Yukawa Lab is one of Australia’s and Asia’s largest testing facilities for Australian, Pacific and Asian high-end appliance testing. Our NATA accredited laboratories are AS ISO/IEC 17025 and AS/NZS ISO 9001 certified, ensuring our test laboratories and environmental chambers are independently audited and international best practices are followed.

The name YUKAWA is derived from Prof. Hideki Yukawa, who was a Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate for his prediction of the
pi-meson or pion.

​​​​​​​The lab is a twin-room 120kW dual chamber Enthalpy Test Laboratory is the largest in Victoria and second largest in Australia. This enhanced facility will help Rinnai maintain its leadership position, meet new government regulations and conduct testing internally up to very high KW ratings under NATA accreditation for our products. In addition, Rinnai’s attention will now turn to launching the lab as business which can provide testing services to the general market including;

• Ducted Split / Packaged Air Conditioners for MEPS capacities, performance and seasonal star rating
• Geo-thermal / Water Cooled Air Conditioners / Chillers
• Heat Pump Water heater units for performance rating
• Evaporative Air Conditioners
• Solar Collectors
• Gas/Electric Hot Water Storage Tanks for heat loss MEPS
• Gas Ducted Space Heaters for MEPS capacities performance

Please refer to this link for a full list of accredited test standards.

Compliance testing is conducted to assist an appliance to meet:

• Equipment Energy Efficiency Program (E3) for Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS)
• Energy Star Rating scheme (ESR).
• Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards (GEMS)
• In Australia, GEMS WELS Registers: YUKAWA LAB can help Australian manufacturers register their appliances with the GEMS Regulators, upon successful completion of testing under the Energy Star Rating schemes.
• In New Zealand – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA): YUKAWA LAB can help New Zealand based manufacturers register their appliances with the Energy Efficiency & Conversion Authority (EECA), upon successful completion of testing under the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products) Regulations.

MEPS and Energy Labelling:

• Yukawa Lab can test the following products that must meet Energy Labelling requirements prior to entering the Australian market:
  – Air-conditioners
  – Electric Water Heaters
  – Swimming pool pump units
• Yukawa Lab can test the following products which must meet the MEPS requirements:
  – Single phase air-conditioners (air enthalpy method)
  – Three phase air-conditioners (air enthalpy method)
  – Closed control air-conditioners (air enthalpy method)
  – Electric Hot Water Heaters
• Yukawa Lab offers guidance in the preparation of due diligence compliance folders, for risk management and routine quality assurance, when only a voluntary scheme exists to ensure product safety. This is strongly recommended by the ACCC
• Yukawa Lab can perform other performance testing types, including but not limited to:
  – Understanding the effect of manufacturing tolerances,
  – Screen Testing,
  – Adding independent value to performance claims,
  – Providing design assistance for new technology ideas and comparative purposes.
• Yukawa Lab provides eligibility and performance testing for STC entitlements to ensure Solar Water Heaters and Heat Pump Water Heaters meet the requirements under the Clean Energy Regulator and Essential Services Commission.

Research & Development

• Yukawa Lab can support manufacturers with R&D projects who are seeking to improve the performance and safety of their appliances before entering the Australian or New Zealand markets.