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This page lists recently published Appliance and Equipment Standards Technical Support Documents, Rulemaking Framework Documents and other documents. You can also access recent announcements regarding workshops/other meetings, or product information from the home page.

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2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

2007

• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Program for Consumer Products and Commercial and Industrial Equipment, Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, and Commercial Clothes Washers, November 2007
  
  
• Third Semi-Annual Report to Congress on Appliance Energy Efficiency Rulemakings - "Implementation Report: Energy Conservation Standards Activities," August 2007 (PDF 153 KB)
  
  
• Second Semi-Annual Report to Congress on Appliance Energy Efficiency Rulemakings - "Implementation Report: Energy Conservation Standards Activities," February 2007 (PDF 262 KB)
  
  

2006

• Report to Congress on Appliance Energy Efficiency Rulemakings - "Implementation Report: Energy Conservation Standards Activities," August 2006 (PDF 214 KB)
  
  
• Report to Congress on Appliance Energy Efficiency Rulemakings, January 2006 (PDF 924 KB)
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Analysis of Energy Conservation Standards for Small Electric Motors, June 2006, (PDF 625 KB)
  
  
• Rulemaking Framework Document for General Service Fluorescent Lamps, Incandescent Reflector Lamps, and General Service Incandescent Lamps, May 31, 2006, (PDF 692 KB)
  
  
• Rulemaking Framework Document for Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Including Ice-Cream Freezers; Self-Contained Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers, and Refrigerator-Freezers without Doors; Remote Condensing Commercial Refrigerators, Freezers and Refrigerator-Freezers, April 12, 2006, (PDF 498 KB)
  
  
• Rulemaking Framework for Commercial Clothes Washers and Residential Dishwashers, Dehumidifiers, and Cooking Products, March 15, 2006, (PDF 402 KB)
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment Covered by ASHRAE Standard 90.1, March 2, 2006, (PDF 869 KB)
  
  
• Report to Congress on Appliance Energy Efficiency Rulemakings, including Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies, January 31, 2006, (PDF 924 KB)
  
  

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2005

• Technical Report: Analysis of Amended Energy Conservation Standards for Residential Refrigerator-Freezers, October 2005, (PDF 1.1 MB)
  
  
• 2006 Draft Rulemaking Activity Data Sheets, October 2005, (PDF 528 KB)

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2004

• Draft Technical Support Document High-Intensity Discharge Lamps Analysis of Potential Energy Savings, December 2004, (PDF 3.3 MB)
  
  
• FY 2005 and 2004 Priorities for the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process
  
  
• Technical Amendment to Incorporate the SEER and HSPF Standards for All Classes of Air Conditioners, August 17, 2004, (PDF 80 KB)
  
  
• ANOPR Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Furnaces and Boilers, July 2004

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2003

• Review of Analyses in Support of Proposed U.S. DOE ANOPR on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, November 17, 2003 (PDF 646 KB)
  
  
• Draft Framework for Determination Analysis of Energy Conservation Standards for High Intensity Discharge Lamps, June 2003, (PDF 5.5 MB)
  
  
• Draft Report: Analysis of Energy Conservation Standards for Small Motors, June 2003, (PDF 17 KB)
  
  
• FY 2004 Priorities for the Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process
  
  

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2002

• Report entitled, "North American Energy Efficiency Standards and Labeling," dated December 12, 2002. (PDF 550 KB)
  
  
• Draft Residential Central Air Conditioner, Small Duct, High Velocity (SDHV) Systems Standards Rulemaking: Engineering Analysis, November 26, 2002, (PDF 751 KB)
  
  
• Review of Analyses in Support of Proposed U.S. DOE ANOPR on Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, November 17, 2003,
• Draft Residential Central Air Conditioner, Small Duct, High Velocity (SDHV) Systems Standards Rulemaking: Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis (PDF 214 KB)
  
  
• Technical Suppport Document (NOPR TSD): Energy Efficiency Standards for Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, May 2002
  
  
• Addendum to the Arthur D. Little, Inc. report, "Review of Survey Data to Support Revisions to DOE's Dishwasher Test Procedure," March 5, 2002, (PDF 1.2 MB)

• FY 2003 Priority Setting Summary Report and Action Proposed (PDF 265 KB)
  • Appendix A: Technical Support Document (PDF 668 KB)
  • Appendix B: Data Sheets for Existing Products (PDF 235 KB)
  • Appendix C: Data Sheets for New Products (PDF 783 KB)

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2001

• Framework Document for Residential Furnaces and Boilers Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking (Draft), July 17, 2001, (PDF 179 KB)
  
  
• Commercial Unitary Air Conditioner and Heat Pumps Energy Conservation Standards Framework Document, June 13, 2001, (PDF 125)
  
  
• Concept Summary for Dishwasher Test Procedure (PDF 7 KB)
  
  
• Review of Survey Data to Support Revisions to DOE's Dishwasher Test Procedure, report by Arthur D. Little, Inc., December 18, 2001, see also the addendum by Arthur D. Little dated March 5, 2002 (PDF 118 KB)
  
  

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2000

• Framework Document for Distribution Transformer Energy Conservation Standards Rulemaking (PDF 108 KB)
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, October 2000
  
  
• NOPR Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Clothes Washers, September 2000
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Water Heaters (Including Regulatory Impact Analysis), March 2000
  
  
• Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts (Including the Environmental Assessment and Regulatory Impact Analysis), January 2000

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1999

• Semiannual Regulatory Agenda, Federal Register, November 22, 1999 (PDF 29 KB)
  
  
• Marginal Energy Prices Final Report, July, 1999. This report responds to a recommendation from the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advisory Committee on Appliance Energy Efficiency Standards (PDF 378 KB) RECS 97 Update (PDF 17 KB)

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1998

• Technical Support Document: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products: Cooking Products, September 1998
  
  
• Report entitled, "Methodology of the National Energy Savings Analysis for Residential Water Heater Efficiency Standards and Preliminary Base Case Results," November 1998 (PDF 196 KB)
  
  
• Report entitled "Baseline Results and Methodology of the Consumer Sub-Groups Analysis for Residential Water Heater Efficiency Standards," October 1998 (PDF 298 KB)
  
  
• Report entitled "Results and Methodology of the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Residential Water Heater Efficiency Standards," November 1998 (PDF 422 KB)
  
  
• Report entitled "Methodology of the Utility and Environmental Analyses for Residential Water Heater Efficiency Standards," October 1998 (PDF 34 KB)
  
  
• Report entitled "Results and Methodology of the Engineering Analysis for Residential Water Heater Efficiency Standards," October 1998 (PDF 414 KB)
  
  
• The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report entitled "Analysis of Proposals for Compliance and Enforcement Testing Under the New Part 431; Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations," by K.L. Stricklett and M. Vangel, January 1998 (PDF 398 KB)
  
  
• The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report entitled "Technology Assessment and Screening Analysis, Appendix B Supplement to the Water Heater Rulemaking Framework," January 1998 (PDF 97 KB).
  
  
• Fiscal Year 1998 Priority Setting for Appliance Standards Rulemaking Process, June 30, 1997. This document contains data sheets showing the proposed priorities for the fiscal year 1998, based on the presumption that the Office of Codes and Standards will be funded at its requested level for fiscal 1998. (PDF 4.3 MB)

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1997

• Technical Support Document for Energy Conservation Standards for Room Air Conditioners, September 1997
  • Volume 1 - The General Methodology (PDF 2.3 MB)
  • Volume 2 - Detailed Analysis of Efficiency Levels (PDF 1.1 MB)

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