N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21, § 509.1 – Scope and purpose.

(a) The New York State Legislature has found that increasing energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings by increasing the use of energy efficient appliances will have significant impacts on the environment and natural resources by reducing energy consumption and limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The provisions of this Part shall apply to any product of the types listed herein that is determined to be a new product, which is sold, or offered for sale, leased or offered for lease, rented or offered for rent, or installed or offered for installation in New York State unless pre-empted by Federal appliance standards in effect for such product. For purposes of this Part, a product is a new product if its date of manufacture is on or after the effective date of such standard or such other date as may be determined in accordance with specific standards herein.
(b) The purpose of this Part is to:
1. (1) establish appliance and equipment efficiency standards and certification procedures;
2. (2) promulgate new technical specifications and testing protocols for the certification, and enforcement of such appliance and equipment efficiency standards for the products and items listed herein; and
3. (3) establish performance metrics and/or prescriptive design requirements associated with each regulated category of products set forth herein in order to reduce energy consumption, reduce water consumption, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with energy consumption and/or increase demand flexibility. This Part implements the “Advanced Building Codes, Appliance and Equipment Efficiency Standards Act of 2022” and extends the requirement to meet efficiency standards to multiple products.