Federal Register - "Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Room Air Conditioners"

Title: Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Room Air Conditioners Source: Federal Register Data/Action: Department of Energy (Proposed Rule) Date: 6/11/2020 Text Preview: ...GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TP11JN20.005 The current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ENERGY STAR Product Specification for Room... ...variable-speed room ACs to the market in the near term, because, on December 28, 2017, EPA released its ENERGY STAR 2018 Emerging Technology Award Criteria for... ...EPA and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to harmonize metrics across efficiency programs. (AHAM, No. 3 at p. 4; Friedrich, No. 2 at p. 2) DOE agrees that introducing a second cooling mode test condition for all room ACs would result in a general increase in the reported cooling capacities for all units, which may cause confusion for consumers who have become familiar with the typical capacity values in this well- established market.\35\ Under the Memorandum of Understanding that EPA...