WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released a final ruling on its Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment.
The final rule adopts the amended energy efficiency standards in American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1-2010 for: small, large, and very large water-cooled and evaporatively cooled commercial package air conditioners; variable refrigerant flow water-source heat pumps less than 17,000 Btuh and 135,00 Btuh or greater; and computer room air conditioners.