Compliance Regulatory Energy Efficiency Database (CREED)

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The Compliance Operations Group (COG) within Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) is making major changes to the data management system and regulatory reporting processes. These changes will simplify and streamline the way dealers of regulated energy-using products do business with COG.

The new Compliance Regulatory Energy Efficiency Database (CREED) is a secure online system that dealers and authorized certification bodies associated with the energy efficiency verification/certification files will use to submit compliance and energy efficiency information to NRCan. This new system will provide users with pre-defined templates to create, submit and manage energy efficiency reports.

Modernization benefits

The new system will reduce workload for dealers, certification bodies, and NRCan. It will reduce administrative time and increase productivity by automating processes, validating submitted data in near real-time, and reducing back and forth with NRCan. The system will provide more useful digital tools and better functionality to users. This should allow for better alignment with provincial and international partners.

Users will be able to upload submissions directly into the system; create, submit, and manage reports using product or equipment specific templates; have full access to previous submissions; track the status of all submissions and receive automated message when the status changes; view reports and statistics; ask questions to program staff; and, run searches on their already submitted reports.

Upcoming access to CREED for submitting compliance reports

The new system is scheduled for a staged release starting in 2024. As it marks a significant advance, it will be rolled out in several phases with support to ensure that all stakeholders are fully familiar with CREED before it replaces the current system.

Progress updates

As the development of this new online system moves forward, we will continue to consult with stakeholders to ensure it meets the needs of dealers and certification bodies for regulated energy-using products.

The plan is to have multiple launch dates scheduled to migrate all regulated energy-using products to the new CREED platform. Launches 1 – 5 to be completed by January 31st, 2025, with launches 6 – 10 to be completed by March 31st, 2025. Please note that should the proposed schedule change, we will update this webpage and communicate directly with affected stakeholders.

Launch 1

Beta-testing and the feedback period for lighting products was completed on September 27th, 2024. On October 23rd, 2024, the following products were migrated to the new CREED platform:
- Compact Fluorescent Lamps
- Exit Signs
- General Service Fluorescent Lamps
- General Service Incandescent Reflector Lamps
- General Service Lamps
- Traffic Signals & Pedestrian Modules
Launch 2

Beta-testing and the feedback period for the second launch of products was completed on November 8th, 2024. On November 22nd, 2024, the following products were migrated to the new CREED platform:
- Clean Water Pumps
- Gas Fireplaces
- Microwave Ovens
- Refrigerators
- TVs
- Vending Machines
- Video Products
Launch 3

The third group of products will not undergo beta testing and will be migrated directly to the new CREED platform on December 6th, 2024, and will include the following products:
- Air Conditioners – Portable
- Air Conditioners – Room
- Compact Audio Products
- Dehumidifiers – Portable
- Dehumidifiers – Whole home
Launches 4 and 5

The fourth and fifth groups of products will not undergo beta testing and will be migrated directly to the new CREED platform in January 2025 and will include the following products:
- Boilers - Electric – Household
- Boilers - Gas – Household
- Boilers - Oil-fired -Household
- Clothes Dryers
- Clothes Washers – Household
- Clothes Washers – Household-style Commercial
- Cooktops
- Dishwashers
- Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts
- Freezers
- Furnaces - Electric
- Integrated Washer/Dryer
- Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products
- Ovens – Electric
- Pre-Rinse Spray Valves
- Ranges - Gas
- Ranges - Electric
- Gas-fired Unit Heaters
- Walk-In Coolers & Freezers - Doors
- Walk-In Coolers & Freezers - Panels
- Walk-In Coolers & Freezers - Refrigeration Systems
- Water Heaters - Electric-Household
Launches 6 through 10

The remaining groups of products will not undergo beta testing and will be migrated directly to the new CREED platform in February and March 2025 and will include the following products:
- Air Conditioners - Large
- Air Conditioners - Packaged Terminal
- Air Conditioners - Single Package single phase
- Air Conditioners - Single Package three phase
- Air Conditioners - Single Package Vertical
- Air Conditioners - Split System single phase
- Air Conditioners - Split System three phase
- Battery Chargers
- Boilers - Gas – Commercial
- Boilers - Oil-fired – Commercial
- Ceiling Fan & Ceiling Fan Light Kits & Ceiling Fan with Ceiling Fan Light Kits
- Chillers
- External Power Supplies
- Furnaces – Gas
- Furnaces – Oil
- Heat Pumps - Ground Source
- Heat Pumps - Internal Water Loop
- Heat Pumps - Large
- Heat Pumps - Packaged Terminal
- Heat Pumps - Single Package Vertical
- Heat Pumps - Single Package single phase
- Heat Pumps - Single Package three phase
- Heat Pumps - Split System single phase
- Heat Pumps - Split System three phase
- Heat/Energy Recovery Ventilators (HERV)
- Ice Makers
- Metal Hallide Ballasts
- Motors – Electric
- Motors - Small Electric
- Refrigerators - Commercial
- Refrigerators - Commercial Multi-Compartment
- Torchieres
- Transformers (Dry-type)
- Water Heaters – Electric - Commercial
- Water Heaters – Gas - Commercial
- Water Heaters - Gas-fired Instantaneous-Household
- Water Heaters - Gas-fired - Household
- Water Heaters – Oil - Commercial
- Water Heaters - Oil-fired - Household

LINK TO CREED PORTAL

Canada’s Energy Efficiency Act and Energy Efficiency Regulations

All regulated products must meet federal energy efficiency standards to be imported into Canada or shipped from one province to another for the purpose of sale or lease. The Regulations continue to apply to these products if they are incorporated into a larger unit or machine, even when that unit or machine is an unregulated product.

Learn more about the Act and Regulations

Contact us

If you have questions, contact us at: CREED-BDCREE@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

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Date modified:: 2024-11-28

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