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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 of 

Heating, 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 

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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. 

Some of the following 

documents are available as 

Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download

Acrobat Reader.

Current Rulemaking 

Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NOPR) 

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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 

(PDF 886 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)

Contact Information 

Mohammed Khan

Project Manager 

(202) 586-7892 

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