1904-AD93 202404 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 1900 Department of Energy DOE Test Procedures for Air-Cooled, Evaporatively-Cooled, and Water- Cooled Commercial Package Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has amended the Federal test procedures for air-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps with a rated cooling capacity greater than or equal to 65,000 Btu/h, evaporatively-cooled commercial package air conditioners, and water-cooled commercial package air conditioners to incorporate by reference the latest versions of the applicable industry test standards. In the final rule, DOE has amended the current test procedure for this equipment for measuring the current cooling and heating metrics -- integrated energy efficiency ratio (IEER) and coefficient of performance (COP), respectively; and established a new test procedure for this equipment that adopts two new metrics -- integrated ventilation, economizer, and cooling (IVEC) and integrated ventilation and heating efficiency (IVHE). Testing to the IVEC and IVHE metrics will not be required until such time as compliance is required with any amended energy conservation standard based on the new metrics. Additionally, DOE amended certain provisions of DOE’s regulations related to representations and enforcement for the subject equipment.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 10 CFR 431 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B) 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1)(A) Statutory Other Subject to 7-year-look-back requirement for certain equipment under 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(1) Statutory Other Subject to ASHRAE trigger for certain equipment under 42 U.S.C. 6314(a)(4)(B) No Request for Information (RFI) 07/25/2017 82 FR 34427 RFI Comment Period End 08/24/2017 Request for Information (RFI) 05/25/2022 87 FR 31743 RFI Comment Period End 06/24/2022 Working Group Notice of Open Meetings 09/01/2022 87 FR 53699 NPRM 08/17/2023 88 FR 56392 NPRM Comment Period End 10/16/2023 Final Action 05/20/2024 89 FR 43986 Final Action Effective 08/05/2024 YES Businesses None No Undetermined https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/standards.aspx?productid=75&action=viewlive Yes No 1904-AF45 Related to Troy Watson Project Manager 1904 Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy EE 240 449-9387 troy.watson@ee.doe.gov U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Mail Stop EE-5B, Washington DC 20585