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Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment (i.e. ASHRAE Equipment) Final Rule

This page presents information about energy conservation standards and test procedures for commercial heating, air conditioning, and water heating equipment.

The U.S. Department of Energy issued on July 9, 2009 a final rule amending the energy conservation standards and test procedures for certain types of commercial heating, air-conditioning, and water heating equipment (ASHRAE equipment). The final rule establishes energy conservation standards and test procedures for commercial packaged boilers. The standards for commercial packaged boilers established in the final rule will be applied starting March 2, 2012. The revised test procedures for commercial packaged boilers are effective September 21, 2009, 60 days after the final rule was issued. The final rule also establishes energy conservation standards for water-cooled and evaporatively-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity at or above 240,000 Btu/h and less than 760,000 Btu/h, effective January 10, 2011.

The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.

  • Final Rule: Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment, Federal Register, 74 FR 36312, July 22, 2009 (PDF 2 MB)
  • Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment Final Rule Technical Support Document, September 14, 2009
    • Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF 116 KB)
    • Chapter 2. Market Assessment (PDF 632 KB)
    • Chapter 3. Engineering Analysis (PDF 296 KB)
    • Chapter 4. Energy Use Characterization (PDF 216 KB)
    • Chapter 5. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis (PDF 600 KB)
    • Chapter 6. Shipments Analysis (PDF 192 KB)
    • Chapter 7. National Impact Analysis (PDF 300 KB)
    • Chapter 8. Environmental Assessment (PDF 276 KB)
    • Appendix 4A. Annual Efficiency Calculation for Condensing Boilers (PDF 136 KB)
    • Appendix 5A. Detailed Life-Cycle Cost Output (PDF 180 KB)
    • Appendix 7A. Detailed National Energy Savings and National Net Present Value Output (PDF 728 KB)
    • Appendix 7B. Impacts of Standards on Natural Gas Prices (PDF 148 KB)

Contact Information

Mohammed Khan
Project Manager for ASHRAE Equipment
202-586-7892