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Cooling only double-duct portable air conditioner
Zero Breeze Z20 Heat Pump
Zero Breeze Z20 is a 0.6 kW cooling only double-duct portable heat pump registered for sale in New Zealand under the trans-Tasman E3 energy rating scheme (registration AAC10430).
- Energy rating (cooling)
- 1.5
- Annual electricity use
- 55 kWh
- Estimated running cost
- $18 / year
- $2 / month · $182 over 10 years
- Capacity
- 0.6 kW cooling
Only 1 comparable registration in this cohort, so no percentile is shown.
Across all 3,612 air conditioner registrations sold in Australia, it uses less than 100% (this compares very different sizes, so the cohort figure above is the useful one).
Annual kWh is the government label figure for a residential user in the cold zone (Canberra climate: Canberra, Hobart, Ballarat, alpine areas). All of New Zealand is the cold zone on the Zoned Energy Rating Label. Cost = kWh × 33c/kWh in NZD; change the price above to your tariff.
Zero Breeze Z20 running cost by climate zone
| Climate zone | kWh / year | Per year | 10 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold zone | 55 | $18 | $182 |
| Mixed zone | 84 | $28 | $277 |
| Hot zone | 238 | $79 | $785 |
At 33c/kWh. Formula: cost = annual kWh × price. The kWh figure is the label’s residential estimate for that zone; commercial-profile figures are in the specifications.
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Zero Breeze Z20 specifications
- Type
- Cooling only
- Configuration
- Double-duct portable
- Air distribution
- Non-ducted
- Indoor unit
- –
- Rated cooling capacity (35 °C)
- 0.63 kW
- Cooling power input
- 0.22 kW
- Rated heating capacity (7 °C)
- –
- Heating power input
- –
- EER, full load (tested)
- 2.84
- COP, full load (tested)
- –
- Rated AEER
- 2.86
- Rated ACOP
- –
- Standby power (PIA)
- 1.4 W
- Compressor
- Variable speed, Inverter
- Refrigerant
- R290
- Power supply
- Single phase
- Indoor sound power
- 46.3 dB(A)
- Outdoor sound power
- –
- Demand response (AS/NZS 4755)
- No
- Country of manufacture
- China
Dimensions are not collected for registrations under the 2019 Determination, so they are shown only where the source has them.
Zero Breeze Z20 zoned energy rating figures
As published for each climate zone. Residential figures drive the star ratings; commercial figures assume a commercial usage pattern.
| Zone | Profile | Cooling stars | Heating stars | Cooling kWh | Heating kWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coldcommercial | commercial | – | – | 120 | – |
| Coldresidential | residential | 1.5 | – | 55 | – |
| Mixedcommercial | commercial | – | – | 149 | – |
| Mixedresidential | residential | 1.5 | – | 84 | – |
| Hotcommercial | commercial | – | – | 321 | – |
| Hotresidential | residential | 1.5 | – | 238 | – |
Part-load test points (5 values)
- c__t1_half_cap_power_rated
- 105 W
- c__t1_have_min_cap_results
- No
- c__low_temp_have_min_cap_results
- No
- c__t1_half_cap_cooling_cap_rated
- 345 W
- c__low_temp_have_half_cap_results
- No
New Zealand E3 registration details
- Registration number
- AAC10430
- GEMS registration id
- 182025
- Status
- approved, available (self-reported)
- Registration expires
- 1 September 2031
- Registered for sale in
- Australia, Fiji, New Zealand
- Family
- –
- Regulatory standard
- [SEER Non Multi-Split <=65kW] GEMS (Air Conditioners up to 65kW) Determination 2019
- Test standard
- AS/NZS 3823.1.1:2012
- MEPS
- 2019
- Product class
- Class 2
Source: E3 programme registration data (EECA, New Zealand) (trans-Tasman E3 registration data published by DCCEEW on data.gov.au, CC BY 3.0 AU). Dataset published 19 September 2026; last checked 20 September 2026. How the derived figures are calculated.