%20v.3.1.pdf

Certification website link: www.energy.ca.gov

CEC Listed Product Information Database MADBES System Link: https://cacertappliances.energy.ca.gov/Login.aspx