Commercial Clothes Washers
This page describes rulemaking activities and regulations regarding energy efficiency for commercial clothes washers.
Statutory Authority
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) (42 USC 6295 (e)), as amended, requires the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to determine whether amended, more stringent standards would be technologically feasible and economically justified. Commercial clothes washers were originally included in the final rule for residential dishwashers, dehumidifiers, and cooking products, and commercial clothes washers. However, DOE needed to conduct supplemental rulemaking analyses to complete the rulemaking. As a result, the standards for commercial clothes washers are under development in a separate rulemaking through a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking and final rule.
Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking
Final Rule
- Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers); Final Rule, Federal Register, 75 FR 1122, January 8, 2010
- Technical Support Document
- Analysis Spreadsheets
Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products (Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, Microwave Ovens, and Electric and Gas Kitchen Ranges and Ovens) and for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment (Commercial Clothes Washers); Proposed Rule, Federal Register, 74 FR 57738, November 9, 2009
- Technical Support Document
- Analysis Spreadsheets
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)
- Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers, Federal Register, October 17, 2008
- Technical Support Document
- Technical Support Document Analysis Tools
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers, Federal Register, November 15, 2007
- Technical Support Document Analysis Tools
Framework
- Notice of Public Workshop and Availability of Framework Document, Federal Register, March 27, 2006
- Rulemaking Framework for Commercial Clothes Washers and Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, March 15, 2006
Public Meetings
- SNOPR Public Meeting
- NOPR Public Meeting
- ANOPR Public Meeting
- Framework Document Public Meeting
Additional Information
Note, the following final rule and supporting materials correspond to the rulemaking that originally encompassed commercial clothes washers. This final rule does not propose energy conservation standards for commercial clothes washers.
- Final Rule for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers, Federal Register, April 8, 2009
- Final Rule Technical Support Document for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers
- Final Rule Technical Support Document Analysis Tools for Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers
Contact Information
Stephen Witkowski, P.E.
Project Manager
202-586-7463