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Water Heaters

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. For commercial heating, air conditioning and water heating products generally, the rule prescribes definitions and procedural provisions, and incorporates from EPCA general enforcement and administrative provisions.

  • 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, (PDF 359 KB) Download Acrobat Reader.

  • Direct Final Rule: Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Water Heaters, Hot Water Supply Boilers and Unfired Hot Water Storage Tanks, Federal Register, October 21, 2004, (PDF 140 KB) Download Acrobat Reader.

Previous Rules and Documents

Proposed Rule — Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Water Heaters, Hot Water Supply Boilers and Unfired Hot Water Storage Tanks; 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).

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