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Central Air Conditioners and 

Heat Pumps Framework Public 

Meeting 

Purpose: The Department will hold an informal public meeting as

a first step in the standards rulemaking process for residential 

central air conditioners and heat pumps. This meeting is the 

starting point for the standards-updating process and is intended 

to familiarize interested stakeholders with the approach and 

analytical tools that the DOE anticipates using. The meeting will 

highlight issues on which DOE requests feedback from interested 

parties on the assumptions, methodology, and analytical tools the

DOE proposes to use. In addition, the Department will request 

data and information that DOE should consider in its analysis of 

residential central air conditioners and heat pumps. 

To Submit Comments 

You may submit comments electronically, by hand delivery, by 

mail, or by courier by 4pm EDT July 7, 2008. Wherever 

possible, comments in the electronic format should carry the 

electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature,

comments submitted electronically must be followed and 

authenticated by submitting a signed original paper document. 

Comments should be submitted with reference to the docket 

number EERE-2008-BT-STD-0006 and/or RIN number 1904-

AB47 by the following methods: 

z Federal eRulemaking Portal, directions for submitting 

comments are on the site. 

z E-mail message to address specific to the rulemaking 

activity: Res_Central_AC_HP@ee.doe.gov. Please include 

EERE-2008-BT-STD-0006 and/or 1904-AB47 in the 

subject line of the message. 

Postal Mail: 

Brenda Edwards 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Building Technologies Program 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Mailstop EE-2J 

Washington, DC 20585-0121 

Please include one signed original. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: 

DATE: June 12, 2008 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET 

LOCATION: U.S. Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 1E-245 

Washington, DC 20585 

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Brenda Edwards 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Building Technologies Program 

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor 

Washington, DC 20024 

Telephone: (202) 586-2945 

These following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. 

Download Adobe Reader. 

Meeting Materials 

z Notice of Public Meeting and Availability of the Framework 

Document (PDF 82 KB) 

z Agenda (available June 12, 2008) 

z Presentation. DOE's presentation will include an overview 

of the rulemaking process and approaches to the analyses 

the Department intends to conduct for the Advance Notice 

of Proposed Rulemaking and, thereafter, the Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking: market and technology assessment, 

screening analysis, engineering analysis, markups for price 

determination, life-cycle cost analysis, shipments analysis, 

National impact analysis, manufacturer impact analysis, 

environmental assessment, and regulatory impact analysis.

z A copy of the transcript will be available for viewing or 

downloading from the Web some time after the public 

meeting, and will be available for purchase. To purchase, 

please contact Ms. Edwards for details. A transcript will also

be available for public inspection in the Building 

Technologies Program Reading Room, between 9:00 a.m. 

and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays some time after the meeting. To schedule an 

appointment, contact: 

Breda Edwards

U.S. Department of Energy 

Building Technologies Program 

950 L'Enfant Plaza, 6th Floor 

Washington, DC 20024 

Telephone: (202) 586-2945 

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