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Commercial Refrigeration Equipment NOPR Technical Support Document

This Technical Support Document provides the technical analyses and results in support of the information presented in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for commercial refrigeration equipment including commercial ice-cream freezers; self-contained commercial refrigerators, commercial freezers, and commercial refrigerator-freezers without doors; and remote condensing commercial refrigerators, commercial freezers, and commercial refrigerator-freezers.

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Erratum to the CRE NOPR Technical Support Document (TSD)

DOE has provided a replacement CRE NOPR TSD Chapter 9: Trail Standard Levels.

Title Page
Acronyms and Abbreviations

Chapters

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Analytical Framework
Chapter 3: Market and Technology Assessment
Chapter 4: Screening Analysis
Chapter 5: Engineering Analysis
Chapter 6: Markups for Equipment Price Determination
Chapter 7: Energy Use Characterization
Chapter 8: Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis
Chapter 9: Trial Standard Levels
Chapter 10: Shipments Analysis
Chapter 11: National Impact Analysis
Chapter 12: Life-Cycle Cost Sub-Group Analysis
Chapter 13: Manufacturer Impact Analysis
Chapter 14: Utility Impact Analysis
Chapter 15: Net National Employment Impact Analysis
Chapter 16: Environmental Impact Analysis
Chapter 17: Regulatory Impact Analysis

Appendices

Appendix A: Instructions for Using the Engineering Analysis Spreadsheet
Appendix B: Engineering Data
Appendix C: Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups
Appendix D: Annual Energy Simulation Inputs and Results for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
Appendix E: User Instructions for Life-Cycle Cost Spreadsheet
Appendix F: Mapping Between Engineering Analysis and Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Efficiency Levels
Appendix G: Detailed Life-Cycle Cost Output
Appendix H: User Instructions for NES and NPV Spreadsheet
Appendix I: Detailed National Energy Savings and National Net Present Value Output
Appendix J: Government Regulatory Impact Model (GRIM)
Appendix K: Estimation of Utility and Environmental Results from NEMS-BT Output