Product lists

Financial incentives are available when you install, upgrade, or replace eligible equipment. Manufacturers, ACPs and other applicants must be familiar with which products can be used to create certificates. 

Product lists 

There are 3 lists used to determine whether products can be used under the Safeguard: 

• Water heater, lighting and chimney damper products appear on the IPART Public list of accepted products. This is a list of products we have ‘accepted’ for use under the Safeguard schemes. You can apply to have products added to this list.
• Battery products appear on the Approved Batteries list. This is managed by the Clean Energy Council (CEC) for solar batteries (eligible from 1 November 2024). The note below shows further conditions. 
• All other products appear on the Energy Rating Registration database. The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS) Regulator (GEMS register) manages this list.

^{Note:
Battery installation conditions under the Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS)} 

^{1) Not all batteries listed on the CEC approved batteries meet the PDRS Rule requirements.
2) For activity definition BESS1, batteries must use an installer with Grid-Connected Battery Storage ‘Design and Install’ or ‘Install only’ accreditation by Solar Accreditation Australia This is the installer list recognised by the Scheme Administrator.} 

Product Types 

The table below shows the different types of products on each list: 

You can only create certificates if you install a product from these public lists. 

However, products from the GEMS or CEC lists must also meet IPART’s requirements for specific activities. We detail these in the administrative requirements and the Rule, and the relevant method guides. 

Product type by method

There are different methods to calculate energy savings and peak demand reduction capacity. They are designed for specific sectors and activities under the Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) and Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS).

The table shows the types of products we must first ‘accept’ under each ESS method:

We publish the accepted products to the Accepted products list on TESSA, our online system. This list shows the brand and model number. It also shows the values used to calculate certificates by activity.

You can check whether products are active (in use) or inactive (no longer in use and can no longer be used to calculate energy savings).

For each product, the accepted products list specifies:

• calculation method and, where relevant, the activity definition
• date the product was accepted (shown as ‘effective from’)
• date the product was cancelled (shown as ‘effective to’)
• values for ACPs to use for energy savings and peak demand capacity calculations.

ACPs must use the values current at the implementation date of your upgrade. 

For example, lighting upgrades you use the Lamp Circuit Power (LCP) or the Nominal Lamp Power (NLP) published on our list to calculate and create certificates for new equipment you install. This happens on or after you install those lights. 

Adding products to our list

To add a water heater, lighting or chimney damper product to our Accepted Products List, you need to submit an application in TESSA. Our Applying for product acceptance page explains how to do this and what information you must provide.

You can also check product-specific requirements on the pages for:

• water heaters
• lighting and other products.

You can also refer to the relevant Method Guide for the relevant calculation method.

Enquiries

Direct your product enquiries to our Product Applications Team or log an enquiry directly through TESSA.

More information

• Applying for product acceptance page
• Applying for Product Acceptance guide
• IHEAB water heater guide
• HEER water heater guide