Circulars

Climate Change & Energy Efficiency Circulars

DescriptionDate
[Circular] Revision of Fees for Registration and Renewal of Regulated Chiller and Registration of GHG Entity under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) [PDF, 166.72 KB]31 July 2026
[Circular] Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme (MELS) for Regulated Goods Imported for Own Use and Requirements on Advertisement of Regulated Goods [PDF, 183.67 KB]24 June 2026
[Circular] Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill to Extend Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) and Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme (MELS) to Regulated Goods Imported for Own Use [PDF, 183.67 KB]

24 April 2026

[Circular] Mandatory Compliance Requirements for Regulated Goods under the Energy Conservation Act (ECA)[PDF, 129.41 KB]27 February 2026
[Circular] Compliance with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for Water-Cooled Chilled Water Systems (WCCWS)[PDF, 197.61 KB]10 February 2026
[Circular] Key Amendments to Subsidiary Legislations (SL) under the Energy Conservation Act (ECA) Related to Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES)[PDF, 167.86 KB]25 November 2025
[Circular] Finalised DRE-TG for Process GHG Scrubbers in Complex Sector 3 Facilities under Carbon Pricing Act from 1 October 2025 [PDF, 115.13 KB]
19 September 2025
[Circular] Reminder on Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) compliance with effect from 1 Dec 2025 [PDF, 87.94 KB]10 June 2025
[Circular] Key Amendments to the Energy Conservation Act [PDF, 125.84 KB]06 March 2025
[Circular] Requirements for Regulated Goods under the Energy Conservation Act [PDF, 291.14 KB]19 February 2025
[Circular] Revised Fees for Registration and Renewal of Registration of Regulated Goods under the Energy Conservation Act (ECA) [PDF, 210.51 KB]18 February 2025
[Circular] Raising Consumer Awareness of Energy Efficient Household Appliances [PDF, 241.97 KB]

31 July 2024

[Circular] Recertification of Chiller Technicians [PDF, 287.1 KB]11 July 2024
[Circular] Requirements for regulated lamps, televisions and portable air-conditioners with effect from 1 Apr 2024 [PDF, 198.21 KB] 03 April 2024 
[Circular] Key Amendments to the Mandatory Energy Labelling Scheme and Minumum Energy Performance Standard Requirements under the Energy Conservation Act [PDF, 328.59 KB]08 March 2024
[Circular] Minimising GHG Emissions from Industrial Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Equipment Systems [PDF, 156.97 KB] 30 January 2024
[Circular] Reminder on Revised Applicable Test Standards with effect from 1 Jan 2024 [PDF, 132.33 KB]  03 January 2024
[Circular] Updates to Declaration Forms for Registration and Submission under the Carbon Pricing Act from 1 Jan 2024 [PDF, 263.91 KB] 26 December 2023
 [Circular] Amendments to Carbon Pricing Act ("CPA") from 1 Jan 2024
1. Accredited External Auditors under the CPA [PDF, 249.49 KB]
2. Taxable Facilties under the CPA [PDF, 264.89 KB]
3. Reportable Facilties under the CPA [PDF, 250.86 KB]
  20 December 2023 
[Circular] Amendments to the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013 under the Energy Conservation Act[PDF, 276.85 KB] 01 April 2023
[Circular] Amendments to the Energy Conservation (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations and Energy Conservation (Prescribed Regulated Goods) Order under the Energy Conservation Act  [PDF, 276.85 KB]10 March 2023 
[Circular] Notice of End of Transitional Provision - Mandatory Compliance with Revised Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) for Refrigerator, Clothes Dryer and Air-Conditioner [PDF, 49.5 KB] 03 February 2023
 [Circular] Mandatory Compliance with Revised Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) for Refrigerator, Clothes Dryer and Air-conditioner  [PDF, 85.51 KB]28 November 2022
 [Circular] Subsidiary legislations and orders on regulated goods and GHG works under the EPMA  [PDF, 105.2 KB]07 October 2022 
 [Circular] Registration of suppliers supplying regulated chillers and chiller servicing companies carrying out regulated GHG work [PDF, 81.51 KB]16 September 2022 
[Circular] Update on Requirements under the Environmental Protection and Management Act on the restriction in supply of refrigerantion and air-conditioning equipment using high global warming potential refrigerant and discontinuation of climate friendly label [PDF, 218.4 KB]01 September 2022 
Reminder for companies to send chiller technicians for certification to comply with upcoming legislations under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA)
17 February 2022  [PDF, 52.31 KB]
29 April 2022  [PDF, 115.44 KB]
23 May 2022  [PDF, 48.88 KB]

17 February, 29 April, 23 May 2022 
 [Circular] Amendments to the Energy Conservation (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations 2017 under the Energy Conservation Act (ECA) [PDF, 170.51 KB]03 January 2022 
 [Circular] Amendments to the Energy Conservation (Energy Management Practices) Regulations 2013 under the ECA [PDF, 155.87 KB] 22 December 2021
 [Circular] Amendments to Fourth Schedule of CPA and Schedule of ECA  [PDF, 131.67 KB] 15 October 2021 
[Circular] EPM(Amendment) Bill to mitigate emissions of refrigerants with high GWP used in RAC equipment [PDF, 144.32 KB]12 October 2021 
[Circular] Amendments to Energy Conservation (Regulated Goods and Registered Suppliers) Regulations  [PDF, 137.61 KB]  29 April 2021 
[Circular] Reportable Facilities to Report High Sulphur Diesel as Reckonable Emissions from 2021 under CPA [PDF, 113.59 KB]31 March 2021 
[Circular] Taxable Facilities to Report High Sulphur Diesel as Reckonable Emissions from 2021 under CPA [PDF, 114.75 KB] 31 March 2021
Government Gazette - Delegation of NEA’s powers and duties under Carbon Pricing Act 2018 [PDF, 407.81 KB]
09 October 2020
[Circular] Requirements under Energy Conservation Act (ECA) to Promote Continual Energy Efficiency (EE) Improvement [PDF, 684.35 KB]
01 October 2020