Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.

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  2. CFR 10
  3. Energy
  4. Department of Energy
  5. Energy Conservation
  6. Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment
  7. Commercial Clothes Washers
  8. Energy Conservation Standards
  9. Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.

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§ 431.156 Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.

(a) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 8, 2013, and before January 1, 2018, shall have a modified energy factor no less than and a water factor no greater than:

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Equipment class Modified energy factor (MEF),
cu. ft./kWh/cycle 		Water factor (WF),
gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading 1.60 8.5
Front-Loading 2.00 5.5

(b) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 1, 2018 shall have a modified energy factor no less than and an integrated water factor no greater than:

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Equipment class Modified energy factor (MEFJ2),
cu. ft./kWh/cycle 		Integrated Water
factor (IWF),
gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading 1.35 8.8
Front-Loading 2.00 4.1

[76 FR 69123, Nov. 8, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 74541, Dec. 15, 2014; 81 FR 20529, Apr. 8, 2016]


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