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Notice of standards
Updated 21 May 2024
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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. or Renewable Energy Consumer Code (RECC) Version 8 published 5 July 2023. |