CSA R7001:21

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Sustainability standard for household refrigeration appliances

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ICS 97.040.30

CSA Technical Committee on Sustainability of Household Appliances

A. C. Chung Chung Consulting & Advisory Ltd, Markham, Ontario, Canada Category: General Interest

Chair

Buchanan Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Category: General Interest

M. Chowdhury CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc,

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Non-voting

J. H. Chun Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Pine Brook, New Jersey, USA

Non-voting

S. V. Gopal Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM),

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Non-voting

J. Hillard Consumer Council of Canada (CCC), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Category: User Interest

W. Huzar Consumers Council of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Category: User Interest

C. Jung LG Electronics USA Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA Category: Producer Interest

P. Maddock Panasonic Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Category: Producer Interest

R. Morrison CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Non-voting

1. J. Singlehurst Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

   Non-voting

2. M. Southard Whirlpool Corporation,

Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

Category: Producer Interest

1. Lindsay CSA Group, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

   Project Manager

   
   

   Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers AHAM 7001-2021

   Third Edition

   
   

   CSA Group CSA R7001:21

   Second Edition

   
   

   Underwriters Laboratories Inc. UL 7001

   Third Edition

   
   

   Sustainability Standard for Household Refrigeration Appliances

   
   

   October 27, 2021

   
   

   ANSI/UL 7001-2021

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   CONTENTS

   Preface 5

   Foreword 7

   1. Scope 9

   2. General 9

   3. References 9

      1. Normative references. 9

   4. Definitions 12

   5. General requirements 16

      1. Units of measurement 16

      2. Attributes 16

      3. Assessment 16

   6. Point allocation system 16

   7. Prerequisites 17

   8. Audit scope and boundaries 18

   9. Attributes, criteria, and metrics 19

      1. Materials attribute 19

      2. Attribute: Energy consumption during use. 23

      3. Attribute – Manufacturing and operations 25

      4. Attribute – End-of-life management 30

      5. Attribute – Innovation 32

   10. Document retention and record keeping 33

Annex A (informative) Multi-attribute approach

1. Context 34

2. Purpose 34

3. Principles 35

4. Overall methodology 35

   1. General 35

   2. Development of value chain heat map template for use in hot spot analysis and identification of attributes for this Standard 38

   3. Literature review to identify preliminary hot spots 39

   4. Manufacturer interviews to identify preliminary hot spots 40

   5. Evaluation of preliminary results of hot spots to determine whether additional information is required 41

   6. Life cycle assessment to validate and supplement preliminary results of hot spots 41

   7. Re-evaluation, weighting, and prioritization of hot spots 44

   8. Selection of final set of attributes for this Standard 46

5. Data quality 49

6. Conclusion 51

Annex B (informative) Informative References

Annex C (informative) Environmental management systems

Annex D (informative) Innovation

Annex E (informative) Pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content

Annex F (informative) Consideration in making sustainability claims

Preface

This is the second edition of CSA R7001, the third edition of UL 7001, and the most recent version of AHAM 7001, Sustainability Standard for Household Refrigeration Appliances.

This harmonized standard was prepared by the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), CSA Group, and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL). The efforts and support of the Technical Harmonization Committee are gratefully acknowledged.

This standard was prepared by CSA Technical Committee on Sustainability of Household Appliances under the jurisdiction of CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Business Management and Sustainability and has been formally approved by the CSA Technical Committee. This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.

The environmental performance of refrigeration home appliances is commonly evaluated on the single environmental attribute of electricity consumption during use. This Standard takes a multi-attribute, life cycle approach to measuring a broad spectrum of environmental and social impacts of refrigeration home appliances as a means of assessing sustainability performance. The multi-attribute approach was developed using representative product life cycle assessment (LCA) information along with other key factors such as hot-spot or hot-button analyses influencing product environmental performance. The attributes and criteria in this Standard are drawn from a much larger list and reflect the understanding of the attributes and criteria that are most prominent in sustainable performance and over which the manufacturers of these products have control. This approach, detailed in Annex A, determined the environmental attributes of refrigeration appliances for inclusion in this Standard. The authors acknowledge that revisions to this Standard will be considered periodically and that future editions may consider a broader range of sustainability criteria.

It has been contemplated by all parties that this Standard will be updated to reflect new U.S. Department of Energy or Natural Resources Canada minimum energy performance standards for refrigeration products. Many of the measurements included in this Standard are unique and have not been conducted on other appliance categories. The Standard’s committees expect to learn much from the application of this First Edition in subsequent years. The use of this Standard and self-assessment by refrigeration products manufacturers and external third-party assessment bodies will be used to improve the Standard in drafting the second and subsequent editions.

This Standard was written specifically for products placed on the market in the United States and Canada. At the present time, a number of the calculations are based on systems and designs of products in North America.

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Foreword

The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), CSA Group, and Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL), as a Task Force, under the jurisdiction of the AHAM Major Appliance Engineering Council, CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Business Management and Sustainability, and UL Environment, collaborated with experts and stakeholders to initiate development of product standards for home appliances as the first step in a broader product sustainability initiative. The overall goal of this family of standards is to provide meaningful product sustainability performance information to consumers and stakeholders. It is intended for this initiative to drive innovation and continual improvement in the sustainability performance of home appliances by empowering consumers. This Standard is based on product life cycle information and consideration for consumer expectations. It provides information for consumers, governments, retailers, and other program developers to help distinguish between products based on environmental criteria.

AHAM, CSA, and UL would like to acknowledge the assistance of PE INTERNATIONAL and Five Winds Strategic Consulting whose staff served as experts and project managers.

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Sustainability Standard for Household Refrigeration Appliances

1. Scope

   
   

   1. This Standard covers two-phase refrigerant compression-type refrigeration appliances for household use included within the scope of the U.S. Department of the Energy (DoE) and Canadian Federal Energy Efficiency Regulations minimum energy performance requirements. This includes the following product categories:

      
      

      1. refrigerators;

         
         

      2. refrigerator-freezers;

         
         

      3. chest and upright freezers; and

         
         

      4. compact refrigerator/freezers.

         
         

   2. This Standard does not cover absorption-type refrigerators or refrigeration appliances for commercial use.

      
      

2. General

   
   

   1. In this Standard, "shall" is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard; "should" is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and "may" is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard. Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material. Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.

      
      

3. References

3.1 Normative references

3.1.1 Where reference is made to any Standards, such reference shall be considered to refer to the latest editions and revisions thereto available at the time of printing, unless otherwise specified.

Canadian Competition Bureau

The Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985 c. C-34

Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-38 Textile Labelling Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. T-10

CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)

Supply Chain Program