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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for metal halide lamp fixtures (MHLFs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including (MHLFs). EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notification of proposed determination (NOPD), DOE has initially determined that amended standards for MHLFs would not be cost effective. DOE requests comment on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPD until December 4, 2023.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2022–BT– STD–0023, by email (MHLF2022STD0023@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public webinar upon request. Please request a public webinar no later than October 17, 2023. 
• Find product information for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

In an exercise of its enforcement discretion, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will not impose civil penalties on a clothes washer or commercial clothes washer manufacturer for certifying compliance with DOE’s energy conservation standards based on testing that exceeds the maximum test cloth run provision set forth in the DOE test procedure for clothes washers and commercial clothes washers in appendices J (§ 2.7), and J2 (§ 2.7) of 10 C.F.R. part 430. Likewise, DOE will not impose civil penalties on a clothes dryer manufacturer for certifying compliance with DOE’s energy conservation standards based on testing that exceeds the maximum test cloth run provision set forth in the DOE test procedure for clothes dryers in appendices D1 (§ 2.6.1(c)) and D2 (§§ 2.6.1(c) and
2.6.2) of 10 C.F.R. part 430. Instead, clothes washer and commercial clothes washer manufacturers may use a single test cloth for up to 120 test runs, and clothes dryer manufacturers may use a single test cloth for up to 50 test runs. DOE also may use test cloths in the same manner for assessment and enforcement tests.

• The enforcement policy statement is available on DOE’s General Counsel website

Find additional information about Residential Clothes Washers and Clothes Dryers including current standards and test procedures and information pertaining to ongoing rulemaking.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

In an exercise of its enforcement discretion, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will not impose civil penalties on a clothes washer or commercial clothes washer manufacturer for certifying compliance with DOE’s energy conservation standards based on testing that exceeds the maximum test cloth run provision set forth in the DOE test procedure for clothes washers and commercial clothes washers in appendices J (§ 2.7), and J2 (§ 2.7) of 10 C.F.R. part 430. Likewise, DOE will not impose civil penalties on a clothes dryer manufacturer for certifying compliance with DOE’s energy conservation standards based on testing that exceeds the maximum test cloth run provision set forth in the DOE test procedure for clothes dryers in appendices D1 (§ 2.6.1(c)) and D2 (§§ 2.6.1(c) and
2.6.2) of 10 C.F.R. part 430. Instead, clothes washer and commercial clothes washer manufacturers may use a single test cloth for up to 120 test runs, and clothes dryer manufacturers may use a single test cloth for up to 50 test runs. DOE also may use test cloths in the same manner for assessment and enforcement tests.

• The enforcement policy statement is available on DOE’s General Counsel website

Find additional information about Residential Clothes Washers and Clothes Dryers including current standards and test procedures and information pertaining to ongoing rulemaking.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers (CRE). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer equipment and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including CRE. EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes new and amended standards for CRE, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0007, by email (CRE2017STD0007@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public meeting and webinar on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in Washington, DC.
• The public meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 6E-069, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585.
• To attend in-person please email appliance_standards_public_meetings@ee.doe.gov
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this meeting or webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer furnace fans. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notification of proposed determination (NOPD), DOE has initially determined that it could not conclude that amended standards would be cost effective, and thus, is not proposing to amend its standards for these products. DOE requests comment on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPD until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2021-BT-STD-0029, by email (ConsumerFurnFan2021STD0029@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public webinar upon request. Please request a public webinar no later than 14 days after the notice has published in the Federal Register.

Find product information for Consumer Furnace Fans including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer furnaces. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to determine periodically whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for consumer furnaces, specifically non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces. DOE has determined that the amended standards for the subject products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The text of this rule is subject to correction based on the identification of errors as defined in 10 CFR 430.5 before publication in the Federal Register. Readers are requested to notify DOE by email at ErrorCorrectionInfo@EE.DOE.Gov of any typographical or other errors, as described in such regulations, by no later than midnight on November 13, 2023, in order that DOE may make any necessary corrections in the regulatory text submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
• The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for the subject consumer furnaces in this final rule is required on and after 5 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Consumer Furnaces including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for metal halide lamp fixtures (MHLFs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including (MHLFs). EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notification of proposed determination (NOPD), DOE has initially determined that amended standards for MHLFs would not be cost effective. DOE requests comment on this proposed determination and the associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPD until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2022–BT– STD–0023, by email (MHLF2022STD0023@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public webinar upon request. Please request a public webinar no later than 14 days after the notice has published in the Federal Register.
• Find product information for Metal Halide Lamp Fixtures including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for dedicated purpose pool pumps motors. When DOE is considering adopting standards, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires that the standards be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency, which DOE determines is technologically feasible and economically justified. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for dedicated purpose pool pump motors. It has determined that the new standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is  November 27, 2023
• Compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower < 0.5 THP in this final rule is required on and after September 29, 2025. 
• Compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower ≥0.5 THP and <1.15 THP in this final rule is required on and after  September 28, 2027. 
• Finally, compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower ≥1.15 THP and ≤5 THP in this final rule is required on and after September 29, 2025.
• The incorporation of refence of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on November 27 2023.
• Find product information for Dedicated Purpose Pool Pump Motors including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

In an exercise of its enforcement discretion, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces a delayed enforcement model for manufacturers making voluntary representations of certain categories of electric motors subject to the amended test procedure published on October 19, 2022

• The enforcement policy statement is available on DOE’s General Counsel website
• Find additional information about electric motors, including current standards and test procedures and information pertaining to ongoing rulemaking.

This  is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice amending the test procedures for commercial refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers (CRE) to reference the latest versions of the applicable industry standards. DOE also establishes definitions and test procedures for new equipment categories, adopts test procedures consistent with recently published waivers and interim waivers, establishes product-specific enforcement provisions, allows for volume determinations based on computer-aided designs, specifies a sampling plan for volume and total display area, and adopts additional clarifying amendments.

• The effective date of this rule is October 26, 2023.
• The amendments will be mandatory for equipment testing starting September 20, 2024.
• The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on October 26, 2023.
• Find product information for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), in which DOE proposed new and amended energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice makers. DOE has published a Federal Register notification of data availability (NODA), updating its analysis for automatic commercial ice makers based on information DOE received related to harvest rate cutoffs in response to DOE's May 11, 2023 NOPR. DOE requests comments, data, and information regarding the updated analysis.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NODA no later than October 25, 2023.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2017–BT–STD–0022, by email (ACIM2017STD0022@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• Find product information for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On September 5, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), in which DOE proposed amended energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. In this pre-publication Federal Register notification, DOE is summarizing and addressing comments that were considered but not discussed in the September 2023 NOPR.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the September 2023 NOPR as supplemented by this notice of data availability no later than November 6, 2023.

• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0009, by email (WICF2017STD0009@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Walk-in Coolers and Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

New Coalition Builds on Momentum from 2023 Critical Materials Assessment and Corresponding List, Announces Intent to Invest Up to $10M for Critical Materials Accelerator Program 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a first-of-its-kind Critical Materials Collaborative (CMC) and announced its intent to fund up to $10 million to establish a Critical Materials Accelerator Program. The vision of the CMC is to integrate critical materials applied research, development and demonstration (RD&D) across DOE and the federal government, to accelerate the development of domestic critical material supply chains for the nation. The CMC will operationalize coordination and collaboration, while creating a value-add for RD&D performers by expanding their access to world-class expertise, capabilities, and facilities.  

“The Critical Materials Collaborative is an innovative new mode of connection that will align our nation’s efforts to shore up critical materials by accelerating the commercialization of crosscutting, applied RD&D to grow the innovation ecosystem,” said Jeff Marootian, principal deputy assistant secretary for energy efficiency and renewable energy (EERE). “By working across DOE, government, industry, and academia, we will be able to maximize the impact of these investments to move the needle on the clean energy transition.” 

The CMC convenes DOE investments across the entire innovation pipeline, from the Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office's (AMMTO) Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub, to AMMTO’s Critical Materials Accelerator Program, to the Fossil Energy and Carbon Management’s (FECM) Critical Materials FOA announced earlier this month. These investments represent the first of many DOE programs to be coordinated through the CMC.  

AMMTO recently renewed the Critical Materials Institute for a third five-year phase under the new Critical Materials Innovation (CMI) Hub name, with a refreshed mission to accelerate the development of critical material technologies and enhance the innovation pipeline for U.S. supply chains by accelerating research, educating a diverse workforce, and creating de-risked, commercial-ready technologies in partnership with American industry. The CMI Hub will establish a new project portfolio around four research focus areas: Enhancing and Diversifying Supply; Developing Substitutes; Building a Circular Economy; and Crosscutting Research. The CMI Hub will also play a key role in the CMC by serving as an innovation engine and convener for shared ideas and best practices. 

Coinciding with the CMC launch, AMMTO today announced a notice of intent to fund up to $10 million to establish a Critical Materials Accelerator Program. Projects funded through the Accelerator Program will prototype and mature technologies or processes to address critical material challenges in high impact areas, including rare earth magnets for electric vehicles (EVs) and wind turbine generators. The Accelerator will advance early-stage science and technology solutions’ research coming out of the CMI Hub. The full notice of intent with all four topic areas is available on EERE’s Funding Opportunity Exchange. 

Accelerated projects then could be demonstrated at the pilot scale through opportunities such as FECM’s announcement of up to $150 million to advance cost effective and environmentally responsible processes to produce and refine critical minerals and materials here in the United States. This funding, provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will help to meet the growing demand for critical minerals and materials while reducing America’s dependence on offshore supplies, in alignment with the CMC’s mission.  

“U.S. commercial minerals processing capabilities have been on the decline for decades, while the need for critical minerals continues to grow,” said Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. “The Critical Materials Collaborative and related work being done across DOE, coupled with investments made through the Inflation Reduction Act, are creating the innovation ecosystem needed to get the U.S. minerals sector back on track.” 

Critical minerals and materials are key to the manufacturing of clean energy technologies—such as solar panels, wind turbines, EVs, and hydrogen fuel cells—that will further America’s mission to achieve the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious climate goals. The CMC will leverage the 2023 DOE Critical Materials Assessment, the latest in a series of strategy reports DOE has been releasing since 2010, to prioritize investigating substitutes, alternatives, and recycling technologies that secure a sustainable supply of critical minerals and materials. This year marked the first time DOE designated a list of critical materials necessary to secure our clean energy economy.  

The CMC is co-chaired by experts from AMMTO and FECM. Other partners include ARPA-E, EERE’s Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO), Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO), Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), and Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO), as well as the Office of Electricity (OE), Office of International Affairs (IA), Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC), Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Office of Science (OS), Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), Office of Policy (OP), and Loan Programs Office (LPO). 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers (CPBs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), DOE to, among other things, periodically consider whether amended standards for CPBs are warranted. On January 10, 2020, DOE complied with this requirement by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register that established amended standards for CPBs. The American Public Gas Association (APGA), Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Spire Inc. filed petitions for review of the final rule in the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit), Fourth Circuit, and Eighth Circuit, respectively. These petitions were consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. In accordance with the D.C. Circuit’s opinion, on January 18, 2022, DOE published a supplemental response to comments on April 20, 2022. In response, APGA, AHRI, and Spire Inc. filed separate petitions for review of the final rule as supplemented. These petitions were consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit issued its opinion on July 7, 2023, granting the petitions for review, vacating the final rule as supplemented, and remanding the proceedings to DOE. Consistent with the judgment, DOE is amending the CFR to reflect the court’s order vacating the standards for CPB.

• This action is effective on September 19, 2023. However, the opinion had legal effect on August 28, 2023.
• Find product information for Commercial Packaged Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice announcing a public meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), requires that agencies publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.

• DOE will hold a public meeting in-person and via webinar on October 17, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The meeting will be held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington, DC 20024.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• To attend in-person please email asrac@ee.doe.gov. 
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find more information on the ASRAC.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice amending the test procedures for commercial refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers (CRE) to reference the latest versions of the applicable industry standards. DOE also establishes definitions and test procedures for new equipment categories, adopts test procedures consistent with recently published waivers and interim waivers, establishes product-specific enforcement provisions, allows for volume determinations based on computer-aided designs, specifies a sampling plan for volume and total display area, and adopts additional clarifying amendments.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The amendments will be mandatory for equipment testing starting 360 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice announcing a public meeting of the Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), requires that agencies publish notice of an advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.

• DOE will hold a public meeting in-person and via webinar on October 17, 2023 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• The meeting will be held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington, DC 20024.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• To attend in-person please email asrac@ee.doe.gov. 
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find more information on the ASRAC.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for commercial packaged boilers (CPBs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), DOE to, among other things, periodically consider whether amended standards for CPBs are warranted. On January 10, 2020, DOE complied with this requirement by publishing a final rule in the Federal Register that established amended standards for CPBs. The American Public Gas Association (APGA), Air-conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and Spire Inc. filed petitions for review of the final rule in the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit), Fourth Circuit, and Eighth Circuit, respectively. These petitions were consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. In accordance with the D.C. Circuit’s opinion, on January 18, 2022, DOE published a supplemental response to comments on April 20, 2022. In response, APGA, AHRI, and Spire Inc. filed separate petitions for review of the final rule as supplemented. These petitions were consolidated in the D.C. Circuit. The D.C. Circuit issued its opinion on July 7, 2023, granting the petitions for review, vacating the final rule as supplemented, and remanding the proceedings to DOE. Consistent with the judgment, DOE is amending the CFR to reflect the court’s order vacating the standards for CPB.

• This action will be effective once the notice has been published in the Federal Register. However, the opinion had legal effect on August 28, 2023. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Commercial Packaged Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and freezers. Specifically, DOE proposes to amend standards for walk-in non-display doors and walk-in refrigeration systems. 

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until November 6, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0009, by email (WICF2017STD0009@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Walk-in Coolers and Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule that amended the test procedure for room air conditioners (room ACs). DOE has published a Federal Register notice correcting errors in the amended regulatory text as it appeared in the March 2021 final rule. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.

• The effective date is August 30, 2023.
• Find product information for Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer boilers. DOE previously proposed amended standards for consumer boilers in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2023, which also announced a public meeting via webinar to receive input on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. On August 15, 2023, DOE received a letter from the Air- Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) asking DOE to extend the NOPR comment period by 30 days and also to hold an in-person public meeting regarding the NOPR. In this document, DOE grants AHRI’s request for an in-person meeting and announces that the public meeting will now be held in person, in addition to being broadcast as a webinar. DOE is denying AHRI’s request for a comment period extension for the reasons explained in this document.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until October 13, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT– STD-0036, by email (ConsumerBoilers2019STD0036@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public meeting in-person and via webinar on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• The meeting will be held at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1400, Arlington, VA 22209
• To attend in-person please email appliance_standards_public_meetings@ee.doe.gov. Please note advance registration is required and capacity in the meeting room will be limited.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Consumer Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a direct final rule to establish new energy conservation standards for air cleaners in the Federal Register on April 11, 2023. DOE has determined that the comments received in response to the direct final rule do not provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule. Therefore, DOE is issuing this pre-publication Federal Register document confirming adoption of the energy conservation standards established in the direct final rule and announcing the effective date of those standards.

• The effective date of August 9, 2023, for the direct final rule published April 11, 2023 (88 FR 21752) is confirmed. Compliance with the new standards established in the direct final rule will be required on December 31, 2023.

Find product information for Air Cleaners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer furnaces. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to determine periodically whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for consumer furnaces, specifically non-weatherized gas furnaces and mobile home gas furnaces. DOE has determined that the amended standards for the subject products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

The text of this rule is subject to correction based on the identification of errors as defined in 10 CFR 430.5 before publication in the Federal Register. Readers are requested to notify DOE by email at ErrorCorrectionInfo@EE.DOE.Gov of any typographical or other errors, as described in such regulations, by no later than midnight on November 13, 2023, in order that DOE may make any necessary corrections in the regulatory text submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Compliance with the amended standards established for the subject consumer furnaces in this final rule is required on and after 5 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Consumer Furnaces including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer boilers. DOE previously proposed amended standards for consumer boilers in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) published in the Federal Register on August 14, 2023, which also announced a public meeting via webinar to receive input on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results. On August 15, 2023, DOE received a letter from the Air- Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) asking DOE to extend the NOPR comment period by 30 days and also to hold an in-person public meeting regarding the NOPR. In this document, DOE grants AHRI’s request for an in-person meeting and announces that the public meeting will now be held in person, in addition to being broadcast as a webinar. DOE is denying AHRI’s request for a comment period extension for the reasons explained in this document.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until October 13, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT– STD-0036, by email (ConsumerBoilers2019STD0036@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a public meeting in-person and via webinar on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
• The meeting will be held at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1400, Arlington, VA 22209
• To attend in-person please email appliance_standards_public_meetings@ee.doe.gov. Please note advance registration is required and capacity in the meeting room will be limited.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Consumer Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule that amended the test procedure for room air conditioners (room ACs). DOE has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice correcting errors in the amended regulatory text as it appeared in the March 2021 final rule. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.

• This correction notice is effective once the once notice has published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule adopting test procedures for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers. DOE has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice correcting errors and omissions in that final rule. Neither the errors and omissions nor the corrections affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.

• This correction notice is effective once the once notice has published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Walk-In Coolers and Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On May 1, 2023 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule adopting procedures for fans and blowers (hereafter the “May 2023 Final Rule”). DOE has published a Federal Register notice correcting editorial and typographical errors in the May 2023 Final Rule. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.

• The effective date is August 8, 2023.

Find product information for Fans and Blowers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer boilers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more- stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for consumer boilers, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until October 13, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT– STD-0036, by email (ConsumerBoilers2019STD0036@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Consumer Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend the test procedures for air-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps with a rated cooling capacity greater than or equal to 65,000 Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial package air conditioners, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners to incorporate by reference the latest versions of the applicable industry test standards. Specifically, DOE proposes: to amend the current test procedure for this equipment for measuring the current cooling and heating metrics – integrated energy efficiency ratio (IEER) and coefficient of performance (COP), respectively; and to establish a new test procedure for this equipment that would adopt two new metrics—integrated ventilation, economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and integrated ventilation and heating efficiency (IVHE). Additionally, DOE proposes to amend certain provisions of DOE’s regulations related to representations and enforcement for the subject equipment. 

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until October 16, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2023-BT-TP-0014, by email (CUACHP2023TP0014@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, September 7, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Air Cooled, Evaporatively-Cooled, and Water-Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend energy conservation standards for walk-in coolers and freezers. Specifically, DOE proposes to amend standards for walk-in non-display doors and walk-in refrigeration systems. 

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0009, by email (WICF2017STD0009@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Walk-in Coolers and Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) 2023 Integrated Lighting Campaign (ILC) recognized 11 organizations for exemplary commitment to energy efficiency and environmental responsibility in their buildings, and three organizations for exhibiting exemplary support and advocacy for this work. Partners were recognized on August 5 at the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) annual conference for projects that showcase how lighting system upgrades can lead to significant energy savings and create more comfortable, productive, and environmentally responsible spaces.

Now in its third year, the ILC is part of DOE’s Better Buildings Initiative and designed to demonstrate that integrated lighting systems enable deeper energy savings in buildings and create an enhanced user and occupant experience. In 2023, the ILC added new categories that highlight the potential of novel lighting technologies to contribute to energy equity, sustainability, and indoor air quality in commercial and public buildings.

“The Integrated Lighting Campaign is designed to recognize leadership in the use of advanced lighting solutions that contribute to our Nation’s energy and decarbonization goals,” said Mandy Mahoney, DOE Building Technologies Office Director. “I am inspired by these projects and partners, and the example they set for creating energy savings, energy justice, and healthier, more comfortable buildings."

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $20 million to support the installation of energy efficient distribution transformers and extended product systems that are used within equipment such as pumps, air compressors, and fans. This funding, made possible by the President’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will be distributed through two rebate programs, one focused on distribution transformers and another on extended product systems. The rebate programs aim to help domestic manufacturers, utilities, tribes, hospitals, schools, and other operators finance equipment upgrades, which will conserve energy and reduce costs while slashing greenhouse gas emissions across multiple sectors of the economy. Replacing aging grid infrastructure and accelerating the deployment of modern technologies is essential to deploying affordable, reliable, and clean electricity around the nation and critical to achieving the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious clean energy and climate goals. 

• The application portal for distribution transformer rebates is open from August 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, or until funds are exhausted. 
• The application portal for extended product systems will open in the coming weeks. 
• An informational webinar will be held on August 9, 2023. Register here.  
• Click Here for more information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On February 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking (SNOPR), in which DOE proposed new and amended energy conservation standards for consumer conventional cooking products. In this notification of data availability (NODA), DOE is updating its analysis for consumer conventional cooking products based on stakeholder data and information it received in response to that SNOPR. DOE requests comments, data, and information regarding the updated analysis.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NODA until September 1, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2014–BT–STD–0005, by email (ConventionalCookingProducts2014STD0005@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).

Find product information for Cooking Products including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for commercial water heating (CWH).The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically review standards. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for CWH equipment.

• The text of this rule is subject to correction based on the identification of errors as defined in 10 CFR 430.5 before publication in the Federal Register. Readers are requested to notify DOE by email at ErrorCorrectionInfo@EE.DOE.Gov of any typographical or other errors, as described in such regulations, by no later than midnight on September 11, 2023, in order that DOE may make any necessary corrections in the regulatory text submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
• The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for CWH equipment in this final rule is required on and after 3 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Commercial Water Heating Equipment including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for dedicated purpose pool pumps motors. When DOE is considering adopting standards, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires that the standards be designed to achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency, which DOE determines is technologically feasible and economically justified. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for dedicated purpose pool pump motors. It has determined that the new standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The text of this rule is subject to correction based on the identification of errors as defined in 10 CFR 430.5 before publication in the Federal Register. Readers are requested to notify DOE by email at ErrorCorrectionInfo@EE.DOE.Gov of any typographical or other errors, as described in such regulations, by no later than midnight on September 11, 2023, in order that DOE may make any necessary corrections in the regulatory text submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
• The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower < 0.5 THP in this final rule is required on and after 2 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower ≥0.5 THP and <1.15 THP in this final rule is required on and after 4 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Finally, compliance with the new standards established for dedicated purpose pool pump motors with motor total horsepower ≥1.15 THP and ≤5 THP in this final rule is required on and after 2 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The incorporation of refence of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Dedicated Purpose Pool Pump Motors including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer boilers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more- stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for consumer boilers, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT– STD-0036, by email (ConsumerBoilers2019STD0036@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Consumer Boilers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for consumer water heaters, and also announces a public meeting to receive comments on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until  September 26, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2017–BT–STD-0019, by email (ConsumerWaterHeaters2017STD0019@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 1:00 p.m.  to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Consumer Water Heaters including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to test procedures for dishwashers. In this final rule, (DOE) is adding clarifying instructions to the dishwasher test procedure regarding the allowable dosing options for each type of detergent; clarifying the existing detergent reporting requirements; and adding an enforcement provision for dishwashers to specify the detergent and dosing method that DOE would use for any enforcement testing of dishwasher models certified in accordance with the currently applicable dishwasher test procedure prior to July 17, 2023 (i.e., the date by which the dishwasher test procedure as amended by a final rule published on January 18, 2023 will be mandatory for product testing).

• The effective date of this rule is August 28, 2023.
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting January 23, 2024.
• Find product information for Dishwashers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice amending its test procedure for dehumidifiers to reference the current version of an applicable industry standard; change the rating test period to be two hours; permit the use of sampling trees in conjunction with an aspirating psychrometer or relative humidity sensor; and provide additional specification for testing dehumidifiers with network capabilities. This rulemaking fulfills DOE’s obligation to review its test procedures for covered products at least once every seven years.

• The effective date of this rule is  August 25, 2023.
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting January 22, 2024.
• The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register  August 25, 2023. The incorporation by reference of certain other materials listed in this rule were approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of April 6, 2012 and August 31, 2015.
• Find product information for Dehumidifiers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for consumer water heaters. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for consumer water heaters, and also announces a public meeting to receive comments on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2017–BT–STD-0019, by email (ConsumerWaterHeaters2017STD0019@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 1:00 p.m.  to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Consumer Water Heaters including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to test procedures for dishwashers. In this final rule, (DOE) is adding clarifying instructions to the dishwasher test procedure regarding the allowable dosing options for each type of detergent; clarifying the existing detergent reporting requirements; and adding an enforcement provision for dishwashers to specify the detergent and dosing method that DOE would use for any enforcement testing of dishwasher models certified in accordance with the currently applicable dishwasher test procedure prior to July 17, 2023 (i.e., the date by which the dishwasher test procedure as amended by a final rule published on January 18, 2023 will be mandatory for product testing).

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting 180 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Dishwashers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

On May 1, 2023 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule adopting procedures for fans and blowers (hereafter the “May 2023 Final Rule”). DOE has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice correcting editorial and typographical errors in the May 2023 Final Rule. Neither the errors nor the corrections in this document affect the substance of the rulemaking or any conclusions reached in support of the final rule.

• This correction notice will be effective once the notice has published in the Federal Register.

Find product information for Fans and Blowers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice amending its test procedure for dehumidifiers to reference the current version of an applicable industry standard; change the rating test period to be two hours; permit the use of sampling trees in conjunction with an aspirating psychrometer or relative humidity sensor; and provide additional specification for testing dehumidifiers with network capabilities. This rulemaking fulfills DOE’s obligation to review its test procedures for covered products at least once every seven years.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting 180 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register.  DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date. The incorporation by reference of certain other materials listed in this rule were approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of April 6, 2012 and August 31, 2015.
• Find product information for Dehumidifiers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule incorporating by reference the latest version of the industry testing standard for consumer water heaters and residential-duty commercial water heaters and adopts relevant portions of those standards into the Federal test procedure. In this final rule, DOE is also expanding the scope of coverage of the test procedure to apply to certain consumer water heater designs (including circulating water heaters and low-temperature water heaters), adding definitions for certain specialty water heaters, updating test conditions and tolerance requirements to reduce burden, clarifying test set-up and installation methods, addressing the test conduct for products which can store water at temperatures above the delivery setpoint, establishing an effective volume calculation, and extending untested provisions to electric instantaneous water heaters.

• The effective date of this rule is July 21, 2023.
• The final rule changes will be mandatory for consumer water heater testing starting December 18, 2023 and for residential-duty commercial water heater testing June 17, 2024. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on July 21, 2023.

Find product information for Consumer Water Heaters and Residential-Duty Commercial Water Heaters including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and announcement of public meeting pertaining to energy conservation standards for ceiling fans. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, (EPCA) requires the DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.  In this NOPR, DOE proposes new and amended standards for ceiling fans, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until August 21, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2021-BT-STD-0011, by email (CeilingFans2021STD0011@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 27, 2023 from 1:00 p.m.  to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Ceiling Fans including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for microwave ovens. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and whether they would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for microwave ovens. It has determined that the amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is August 21, 2023.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for microwave ovens in this final rule is required on and after June 22, 2026.
• Find product information for Microwave Ovens including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to test procedures for portable electric spas. DOE is establishing definitions, a test procedure, and representation provisions for portable electric spas. Currently, portable electric spas are not subject to DOE test procedures or energy conservation standards. DOE is adopting a test procedure for measuring the standby loss for portable electric spas. The test method references the relevant industry test standard with certain additions and modifications.

• The effective date of this rule is July 13, 2023. 
• Compliance with the final rule will be mandatory for representations of fill volume and standby loss made on or after the compliance date of any energy conservation standards for portable electric spas. The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register July 13, 2023.
• Find product information for Portable Electric Spas including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program and contact information.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and announcement of public meeting pertaining to energy conservation standards for ceiling fans. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, (EPCA) requires the DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings.  In this NOPR, DOE proposes new and amended standards for ceiling fans, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2021-BT-STD-0011, by email (CeilingFans2021STD0011@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, July 27, 2023 from 1:00 p.m.  to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Ceiling Fans including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice pertaining to test procedures for central air conditioners (CACs) and heat pumps (HPs) (collectively, "CAC/HPs”). This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from Samsung HVAC America LLC (Samsung), which seeks a waiver for specified basic models of CAC/HPs from DOE's test procedure used for determining the efficiency of CAC/HPs. DOE also gives notification of an Interim Waiver Order that requires Samsung to test and rate the specified CAC/HP basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning Samsung’s petition and its suggested alternate test procedure to inform DOE’s final decision on Samsung’s waiver request.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this notice until July 5, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2023–BT–WAV-0010, by email (SamsungCAC2023WAV0010@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• Additional information on waivers can be found on DOE's waiver website.
• Find product information for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule amending the test procedures for commercial warm air furnaces (CWAFs) to incorporate the latest versions of the industry test standards that are currently incorporated by reference. DOE is also establishing a new metric, Thermal Efficiency Two (TE2), and corresponding test procedure. Use of the newly established test procedure would become mandatory at such time as compliance with amended energy conservation standards based on TE2 is required, should DOE adopt such standards. DOE also is adopting additional specifications for CWAFs with multiple flue outlets or small flue outlets.

• The effective date of this rule is July 3, 2023.
• These amendments will be mandatory for CWAF equipment testing starting May 28, 2024.
• The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on July 3, 2023.

Find product information for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for computer room air conditioners (CRACs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including small, large, and very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, of which computer room air conditioners (CRACs) are a category. EPCA requires DOE to consider the need for amended standards each time American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1 is amended with respect to the standard levels or design requirements applicable to that equipment, or periodically under a six-year-lookback review provision. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for CRACs that rely on a new efficiency metric and are equivalent to those levels specified in ASHRAE Standard 90.1- 2019. DOE has determined that it lacks the clear and convincing evidence required by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the levels specified in the industry standard.

• The effective date of this rule is August 1, 2023. 
• Compliance with the amended standards established for computer room air conditioners in this final rule is required on and after May 28, 2024.
• Find product information for Computer Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for air cooled, three-phase, small commercial air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 British thermal units per hour (Btu/h) and air-cooled, three-phase, variable refrigerant flow air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/h. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to consider the need for amended standards each time the relevant industry standard is amended with respect to the standard levels or design requirements applicable to that equipment, or periodically under a six-year-lookback review provision. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for air cooled, three-phase, small commercial air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/h and air-cooled, three-phase, variable refrigerant flow air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/h that rely on new efficiency metrics and align with amended efficiency levels in the industry standard. For the relevant equipment classes, DOE has determined that it lacks clear and convincing evidence required by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the levels specified in the industry standard.

• The effective date of this rule is August 1, 2023.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for air cooled, three-phase, small commercial air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/h and air-cooled, three-phase, variable refrigerant flow air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity of less than 65,000 Btu/h in this final rule is required on and after January 1, 2025.
• Find product information for Air-Cooled Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register direct final rule and has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for electric motors. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including electric motors.

In the direct final rule, DOE is adopting new and amended standards for electric motors. It has determined that the new and amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is September 29, 2023 unless adverse comment is received by September 19, 2023.

• If adverse comments are received that DOE determines may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the direct final rule, a timely withdrawal of this rule will be published in the Federal Register. If no such adverse comments are received, compliance with the standards established for electric motors in this direct final rule is required on and after June 1, 2027.

In the NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for electric motors identical to those set forth in a direct final rule. If DOE receives an adverse comment on the direct final rule and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice withdrawing the direct final rule and will proceed with this proposed rule.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until September 19, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2020-BT-STD-0007, by email (ElecMotors2020STD0007@ee.doe.gov) or via the Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).

Find product information for Electric Motors including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to test procedures for portable electric spas. DOE is establishing definitions, a test procedure, and representation provisions for portable electric spas. Currently, portable electric spas are not subject to DOE test procedures or energy conservation standards. DOE is adopting a test procedure for measuring the standby loss for portable electric spas. The test method references the relevant industry test standard with certain additions and modifications.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the final rule will be mandatory for representations of fill volume and standby loss made on or after the compliance date of any energy conservation standards for portable electric spas. The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Portable Electric Spas including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice pertaining to test procedures for central air conditioners (CACs) and heat pumps (HPs) (collectively, "CAC/HPs”). This notification announces receipt of and publishes a petition for waiver and interim waiver from Samsung HVAC America LLC (Samsung), which seeks a waiver for specified basic models of CAC/HPs from DOE's test procedure used for determining the efficiency of CAC/HPs. DOE also gives notification of an Interim Waiver Order that requires Samsung to test and rate the specified CAC/HP basic models in accordance with the alternate test procedure set forth in the Interim Waiver Order. DOE solicits comments, data, and information concerning Samsung’s petition and its suggested alternate test procedure to inform DOE’s final decision on Samsung’s waiver request.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this notice until 30 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2023–BT–WAV-0010, by email (SamsungCAC2023WAV0010@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• Additional information on waivers can be found on DOE's waiver website.
• Find product information for Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register Final Rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for room air conditioners. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including room air conditioners. EPCA also requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent, standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for room air conditioners. It has determined that the amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is July 25, 2023.

• Compliance with the amended standards established for room air conditioners in this final rule is required on and after May 26, 2026.

• Find product information for Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This  is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for computer room air conditioners (CRACs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including small, large, and very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, of which computer room air conditioners (CRACs) are a category. EPCA requires DOE to consider the need for amended standards each time American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1 is amended with respect to the standard levels or design requirements applicable to that equipment, or periodically under a six-year-lookback review provision. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for CRACs that rely on a new efficiency metric and are equivalent to those levels specified in ASHRAE Standard 90.1- 2019. DOE has determined that it lacks the clear and convincing evidence required by the statute to adopt standards more stringent than the levels specified in the industry standard.

• The effective date of this rule is July 25, 2023.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for computer room air conditioners in this final rule is required on and after May 26, 2026.
• Find product information for Computer Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (BVMs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for BVMs, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until July 24, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2020-BT-STD- 0014, by email (BVM2020STD0014@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, June, 7, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Beverage Vending Machines including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for dishwashers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for dishwashers, and requests comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until July 18, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT–STD-0039, by email (DW2019STD0039@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, June, 8, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Dishwashers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule incorporating by reference the latest version of the industry testing standard for consumer water heaters and residential-duty commercial water heaters and adopts relevant portions of those standards into the Federal test procedure. In this final rule, DOE is also expanding the scope of coverage of the test procedure to apply to certain consumer water heater designs (including circulating water heaters and low-temperature water heaters), adding definitions for certain specialty water heaters, updating test conditions and tolerance requirements to reduce burden, clarifying test set-up and installation methods, addressing the test conduct for products which can store water at temperatures above the delivery setpoint, establishing an effective volume calculation, and extending untested provisions to electric instantaneous water heaters.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The final rule changes will be mandatory for consumer water heater testing starting 180 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register and for residential-duty commercial water heater testing starting 360 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Consumer Water Heaters and Residential-Duty Commercial Water Heaters including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule amending the test procedures for commercial warm air furnaces (CWAFs) to incorporate the latest versions of the industry test standards that are currently incorporated by reference. DOE is also establishing a new metric, Thermal Efficiency Two (TE2), and corresponding test procedure. Use of the newly established test procedure would become mandatory at such time as compliance with amended energy conservation standards based on TE2 is required, should DOE adopt such standards. DOE also is adopting additional specifications for CWAFs with multiple flue outlets or small flue outlets.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• These amendments will be mandatory for CWAF equipment testing starting 360 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule amending the current test procedure for portable air conditioners (portable ACs) to incorporate a measure of variable-speed portable AC performance, generally consistent with previously granted waivers, and to make minor clarifying edits. DOE also establishes a new test procedure for portable ACs that provides more representative measures of cooling capacity and energy consumption. The new test procedure will provide the basis for development of any updated efficiency standards for portable ACs. Should DOE establish such standards, the amended test procedure would become the required test method for determining compliance.

• The effective date of this rule is June 14, 2023.
• The amendments to Appendix CC will be mandatory for product testing starting  November 13, 2023. Manufacturers will be required to use the Appendix CC until the compliance date of any final rule establishing amended energy conservation standards for portable ACs based on the newly established test procedure at Appendix CC1. At such time, manufacturers will be required to begin using Appendix CC1.
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register June 14, 2023.

Find product information for Portable Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend the test procedures for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTACs) and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps (PTHPs) to establish seasonal energy efficiency metrics for heating and cooling. DOE also proposes to revise the current test procedure to measure dehumidification energy use of make-up air PTACs and PTHPs. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until July 11, 2023. 
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE- 2019-BT-TP-0027, by email (PTACHP2019TP0027@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice makers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes to amend and establish standards for automatic commercial ice makers and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until July 10, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0022, by email (ACIM2017STD0022@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, June,14, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register direct final rule and a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for electric motors. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), prescribes standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including electric motors.

In the direct final rule, DOE is adopting new and amended standards for electric motors. It has determined that the new and amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is 120 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register unless adverse comment is received by 110 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

• If adverse comments are received that DOE determines may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the direct final rule, a timely withdrawal of this rule will be published in the Federal Register. If no such adverse comments are received, compliance with the standards established for electric motors in this direct final rule is required on and after 4 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

In the NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for electric motors identical to those set forth in a direct final rule. If DOE receives an adverse comment on the direct final rule and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawing the direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice withdrawing the direct final rule and will proceed with this proposed rule.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 110 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2020-BT-STD-0007, by email (ElecMotors2020STD0007@ee.doe.gov) or via the Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).

Find product information for Electric Motors including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule amending the test procedures for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers to harmonize with updated industry standards, revise certain definitions, revise the test methods to more accurately represent field energy use, and to accommodate a wider range of walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer component equipment designs.

• The effective date of this rule is June 5, 2023
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting October 31, 2023. Manufacturers will be required to use the amended test procedures until the compliance date of any final rule establishing amended energy conservation standards based on the newly established test procedures. At such time, manufacturers will be required to begin using the newly established test procedures. 

• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register starting June 5, 2023. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on January 27, 2017.
• Find product information for Walk-in Coolers and Walk-in Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for dishwashers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more-stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for dishwashers, and requests comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2019–BT–STD-0039, by email (DW2019STD0039@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Thursday, June, 8, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Dishwashers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (BVMs). The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes amended standards for BVMs, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2020-BT-STD- 0014, by email (BVM2020STD0014@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, June, 7, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Beverage Vending Machines including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule establishing a test procedure for fans and blowers, including air circulating fans, and incorporates by reference the relevant industry test standards for: measuring the fan electrical input power and determining the fan energy index of fans and blowers other than air-circulating fans; and measuring the fan airflow in cubic feet per minute per watt of electric power input of air- circulating fans. In this final rule, DOE also establishes supporting definitions, requirements for alternative efficiency determination methods, and sampling requirements.

• The effective date of this rule is May 31, 2023.

• All representations of energy efficiency and energy use, including those made on marketing materials and product labels, must be made in accordance with this test procedure beginning October 30, 2023. To the extent the test procedure established in this document is required only for the evaluation and issuance of newly established efficiency standards, use of the test procedure is not required until the implementation date of such new standards.
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register May 31, 2023.
• Find product information for Fans and Blowers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for microwave ovens. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and whether they would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for microwave ovens. It has determined that the amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The text of this rule is subject to correction based on the identification of errors as defined in 10 CFR 430.5 before publication in the Federal Register. Readers are requested to notify DOE by email at ErrorCorrectionInfo@EE.DOE.Gov of any typographical or other errors, as described in such regulations, by no later than midnight on June 12, 2023, in order that DOE may make any necessary corrections in the regulatory text submitted to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.
• The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Compliance with the amended standards established for microwave ovens in this final rule is required on and after 3 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

Find product information for Microwave Ovens including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) pertaining to energy conservation standards for automatic commercial ice makers. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified and would result in significant energy savings. In this NOPR, DOE proposes to amend and establish standards for automatic commercial ice makers and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0022, by email (ACIM2017STD0022@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, June,14, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Automatic Commercial Ice Makers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for microwave ovens. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), requires DOE to periodically determine whether more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified, and whether they would result in significant energy savings. In this final rule, DOE is adopting amended standards for microwave ovens. It has determined that the amended standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is 60 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

• Compliance with the amended standards established for microwave ovens in this final rule is required on and after 3 years after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Microwave Ovens including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) and announcement of public meeting proposing amended energy conservation standards for residential clothes washers (RCWs) and announcing a public meeting to receive comment on the proposed standards and associated analyses and results. The notice provided an opportunity for submitting written comments, data, and information by May 2, 2023. On April 15, 2023, DOE received a request from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) to extend the written comment period. DOE has reviewed this request and has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice granting a 15-day extension of the public comment period to allow comments to be submitted until May 17, 2023.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until May 17, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-STD-0014, by email (ConsumerClothesWasher2017STD0014@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).

Find product information for Residential Clothes Washers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice amending the test procedures for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (BVMs) to reference the latest version of the industry standard, while maintaining certain provisions specified in the current DOE test procedure. DOE also provides setup instructions for non-beverage shelves, updates the lowest application product temperature definition and test instructions, specifies setup instructions for refrigeration leak mitigation controls, and removes the obsolete test procedure in appendix A.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

• The amendments will be mandatory for equipment testing starting 180 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to amend the test procedures for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTACs) and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps (PTHPs) to establish seasonal energy efficiency metrics for heating and cooling. DOE also proposes to revise the current test procedure to measure dehumidification energy use of make-up air PTACs and PTHPs. DOE is seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until 60 days after date of publication in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the closing date of the comment period.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE- 2019-BT-TP-0027, by email (PTACHP2019TP0027@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• DOE will hold a webinar on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Click here to register for the webinar.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar, must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule establishing a test procedure for fans and blowers, including air circulating fans, and incorporates by reference the relevant industry test standards for: measuring the fan electrical input power and determining the fan energy index of fans and blowers other than air-circulating fans; and measuring the fan airflow in cubic feet per minute per watt of electric power input of air- circulating fans. In this final rule, DOE also establishes supporting definitions, requirements for alternative efficiency determination methods, and sampling requirements.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

• All representations of energy efficiency and energy use, including those made on marketing materials and product labels, must be made in accordance with this test procedure beginning 180 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date. To the extent the test procedure established in this document is required only for the evaluation and issuance of newly established efficiency standards, use of the test procedure is not required until the implementation date of such new standards.
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• Find product information for Fans and Blowers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notification of petition for rulemaking pertaining to test procedures for conventional cooking products. On January 12, 2023, DOE received a petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) to consider amendments to the conventional cooking products test procedure to allow a calculation in place of certain testing provisions for conventional cooking tops, clarify the definition of the term specialty cooking zone, clarify the equipment used to measure electric coil heating element diameter, and stay the effectiveness of any mandatory use of the test procedure. Through this notification, DOE seeks comment on the petition, as well as any data or information that could be used in DOE's determination whether to grant the petition.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until May 19, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2023–BT–TP–0006, by email (CookingProductsPetition2023TP0006@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• Find product information for Conventional Cooking Products including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on March 24, 2023. That document amended test procedures for commercial and industrial pumps. This document corrects a numbering and amendatory error in that final rule.

• The effective date of this rule is April 24, 2023. 

• Find product information for Commercial and Industrial Pumps including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This  is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register direct final rule pertaining to energy conservation standards for air cleaners. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), authorizes the Secretary of Energy to classify additional types of consumer products as covered products upon determining that: (1) classifying the product as a covered product is necessary for the purposes of EPCA; and (2) the average annual per-household energy use by products of such type is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt-hours per year (“kWh/yr”). In a final determination published on July 15, 2022, DOE determined that classifying air cleaners as a covered product is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of EPCA, and that the average U.S. household energy use for air cleaners is likely to exceed 100 kWh/yr. In this direct final rule, DOE is establishing standards for air cleaners. DOE has determined that standards for these products will result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified.

• The effective date of this rule is August 9, 2023, unless adverse comment is received by July 31, 2023.

• If adverse comments are received that DOE determines may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal of the direct final rule, a timely withdrawal of this rule will be published in the Federal Register. If no such adverse comments are received, compliance with the standards established for air cleaners in this direct final rule is required on and after December 31, 2023.

Find product information for Air Cleaners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This  is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking pertaining to energy conservation standards for air cleaners. The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, (EPCA), authorizes the Secretary of Energy to classify additional types of consumer products as covered products upon determining that: classifying the product as a covered product is necessary for the purposes of EPCA; and the average annual per-household energy use by products of such type is likely to exceed 100 kilowatt-hours per year (“kWh/yr”). In a final determination published on July 15, 2022, DOE determined that classifying air cleaners as a covered product is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of EPCA, and that the average U.S. household energy use for air cleaners is likely to exceed 100 kWh/yr. In this NOPR, DOE proposes new standards for air cleaners identical to those set forth in a direct final rule issued today. If DOE receives adverse comment and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for withdrawal, DOE will publish a notice withdrawing the direct final rule and will proceed with this proposed rule.

• DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding this NOPR until July 31, 2023.
• Interested persons may submit comments identified by docket number EERE–2021–BT–STD-0035, by email (AirCleaners2021STD0035@ee.doe.gov), Federal eRulemaking portal (http://www.regulations.gov).
• Find product information for Air Cleaners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule amending its test procedure for computer room air conditioners (CRACs). DOE is incorporating by reference the latest version of the relevant industry consensus test standard, AHRI 1360-2022. DOE is also adopting the net sensible coefficient of performance (NSenCOP) metric in its test procedures for CRACs. Additionally, DOE is amending certain provisions for representations and enforcement.

• The effective date of this rule is May 11, 2023.

• The final rule changes will be mandatory for CRAC equipment testing starting  starting April 5, 2024. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register May 11, 2023.

Find product information for Computer Room Air Conditioners including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice announcing public meetings and webinars for the Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump (CUAC and CUHP) working group. 

• Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 13th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.

• To attend the meetings in person and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact information.
• To register for the webinars please visit the Working Group webpage here. 
• Foreign Nationals attending in-person or participating via webinar are subject to advance security screening procedures. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule amending the test procedures for walk-in coolers and walk-in freezers to harmonize with updated industry standards, revise certain definitions, revise the test methods to more accurately represent field energy use, and to accommodate a wider range of walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer component equipment designs.

• The effective date of this rule is 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.

• Manufacturers will be required to use the amended test procedures until the compliance date of any final rule establishing amended energy conservation standards based on the newly established test procedures. At such time, manufacturers will be required to begin using the newly established test procedures. The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register starting 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register 30 days after the notice has been published in the Federal Register. DOE will send a follow-up e-mail once the notice publishes to announce the effective date.
• The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register on January 27, 2017.
• Find product information for Walk-in Coolers and Walk-in Freezers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice announcing public meetings and webinars for the Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump (CUAC and CUHP) working group. 

• Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 13th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.

• To attend the meetings in person and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact information.
• To register for the webinars please visit the Working Group webpage here. 
• Foreign Nationals attending in-person or participating via webinar are subject to advance security screening procedures. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines

Find product information for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information,

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register final rule amending the test procedure for ceiling fan light kits (CFLKs) to update references to industry standards to their latest versions; incorporate by reference additional industry standards necessary for executing the test; allow the use of a goniophotometer; revise definitions regarding CFLKs with solid-state lighting (SSL) light sources to clarify the scope and test methods for such products; and remove an obsolete test method for CFLKs.

• The effective date of this rule is May 11, 2023. 

• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting starting October 10, 2023.
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register May 11, 2023.
• Find product information for Ceiling Fan Light Kits including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register notice announcing public meetings and webinars for the Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump (CUAC and CUHP) working group. 

• Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 13th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.
• Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 901 D Street SW, Suite 930, Washington DC, 20024.

• To attend the meetings in person and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items on the agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact information.
• To register for the webinars please visit the Working Group webpage here. 
• Foreign Nationals attending in-person or participating via webinar are subject to advance security screening procedures. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines
• Find product information for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Commercial Unitary Heat Pump including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

This is part of an effort by DOE to notify all interested persons of recently issued Federal Register notices and other significant program developments under the Appliance and Equipment Standards Program.

The US Department of Energy has issued guidance regarding the early use of an amended test procedure prior to its compliance date. Additional details can be found at http://www1.eere.energy.gov/guidance/detail_search.aspx?IDQuestion=625&pid=2&spid=1.

DOE Issues Final Rule for Alternative Efficiency Determination Methods and Alternative Rating Methods

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a pre-publication Federal Register final rule revising its existing regulations governing the use of particular methods as alternatives to testing for commercial heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, water heating, and refrigeration equipment (December 24, 2013).

• Find more information on the rulemaking, including milestones, statutory authority, rulemaking documents, and any other related rulemakings.
• All notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents associated with this rulemaking are included in Docket No. EERE-2011-BT-TP-0024.

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DOE Drive to Increase SSL Efficiencies will Drive Down Power Converter Sizes

As part of cutting energy waste and doubling energy productivity by 2030, the U.S. Energy Department (DOE) today announced nearly $10 million to support research, development, and manufacturing of solid-state lighting (SSL) technologies across the country. A side-effect of success from this program will be a significant reduction in the size and wattage ratings of power converters associated with SSL installations. It will also lead to an even greater growth in the numbers of power converters consumed as a result of the very-high growth rates that success will drive into the market for LED lighting.

Based on the Energy Department’s recent report on the adoption of LEDs, Department-supported research and development over the past 10 years has helped accelerate SSL technology deployment, yielding an energy savings of $675 million in 2012. Today, available LED technology is about 150 lumens per watt; the Energy Department’s target is 250 lumens per watt – a 75% increase. Higher performing LEDS will help further reduce overall costs and increase lighting efficiency. An improvement of 75% in the efficiency of LEDs to product light is expected to result in a similar magnitude reduction in the size of the needed power converter for any given light fixture and lighting rating.

This funding will help accelerate the development of high-quality light-emitting diode (LED) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) products with the potential to reduce lighting energy use for American families and businesses by one half and enhance U.S. global competitiveness. Today’s funding opportunity is open to applications in the following areas: Core Technology Research – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to advance applied research for technology development, with an emphasis on meeting efficacy, performance, and cost targets. Product Development – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to use basic or applied research to develop or improve commercially viable SSL materials, devices, or systems. And U.S. Manufacturing – The Energy Department will fund projects seeking to accelerate SSL technology adoption through manufacturing innovations and improvements that reduce costs and enhance quality and consistency.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issues a pre-publication Federal Register notice of open teleconference/webinar for the variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps (VRF multi-split systems) working group.

• The webinar will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. To register, please click here.
• Foreign Nationals interested in participating in this webinar must be screened by DOE Headquarters Security prior to being granted access. Please email Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov to complete the necessary documentation at least two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting date.
• Additional webinar registration information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to webinar participants will be published on DOE’s website: https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/public-meetings-and-comment-deadlines.
• Click here to find information for Variable Refrigerant Flow Multi-Split Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice amending the test procedures for residential clothes washers to further specify test conditions, instrument specifications, and test settings; address large clothes container capacities; add product-specific enforcement provisions; delete obsolete provisions; and consolidate all test cloth-related provisions and codify additional test cloth material verification procedures used by industry. This final rule also establishes a new test procedure for residential and commercial clothes washers with additional modifications for certain test conditions, measurement of average cycle time, required test cycles, tested load sizes, semi-automatic clothes washer provisions, new performance metrics, and updated usage factors. The new test procedure will be used for the evaluation and issuance of updated efficiency standards, as well as to determine compliance with the updated standards, should such standards be established.

• The effective date of this rule is July 1, 2022.
• The amendments will be mandatory for product testing starting November 28, 2022. 
• The incorporation by reference of certain materials listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on July 1, 2022.
• Find product information for Residential Clothes Washers including current standards and test procedures, statutory authority, waivers, exceptions and contact information.

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