Furnaces and Boilers
Pursuant to Part C of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), the Department of Energy (DOE) promulgates a rule prescribing test procedures to rate the energy efficiency of warm air furnaces. This rule also recodifies existing commercial warm air furnace energy conservation standards so that they are located contiguous with the test procedures that DOE published concurrently.
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Final Rule: Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces: General Provisions for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment; Energy Efficiency Provisions for Electric Motors, Federal Register, October 21, 2004, Download Adobe Reader.
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Final Rule: Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers, Federal Register, October 21, 2004, Download Adobe Reader.
Certification, Compliance and Enforcement Requirements
The Department published a Final Rule on January 5, 2010, which adopts regulations to implement reporting requirements for energy conservation standards and energy use. The Final Rule also addresses other matters concerning compliance, certification and enforcement procedures. The Department published a Technical Amendment on January 28, 2010 that corrects cross-referencing errors in the final rule.
- Certification, Compliance, and Enforcement Requirements for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment Final Rule, Federal Register, 75 FR 652, January 5, 2010
- Certification, Compliance, and Enforcement Requirements for Certain Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment); Technical Amendment, Federal Register, 75 FR 4474, January 28, 2010
Previous Rules and Documents
Proposed Rule — Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Packaged Boilers; August 9, 2000
Document Availability Notice
Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment Notice of Document Availability for ASHRAE Products (Instantaneous Tankless Water Heaters, Commercial Boilers, PTACs and PTHPs, 3-Ph AC <65kBtu/h, and SPVUs).