Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Following the Framework Document, the Department of Energy is now publishing its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR). The ANOPR is the first stage of the overall standards rulemaking process. This will be followed by a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) and a final rule. At the ANOPR stage, the Department carries out several analyses, including the Engineering Analysis, the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, and the National Impact Analysis. Stakeholders are invited to review the ANOPR documents and the analytical tools, participate in webcasts, attend the public meetings, and submit comments on the Department's analysis.

Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

ANOPR Internet Webcast
ANOPR Public Meeting
ANOPR Federal Register Notice
ANOPR Technical Support Document
ANOPR Analytical Tools and Presentations
ANOPR Independent Review of Analyses. The Department of Energy contracted with an independent team of experts to conduct a review of the ANOPR analyses for commercial unitary air conditioners and heat pumps. November 2003 report: Review of Analyses in Support of Proposed U.S. DOE ANOPR on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps.

How to Submit Comments

You may submit comments electronically, by mail, or by courier. Wherever possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be followed and authenticated by submitting the signed original paper document.

Email: commercialairconditioner.anopr@ee.doe.gov

Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121

Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Room 1J-018, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20585-0121. Telephone: 202-586-2945

Comments should clearly identify the Docket number, which is EE-RM/STD-01-375.

The deadline for submitting comments is November 12, 2004.