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Commercial Heating, Air

Conditioning, and Water

Heating Equipment Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking Public

Meeting

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) held a

public meeting to cover the notice of proposed

rulemaking (NOPR) for commercial heating,

air conditioning, and water heating (ASHRAE)

equipment. This public meeting provided DOE

the opportunity to present the proposal,

discuss the analyses, and respond to

interested parties' questions. DOE also sought

input from these parties on the planned

methods, assumptions, and data sources.

Here you will find information on the meeting

as well as instructions for submitting

comments for this public meeting. The

documents are available as Adobe Acrobat

PDFs. Download Acrobat Reader.

Meeting Materials

Energy Conservation Program for

Certain Industrial Equipment: Test

Procedures and Energy Conservation

Standards for Commercial Heating,

Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating

Equipment Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NOPR), Federal Register,

74 FR 12000, March 20, 2009, as issued

by the Secretary of Energy (PDF 886

KB)

Agenda (PDF 100 KB)

Presentation (PDF 198 KB)

Transcript: (PDF 399 KB) A transcript is

also available for public inspection in

the Building Technologies Program

Date: April 7, 2009

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT

Location:

U.S. Department of Energy

Forrestal Building

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.

Room 8E-089

Washington, DC 20585

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Reading Room, between 9:00 a.m. and

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. To schedule an

appointment or to purchase this

transcript, contact:

Ms. Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor

Washington, DC 20024

Telephone: (202) 586-2945

Comments

DOE invites public comment on its

determination of scope, test procedure

amendments, analyses, and proposed

standard levels for amended national energy

conservation standards for ASHRAE

equipment.

The comment period is open until June 3,

2009 in the Federal Register.

You may submit comments through the

Federal rulemaking portal, electronically, by

mail, or by courier. Whenever possible,

comments in the electronic format should

carry the electronic signature of the author.

Absent an electronic signature, comments

submitted electronically must be authenticated

by submitting the signed original paper

document.

All comments submitted must identify the

ASHRAE Equipment Rulemaking, the docket

number, and the regulatory information

number (RIN).

ASHRAE Equipment Rulemaking: Docket

Number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0013 and

Regulatory Information Number (RIN)

1904-AB83

Comments may be submitted using any of the

following methods:

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:

http://www.regulations.gov/

Follow the instructions for submitting

comments.

E-mail:

ASHRAE_90.1_rulemaking@ee.doe.gov.

Include EERE-2008-BT-STD-0013

and/or RIN 1904-AB83 in the subject

line of the message.

Postal Mail:

Ms. Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Mailstop EE-2J

Washington, DC 20585

Include one signed original.

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Hand Delivery or Courier:

Ms. Brenda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy

Building Technologies Program

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor

Washington, DC 20024.

Telephone: (202) 586-2945

Include one signed original.

Contact Information

Mohammed Khan

Project Manager for ASHRAE Equipment

(202) 586-7892

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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 Air-Conditioning 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 amendments to its test

procedures for commercial packaged boilers,

which manufacturers are required to use to

certify compliance with EPCA's energy

conservation standards.

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, including the engineering analysis,

the life-cycle cost analysis, and the national

impact analysis. 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.

Some of the following documents are available

as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Acrobat

Reader.

Current Rulemaking

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR)

Energy Conservation Program for

Certain Industrial Equipment: Test

Procedures and Energy Conservation

Standards for Commercial Heating,

Air-Conditioning, and Water Heating

Equipment Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking (NOPR), Federal Register,

74 FR 12000, March 20, 2009, as issued

by the Secretary of Energy (PDF 886

KB)

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, arch 10, 2009.

Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF 108

KB)

Chapter 2. Market Assessment

(PDF 632 KB)

Chapter 3. Engineering Analysis

(PDF 296 KB)

Chapter 4. Energy Use

Characterization (PDF 168 KB)

Chapter 5. Life-Cycle Cost and

Payback Period Analysis (PDF 1.3

MB)

Chapter 6. Shipments Analysis

(PDF 192 KB)

Chapter 7. National Impact

Analysis (PDF 352 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 for ASHRAE Equipment

(202) 586-7892

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