South Korea - Operational Regulation for Energy Efficiency Managed Equipment

The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment amended its Operational Regulation for Energy Efficiency Managed Equipment to strengthen energy-efficiency requirements and expand the scope of regulated products as part of efforts to improve the national appliance energy-efficiency management system and achieve greater energy savings.

The amendment raises efficiency standards for electric fans (including circulators and BLDC models), clothes dryers, and residential gas boilers, including stricter minimum energy performance requirements and changes to the efficiency-rating framework for gas boilers. 

The regulation also adds air fryers as a new regulated product category and transfers printers from the standby-power reduction program to the energy-efficiency rating system, establishing new requirements covering product scope, testing methods, and efficiency criteria.