Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Final Rule
On this page you will find information on the Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Final Rule including the Technical Support Document and Analytical Spreadsheets.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is required by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by section 136(c)(1) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, to establish energy conservation standards for the following commercial refrigeration equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 2012: 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. (42 U.S.C. 6313(c)(4)(A))
Final Rule
The U.S. Department of Energy published a final rule on January 9, 2009, which establishes energy conservation standards for commercial refrigeration equipment. The energy conservation standards established in the final rule will be applicable to products manufactured on or after January 1, 2012.
The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
- Final Rule for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, January 9, 2009 (PDF 608 KB)
- Final Rule Technical Support Document
- Final Rule Analytical Spreadsheets
Contact Information
Charles Llenza
Project Manager
(202) 586-2192