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## Commercial Heating, Air Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment (i.e. ASHRAE Equipment) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking This page provides information on the notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) addressing certain American Society ofHeating, Refrigeration, and AirConditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) equipment found in ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007.

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) NOPR for ASHRAE equipment describes DOE's determination of scope for considering amended energy conservation standards for certain commercial heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and water heating equipment addressed in ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007. DOE also proposes amending the energy conservation standards for ten equipment classes of commercial packaged boilers and water-cooled and evaporatively-cooled commercial package air conditioners and heat pumps with a cooling capacity at or above 240,000 Btu/h and less than 760,000 Btu/h by adopting the efficiency levels specified by ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007. In addition, DOE is proposing EERE Information Center 

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_ n...amendments to its test procedures for commercial packaged boilers, which manufacturers are required to use to certify compliance with the energy conservation standards set forth in the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

The NOPR is the first stage of the standards rulemaking process for ASHRAE equipment and will be followed by a final rule. At the NOPR stage, DOE presents the proposed standard levels and all of the rulemaking analyses. Interested parties are invited to review the NOPR documents and the analytical tools, attend the public meetings, and submit comments on the analyses and proposed standard levels.

As part of the NOPR analyses, DOE performed an environmental assessment and an emissions monetization analysis for ASHRAE equipment. On May 29, 2009, DOE issued a notice of data availability (NODA) and request for public comment that will be published in the Federal Register to announce the availability of these additional analyses and associated documentation. DOE invites interested parties to review and submit comments regarding the environmental assessment and the emissions monetization analysis for ASHRAE equipment during the NOPR comment period.

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### Current Rulemaking Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) 

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_ n...Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment NOPR, Federal Register, 74 FR 12000, March 20, 2009 ( PDF886 KB )

Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment NODA and Request for Public Comment, May 29, 2009, as issued by the Secretary of Energy ( PDF 1.0 MB ). NOTE: The official version of the NODA and request for public comment will be published in the Federal Register soon.

NOPR Public Meeting

Energy Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures and Energy Conservation Standards for Commercial Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating Equipment NOPR Technical Support Document, March 10, 2009.

 Chapter 1. Introduction ( PDF 108 KB )

 Chapter 2. Market Assessment ( PDF 632 KB )

 Chapter 3. Engineering Analysis ( PDF 296 KB ) 

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Content Last Updated: 05/29/2009  Chapter 4. Energy Use Characterization ( PDF 168 KB )

 Chapter 5. LifeCycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis ( PDF 1.3 MB )

 Chapter 6. Shipments Analysis ( PDF 192 KB )

 Chapter 7. National Impact Analysis ( PDF 352 KB )

 Chapter 8. Environmental Assessment ( PDF 200 KB )

 Chapter 9. Emissions Monetization ( PDF 90 KB )

 Appendix 4A. Annual Efficiency Calculation for Condensing Boilers ( PDF 164 KB )

 Appendix 5A. Detailed Life-Cycle Cost Output ( PDF 420 KB )

 Appendix 7A. Detailed National Energy Savings and National Net Present Value Output ( PDF 1.1 MB )



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