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Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners Direct Final Rule Technical Support Document

Here you will find the technical analysis and results in support of the information presented in the direct final rule for residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners.

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 Analysis
• Chapter 7. Energy Use Analysis
• Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analyses
• Chapter 9. Shipments Analysis
• Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis
• Chapter 11. Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup Analysis
• Chapter 12. Manufacturer Impact Analysis
• Chapter 13. Employment Impact Analysis
• Chapter 14. Utility Impact Analysis
• Chapter 15. Environmental Impacts Analysis
• Chapter 16. Monetization of Emission Reductions Benefits
• Chapter 17. Regulatory Impact Analysis

Appendices

• Appendix 5A. Engineering Analysis Data Request Sheets
• Appendix 5B. Data Submittal
• Appendix 5C. Engineering Questionnaires
• Appendix 5D. Room Air Conditioner Engineering Data
• Appendix 7A. RECS 2005 Variables and Values
• Appendix 7B. CBECS 2003 Variables and Values
• Appendix 7C. LCC Energy Use Calculations
• Appendix 7D. Weather Data and Temperature Parameters
• Appendix 8A. User Instructions for the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Spreadsheet
• Appendix 8B. Uncertainty and Variability
• Appendix 8C. Lifetime Distributions
• Appendix 8D. Distributions Used for Discount Rates
• Appendix 8E. Technical Aspects of the Tariff-Based Approach for Room Air Conditioner Energy Prices
• Appendix 8F. Development of Monthly Allocation Factors for Residential Baseline Energy Use
• Appendix 8G. Rebuttable Payback Analysis Results
• Appendix 8H. Determination of Basecase Efficiency Distributions
• Appendix 8I. Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Using Alternative Economic Growth Scenarios
• Appendix 8J. Estimation of Equipment Price Trends for Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners
• Appendix 10A. User Instructions for Shipments and National Energy Savings Spreadsheet Model
• Appendix 10B. National Energy Savings and Net Present Value Using Economic Growth Scenarios
• Appendix 10C. National Net Present Value of Consumer Benefits and Emissions Reductions Using Alternative Learning Rates
• Appendix 12A. Manufacturer Impact Analysis Interview Guides
• Appendix 12B. Government Regulatory Impact Model (GRIM) Overview
• Appendix 15A. Emissions Factors for Fuel Combustion from Natural Gas, LPG, and Oil-Fired Residential Appliances
• Appendix 16A. Social Cost of Carbon for Regulatory Impact Analysis Under Executive Order 12866
• Appendix 17A. Regulatory Impact Analysis: Supporting Materials

Analytical Tools

Some of the following documents are available as zipped files. Download Winzip.

• Residential Clothes Dryers Government Regulatory Impact Model
• Room Air Conditioners Government Regulatory Impact Model
• Residential Clothes Dryers Life-Cycle Cost
• Room Air Conditioners Life-Cycle Cost
• Residential Clothes Dryers National Impact Analysis
• Room Air Conditioners National Impact Analysis
• Room Air Conditioner Modeling Program "MarkN"

MarkN Disclaimers:

This material was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor the United States Department of Energy, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. This MarkN program is posted for the limited purpose of providing full disclosure of the analysis tools used by the Department of Energy ("DOE") in analysis conducted for the energy conservation standard rulemaking for room air conditioners. MarkN may not be distributed without express permission of the DOE. The authors do not make any representations or warranties of any kind with respect to (i) the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in MarkN, (ii) the presence or absence of any errors or omissions contained in MarkN, or (iii) any conclusions in MarkN. Any use which you or a third party makes of MarkN, or any reliance on it, or decisions to be made based on it, are the responsibility of you or such third party.

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