Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
The Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) of 1975 prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, and requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to administer an energy conservation program for these products. EPCA, as amended, provides DOE the authority to establish energy conservation standard for certain commercial equipment covered by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineerings Society of North America (IESNA) Standard 90.1, including packaged terminal air conditioners (PTACs) and packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHPs). (42 U.S.C. 6113(a)(6)9A)) Section 342(a)(6)(A) provides that the DOE may prescribe a standard more stringent than the level in ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, after ASHRAE amends the energy conservation standards found in ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1, if DOE can demonstrate "by clear and convincing evidence" that such a more stringent standard "would result in significant additional conservation of energy and is technologically feasible and economically justified."
DOE's, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program conducts the program that develops energy conservation standards for consumer products and commercial equipment. This office has the overall responsibility for rulemaking activities for PTACs and PTHPs in fulfillment of the law. The rulemaking activities for these products, both past and present, are presented below.
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Energy Conservation Standard Rulemaking
Previous Federal Register Notices
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Energy Conservation Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioner and Packaged Terminal Heat Pump Energy Conservation Standards, Federal Register, April 7, 2008 (PDF 1.5 MB)
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Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Efficiency Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment, Federal Register, March 7, 2007 (PDF 1.2 MB)
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Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Efficiency Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment, Federal Register, March 13, 2006 (PDF 311 KB)
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Final Rule: Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Efficiency Standards for Commercial Warm Air Furnaces: General Provisions for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment; Energy Efficiency Provisions for Electric Motors, Federal Register, October 21, 2004, (PDF 359 KB)
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Final Rule: Energy Efficiency Program for Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Efficiency Standards for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment, Federal Register, January 12, 2001 (PDF 616 KB)
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Energy Conservation Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Efficiency Standards for Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning and Water Heating Equipment: Notice of Preliminary Screening Analysis, Federal Register, March 1, 2000 (PDF 143 KB)
Contact Information
Wes Anderson
Project Manager for PTAC/PTHP Equipment
(202)586-7335