# Presentation: 761239

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ENERGY STAR Criteria for Clothes Washers

Overview of ENERGY STAR Criteria Setting Process and History of Clothes Washer Criteria 

Richard H. Karney, P.E.
U.S. Department of Energy

August 31, 2004

- ENERGY STAR Criteria for Clothes Washers
- Overview of ENERGY STAR Criteria Setting Process and History of Clothes Washer Criteria
- Richard H. Karney, P.E.
- U.S. Department of Energy
- August 31, 2004

## ENERGY STAR Purpose

- Preventing pollution through energy savings
- Section 103 of the Clean Air Act as amended in 1990
- Promoting development and commercialization of energy efficient appliances
- Section 127 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992
- Legislation directs agencies to establish voluntary programs that promote products more efficient than minimum Federal or State codes

## ENERGY STAR Fundamentals

- Voluntary Program
- Reduces Energy Use
- Prevents Pollution
- Profitable for Partners

## Theory of Criteria Setting

**R&D**

**Building Codes and**
**Standards**

**Increasing Energy Efficiency (Metrics)**

**Number of Unit Sales**

**ENERGY STAR**

**Market Transformation**

## ENERGY STAR Criteria

- Energy Efficiency
- product should be among the most efficient in its category
- Commercial Availability
- must be readily available in the market, cannot rely on proprietary technology owned by one manufacturer
- Cost effectiveness of price premium
- if there is a premium, should be justified to the consumer based on cost savings or other benefits
- Performance
- qualified models must perform as well or better than other models on the market

## Criteria Revision Process

- DOE maintains the ENERGY STAR Criteria and reserves the right to change the criteria at any time should technological and/or market changes affect its usefulness or effectiveness.  Changes can be triggered by revisions to Federal standards or market saturation.
- DOE will notify all ENERGY STAR partners and stakeholders by e-mail to announce the launch of a revision process, provide initial analysis or proposal of those requirements are targeted for potential revision, and call for comments.
- DOE will hold a stakeholder meeting.
- All formal comments will be reviewed and considered by DOE.
- All draft criteria revisions, announcements, partner and stakeholder comments, partner meeting minutes and presentations will be posted on the ENERGY STAR web site.

## ENERGY STAR Clothes Washer Criteria History

- 1987 – Congress passed the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA)
- 1994 – First Federal clothes washer standard and test procedure adopted
- 1997 – ENERGY STAR program expanded to include residential clothes washers
- 2001 – ENERGY STAR clothes washer criteria changed to use Modified Energy Factor (MEF) instead of Energy Factor (EF)
- 2001 – ENERGY STAR clothes washer criteria expanded to include residential style commercial clothes washers
- 2004 – Federal standard shifts to MEF, ENERGY STAR criteria changes

## ENERGY STAR Clothes Washer Criteria Levels

|  | Federal Standard
 | ENERGY STAR Criteria |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1997 | Minimum EF of 1.18 | Minimum EF of 2.50
 |
| January 1, 2001 | Minimum EF of 1.18 | Minimum MEF of 1.26
 |
| January 1, 2004 | Minimum MEF of 1.04 | Minimum MEF of 1.42
 |
| January 1, 2007
 | Minimum MEF of 1.26 | To Be Determined |

## ENERGY STAR Qualified Clothes Washer Market Penetration

| Year | ENERGY STAR market penetration | Estimated ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washer shipments |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1996 | 0.07% | 4,358 |
| 1997 | 3.57% | 225,838 |
| 1998 | 5.73% | 391,646 |
| 1999 | 8.53% | 623,799 |
| 2000 | 9.30% | 697,035 |
| 2001 | 10.29% | 757,550 |
| 2002 | 16.30% | 1,262,435 |
| 2003 | 23.07% | 1,879,236 |
| 2004 | 25.58%* | Not Available |

- * 2004 market penetration is quarters one and two.

## Next Steps

- Hold Stakeholder Meeting
- Collect Comments (September 17, 2004)
- Analyze Comments
- Make Draft Determination (if revision warranted)
- Collect Comments on Draft
- Issue Final Determination and Effective Date