10 C.F.R. § 430.23
When the test procedures of this section call for rounding off of test results, and the results fall equally between two values of the nearest dollar, kilowatt-hour, or other specified nearest value, the result shall be rounded up to the nearest higher value.
(a) Refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for models without an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(2) The estimated annual operating cost for models with an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(3) The estimated annual operating cost for any other specified cycle type shall be the product of the following three factors, the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(4) The energy factor, expressed in cubic feet per kilowatt-hour per cycle, shall be:
(i) For models without an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(ii) For models having an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(7) The following principles of interpretation shall be applied to the test procedure. The intent of the energy test procedure is to simulate typical room conditions (72 °F (22.2 °C)) with door openings, by testing at 90 °F (32.2 °C) without door openings. Except for operating characteristics that are affected by ambient temperature (for example, compressor percent run time), the unit, when tested under this test procedure, shall operate in a manner equivalent to the unit's operation while in typical room conditions.
(i) The energy used by the unit shall be calculated when a calculation is provided by the test procedure. Energy consuming components that operate in typical room conditions (including as a result of door openings, or a function of humidity), and that are not excluded by this test procedure, shall operate in an equivalent manner during energy testing under this test procedure, or be accounted for by all calculations as provided for in the test procedure. Examples:
(ii) DOE recognizes that there may be situations that the test procedures do not completely address. In such cases, a manufacturer must obtain a waiver in accordance with the relevant provisions of 10 CFR part 430 if:
(b) Freezers.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for freezers without an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(2) The estimated annual operating cost for freezers with an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(3) The estimated annual operating cost for any other specified cycle type for freezers shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(4) The energy factor, expressed in cubic feet per kilowatt-hour per cycle, shall be:
(i) For models without an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(ii) For models having an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(7) The following principles of interpretation shall be applied to the test procedure. The intent of the energy test procedure is to simulate typical room conditions (72 °F (22.2 °C)) with door openings by testing at 90 °F (32.2 °C) without door openings. Except for operating characteristics that are affected by ambient temperature (for example, compressor percent run time), the unit, when tested under this test procedure, shall operate in a manner equivalent to the unit's operation while in typical room conditions.
(i) The energy used by the unit shall be calculated when a calculation is provided by the test procedure. Energy consuming components that operate in typical room conditions (including as a result of door openings, or a function of humidity), and that are not excluded by this test procedure, shall operate in an equivalent manner during energy testing under this test procedure, or be accounted for by all calculations as provided for in the test procedure. Examples:
(ii) DOE recognizes that there may be situations that the test procedures do not completely address. In such cases, a manufacturer must obtain a waiver in accordance with the relevant provisions of this part if:
(c) Dishwashers.
(1) The Estimated Annual Operating Cost (EAOC) for dishwashers must be rounded to the nearest dollar per year and is defined as follows:
(i) When cold water (50 °F) is used,
EAOC = (De × ETLP) + (De × N × (M + MWS + MDO + MCO + EF−(ED/2))).
Where, De = the representative average unit cost of electrical energy, in dollars per kilowatt-hour, as provided by the Secretary, ETLP = the annual combined low-power mode energy consumption in kilowatt-hours per year and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, N = the representative average dishwasher use of 215 cycles per year when EAOC is determined pursuant to appendix C1 to this subpart, and 184 cycles per year when EAOC is determined pursuant to appendix C2 to this subpart, M = the machine energy consumption per cycle, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, MWS = the machine energy consumption per cycle for water softener regeneration, in kilowatt-hours and determined pursuant to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, MDO = for water re-use system dishwashers, the machine energy consumption per cycle during a drain out event in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, MCO = for water re-use system dishwashers, the machine energy consumption per cycle during a clean out event, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, EF = the fan-only mode energy consumption per cycle, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, and ED = the drying energy consumption, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable.
(ii) When electrically heated water (120 °F or 140 °F) is used,
EAOC = (De × ETLP) + (De × N × (M + MWS + MDO + MCO + EF−(ED/2))) + (De × N × (W + WWS + WDO + WCO)).
Where, De, ETLP, N, M, MWS, MDO, MCO, EF, and ED, are defined in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, W = the water energy consumption per cycle, in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, WWS = the water softener regeneration water energy consumption per cycle in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, WDO = The drain out event water energy consumption per cycle in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, and WCO = The clean out event water energy consumption per cycle in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable.
(iii) When gas-heated or oil-heated water is used,
EAOCg = (De × ETLP) + (De × N × (M + MWS + MDO + MCO + EF−(ED/2))) + (Dg × N × (Wg + WWSg + WDOg + WCOg)).
Where, De, ETLP, N, M, MWS, MDO, MCO, EF, and ED, are defined in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, Dg = the representative average unit cost of gas or oil, as appropriate, in dollars per BTU, as provided by the Secretary, Wg = the water energy consumption per cycle, in Btus and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable. WWSg = the water softener regeneration energy consumption per cycle in Btu per cycle and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, WDOg = the drain out water energy consumption per cycle in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable, and WCOg = the clean out water energy consumption per cycle in kilowatt-hours and determined according to section 5 of appendix C1 or appendix C2 to this subpart, as applicable.
(2) The estimated annual energy use, EAEU, expressed in kilowatt-hours per year must be rounded to the nearest kilowatt-hour per year and is defined as follows:
EAEU = (M + MWS + MDO + MCO + EF−(ED/2) + W + WWS + WDO + WCO) × N + ETLP
Where, M, MWS, MDO, MCO, EF, ED, ETLP are all defined in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section and W, WWS, WDO, WCO are defined in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section.
(d) Clothes dryers.
(2) The estimated annual operating cost for clothes dryers shall be—
(i) For an electric clothes dryer, the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded off to the nearest dollar per year:
(ii) For a gas clothes dryer, the product of the annual representative average number of clothes dryer cycles as specified in appendix D1 or D2 to this subpart, as appropriate, times the sum of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded off to the nearest dollar per year:
(e) Water heaters.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost is calculated as:
(i) For a gas-fired or oil-fired water heater, the sum of:
(f) Room air conditioners.
(1) Determine cooling capacity, expressed in British thermal units per hour (Btu/h), as follows:
(2) Determine electrical power input, expressed in watts (W) as follows:
(3) Determine the combined energy efficiency ratio (CEER), expressed in British thermal units per watt-hour (Btu/Wh) and as follows:
(4) Determine the estimated annual operating cost for a room air conditioner, expressed in dollars per year, by multiplying the following two factors and rounding as directed:
(g) Unvented home heating equipment.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for primary electric heaters, shall be the product of:
(3) The estimated operating cost per million Btu output shall be—
(i) For primary and supplementary electric heaters and unvented gas and oil heaters without an auxiliary electric system, the product of:
(i) Cooking products.
(2)
(4)
(ii) Determine the total annual electrical energy consumption of a conventional gas cooking top, including any conventional cooking top component of a combined cooking product, as follows, rounded to the nearest 1 kWh per year:
ETGE = EAGE + ETLP
Where: EAGE is the conventional gas cooking top annual active mode electrical energy consumption as defined in section 4.1.2.2.2 of appendix I1 to this subpart, and ETLP is the combined low-power mode energy consumption as defined in section 4.1 of appendix I1 to this subpart.
(5) Determine the estimated annual operating cost corresponding to the energy consumption of a conventional cooking top, including any conventional cooking top component of a combined cooking product, as follows, rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(ETGE × CKWH) + (ETGG × CKBTU)
Where: ETGE is the total annual electrical energy consumption for any electric energy usage, in kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, as determined in accordance with paragraph (i)(4) of this section; CKWH is the representative average unit cost for electricity, in dollars per kWh, as provided pursuant to section 323(b)(2) of the Act; ETGG is the total annual gas energy consumption, in kBtu per year, as determined in accordance with paragraph (i)(3) of this section; and CKBTU is the representative average unit cost for natural gas or propane, in dollars per kBtu, as provided pursuant to section 323(b)(2) of the Act, for conventional gas cooking tops that operate with natural gas or with LP-gas, respectively.
(j) Clothes washers.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for automatic and semi-automatic clothes washers must be rounded off to the nearest dollar per year and is defined as follows:
(i) When using appendix J (see the note at the beginning of appendix J),
(A) When electrically heated water is used,
(N × (MET + HET + ETLP) × CKWH)
Where: N = the representative average residential clothes washer use of 234 cycles per year according to appendix J, MET = the total weighted per-cycle machine electrical energy consumption, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.6 of appendix J, HET = the total weighted per-cycle hot water energy consumption using an electrical water heater, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.3 of appendix J, ETLP = the per-cycle combined low-power mode energy consumption, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.6.2 of appendix J, and CKWH = the representative average unit cost, in dollars per kilowatt-hour, as provided by the Secretary.
(B) When gas-heated or oil-heated water is used,
(N × (((MET + ETLP) × CKWH) + (HETG × CBTU)))
Where: N, MET, ETLP, and CKWH are defined in paragraph (j)(1)(i)(A) of this section, HETG = the total per-cycle hot water energy consumption using gas-heated or oil-heated water, in Btu per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.4 of appendix J, and CBTU = the representative average unit cost, in dollars per Btu for oil or gas, as appropriate, as provided by the Secretary.
(ii) When using appendix J2 (see the note at the beginning of appendix J2),
(A) When electrically heated water is used
(N2 × (ETE2 + ETLP2) × CKWH)
Where: N2 = the representative average residential clothes washer use of 295 cycles per year according to appendix J2, ETE2 = the total per-cycle energy consumption when electrically heated water is used, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.7 of appendix J2, ETLP2 = the per-cycle combined low-power mode energy consumption, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.4 of appendix J2, and CKWH = the representative average unit cost, in dollars per kilowatt-hour, as provided by the Secretary
(B) When gas-heated or oil-heated water is used,
(N2 × (((MET2 + ETLP2) × CKWH) + (HETG2 × CBTU)))
Where: N2, ETLP2, and CKWH are defined in paragraph (j)(1)(ii)(A) of this section, MET2 = the total weighted per-cycle machine electrical energy consumption, in kilowatt-hours per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.6 of appendix J2, HETG2 = the total per-cycle hot water energy consumption using gas-heated or oil-heated water, in Btu per cycle, determined according to section 4.1.4 of appendix J2, and CBTU = the representative average unit cost, in dollars per Btu for oil or gas, as appropriate, as provided by the Secretary.
(2)
(3) The annual water consumption of a clothes washer must be determined as:
(4)
(1) Determine cooling capacity from the steady-state wet-coil test (A or Afull Test), as per instructions in section 2 of appendix M1 or M2 to this subpart, and rounded off to the nearest:
(n) Furnaces.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for furnaces is the sum of:
(2) The annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) for furnaces, expressed in percent, is the ratio of the annual fuel output of useful energy delivered to the heated space to the annual fuel energy input to the furnace.
(3) The estimated regional annual operating cost for furnaces is calculated as follows:
(i) When using appendix N of this subpart for furnaces excluding low pressure steam or hot water boilers and electric boilers (see the note at the beginning of appendix N of this subpart),
(A) For gas or oil-fueled furnaces,
(EFR × CBTU) + (EAER × CKWH)
Where: EFR = the regional annual fuel energy consumption in Btu per year, determined according to section 10.7.1 of appendix N of this subpart; CBTU = the representative average unit cost in dollars per Btu of gas or oil, as provided pursuant to section 323(b)(2) of the Act; EAER = the regional annual auxiliary electrical energy consumption in kilowatt-hours per year, determined according to section 10.7.2 of appendix N of this subpart; and CKWH = the representative average unit cost in dollars per kilowatt-hour of electricity, as provided pursuant to section 323(b)(2) of the Act.
(B) For electric furnaces,
(EER × CKWH)
Where: EER = the regional annual fuel energy consumption in kilowatt-hours per year, determined according to section 10.7.3 of appendix N of this subpart; and CKWH is as defined in paragraph (n)(3)(i)(A) of this section.
(ii) When using appendix EE of this subpart for low pressure steam or hot water boilers and electric boilers (see the note at the beginning of appendix EE of this subpart),
(A) For gas or oil-fueled boilers,
(EER × CBTU) + (EAER × CKWH)
Where: EFR = the regional annual fuel energy consumption in Btu per year, determined according to section 10.5.1 of appendix EE of this subpart; CBTU and CKWH are as defined in paragraph (n)(3)(i)(A) of this section; and EAER = the regional annual auxiliary electrical energy consumption in kilowatt-hours per year, determined according to section 10.5.2 of appendix EE of this subpart.
(B) For electric boilers,
(EER × CKWH)
Where: EER = the regional annual fuel energy consumption in kilowatt-hours per year, determined according to section 10.5.3 of appendix EE of this subpart; and CKWH is as defined in paragraph (n)(3)(i)(A) of this section.
(o) Vented home heating equipment.
(2) When estimating the annual operating cost for vented home heating equipment, calculate the sum of:
(3) When estimating the operating cost per million Btu output for gas or oil vented home heating equipment with an auxiliary electric system, calculate the product of:
(i) The quotient of one million Btu divided by the sum of:
(ii) The sum of:
(p) Pool heaters.
(3) When estimating the annual operating cost of pool heaters, calculate the sum of:
(q) Fluorescent lamp ballasts.
(x) Ceiling fan light kits.
(1) For each ceiling fan light kit that requires compliance with the January 21, 2020 energy conservation standards:
(y) Compact fluorescent lamps.
(z) Dehumidifiers.
(aa) Battery Chargers.
(1) For battery chargers subject to compliance with the relevant standard at § 430.32(z) as that standard appeared in the January 1, 2022, edition of 10 CFR parts 200-499:
(2) For a battery charger subject to compliance with any amended relevant standard provided in § 430.32 that is published after September 8, 2022:
(2) When using appendix CC to this subpart, determine the estimated annual operating cost for portable air conditioners, in dollars per year and rounded to the nearest whole number, by multiplying a representative average unit cost of electrical energy in dollars per kilowatt-hour as provided by the Secretary by the total annual energy consumption (“AEC”), determined as follows:
(iii) For dual-duct variable-speed portable air conditioners the overall sum of
(iv) For single-duct variable-speed portable air conditioners, the overall sum of
(ee) Integrated light-emitting diode lamp.
(ff) Coolers and combination cooler refrigeration products.
(1) The estimated annual operating cost for models without an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(2) The estimated annual operating cost for models with an anti-sweat heater switch shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(3) The estimated annual operating cost for any other specified cycle type shall be the product of the following three factors, with the resulting product then being rounded to the nearest dollar per year:
(4) The energy factor, expressed in cubic feet per kilowatt-hour per cycle, shall be:
(i) For models without an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(ii) For models having an anti-sweat heater switch, the quotient of:
(7) The following principles of interpretation shall be applied to the test procedure. The intent of the energy test procedure is to simulate operation in typical room conditions (72 °F (22.2 °C)) with door openings by testing at 90 °F (32.2 °C) ambient temperature without door openings. Except for operating characteristics that are affected by ambient temperature (for example, compressor percent run time), the unit, when tested under this test procedure, shall operate in a manner equivalent to the unit's operation while in typical room conditions.
(i) The energy used by the unit shall be calculated when a calculation is provided by the test procedure. Energy consuming components that operate in typical room conditions (including as a result of door openings, or a function of humidity), and that are not excluded by this test procedure, shall operate in an equivalent manner during energy testing under this test procedure, or be accounted for by all calculations as provided for in the test procedure. Examples:
(ii) DOE recognizes that there may be situations that the test procedures do not completely address. In such cases, a manufacturer must obtain a waiver in accordance with the relevant provisions of this part if:
(gg) General Service Lamps.
(hh) Air cleaners.
(5) The estimated annual operating cost for conventional room air cleaners, expressed in dollars per year, shall be determined by multiplying the following two factors:
(ii) Portable electric spas. Measure the standby loss in watts and the fill volume in gallons of a portable electric spa in accordance with appendix GG to this subpart.
Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 430.23, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.
[42 FR 27898, June 1, 1977]