Notice

Notice of standards

Updated 21 May 2024

Applies to England and Wales

This notice confirms that the standards listed below are published for the purposes of Regulation 4 of ‘The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022’.

Regulation Approved standards
4(1)(a)(i) BS EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012
Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.
4(1)(a)(ii) BS EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012
Conformity assessment. Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services.
4(1)(b) Version 6.1 of the document entitled ‘MCS 007 Product Certification Scheme Requirements: Heat Pumps’ published on 1 December 2019.

BS EN 14511-1:2018 Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors for space heating and cooling. Terms and definitions.

BS EN 14511-2:2018 Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors for space heating and cooling. Test conditions.

BS EN 14511-3:2018 Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors for space heating and cooling. Test methods.

BS EN 14511-4:2018 Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps with electrically driven compressors for space heating and cooling. Requirements.
4(1)(c) Version 1.0 of the document entitled ‘MCS 026 Seasonal Coefficient of Performance Calculator’ published on 1 May 2015.

BS EN 14825:2018 Air conditioners, liquid chilling packages and heat pumps, with electrically driven compressors, for space heating and cooling. Testing and rating at part load conditions and calculation of seasonal performance.
4(1)(d) Version 3.1 of the document entitled ‘MCS 008 Product Certification Scheme Requirements: Biomass’ published on 1 December 2019.

BS EN 303-5:2021 Heating boilers - Heating boilers for solid fuels, manually and automatically stoked, nominal heat output of up to 500 kW. Terminology, requirements, testing and marking.

BS EN 16510-1:2018 Residential solid fuel burning appliances - General requirements and test methods.
4(1)(e) BS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2017 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories.
4(1)(f) BS EN 303-5:2021 Heating boilers - Heating boilers for solid fuels, manually and automatically stoked, nominal heat output of up to 500 kW. Terminology, requirements, testing and marking.
4(1)(g) In relation to NOx emissions:

- BS EN 14792:2017 Stationary source emissions. Determination of mass concentration of nitrogen oxides. Standard reference method. Chemiluminescence.

In relation to PM emissions:

- BS EN 13284-1:2017 Stationary source emissions. Determination of low range mass concentration of dust. Manual gravimetric method.

- BS ISO 9096:2017 Stationary source emissions. Manual determination of mass concentration of particulate matter.
4(1)(h)(i) Version 4.2 of the document entitled ‘Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3004 requirements for contractors undertaking the supply, design, installation, set to work, commissioning and handover of solid biofuel heating systems’ published on 6 May 2015.
4(1)(h)(ii) Issue 1.0 of the document entitled ‘Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-I The Heat Pump Standard (Installation)’ published on 1 December 2021.

Issue 1.0 of the document entitled ‘Microgeneration Installation Standard: MIS 3005-D The Heat Pump Standard (Design)’ published on 1 December 2021.
4(1)(j) Home Insulation and Energy Systems Contractors Scheme (HIeS) Code of Practice Version P published on 1 January 2024, and operational from 1 February 2024.

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Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) Version 8 published 5 July 2023.