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REINVENTING THE APPLIANCE ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS PROCESS

Buildings for More than 10years ago, Congress / Reducingthe time and cost the 21st Century enacted legislationto establish energy of developing standards. efficiency standards for residential Buildings that are more energy- appliances. The standards have Analytical 

### efficient, comfortable, and already provided dramatic cost-effective / Increasing the use of outside affordable...that's the goal reductions inenergy use and ingreen- technical experts ofDOE's Office ofBuilding house gases. The U.S. Department Technology, State and of Energy (DOE), however, realized / Eliminating problematic design Community Programs (BTS). that even greater reductions could options early inthe process Toaccelerate the development be achieved sooner ifdelays weren't and wide application ofenergy experienced while upgrading some V Conducting thorough analyses efficiency measures, BTS: ofthese standards. So,the whole ofimpacts process for establishing appliance *Conducts R8D ontechnologies standards has been reinvented. / 

### Using transparent and robust

and concepts for energy analytical methods. efficiency, working closely with the building industry 

### How has te process Interpretative and with manufacturers of 

### been reinvented? / Fully considering alternatives materials, equipment, and to regulation 

### appliances In1996, the DOE initiated a new, more collaborative process for setting energy / Setting policies to guide the *Promotes energy/money efficiency standards forappliances. selection of standards

saving opportunities to both Through extensive interviews and 

### builders andbuyers ofhomes numerous public workshops, awide / Supporting efforts to build and commercial buildings variety of stakeholders provided consensus on standards. many comments and recommendations *Works with State and local on the rulemaking process, which

regulatory groupsto improve were incorporated into a Process 

### How has the Process building codes, appliance Rule published inJuly 1996. Rule worked in practice? standards, and guidelines 

### for efficient energy use The Process Rule contains several S 1 , t Since 1996, the DOEhas implemented procedural, analytical, and interpretive *pProvides support and grants many significant measures under Provides

support and grants improvements for establishing the Process Rule: to States and communities standards. The most significant 

### fordeployment ofenergy- improvements include: In 16,the D est / Inlate 1996, the DOE established efficient technologies and practices e sProcedural aan 

### advisory committee composed practices Procedural of manufacturers associations, / Providing for early input from states, utilities, environmental stakeholders groups, retailers, and consumers. The committee provides advice, / Increasing the predictability Increasin the pinformation and recommendations ofthe policymaking timetable

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__ ZLN_____L" X a____1 I_____ W S W_ MW__W_ DalFormore informationabout on the appliance energy / To-improve analyses, the DOE has theDOE OfficeofBuilding efficiency standards process. instituted: Technology,State and Its recommendations have CommunityPrograms, refined analyses regarding * More scenario and probability contact: current policymaking. analysesto deal with uncertainty and variability. The impacts then Energy Efficiencyand / The DOE developed a process can be evaluated to see ifthey Renewable Energy to prioritize the development of are acceptable over a wide Clearinghouse (EREC) standards and test procedures. range of possible conditions. 1-800-DOE-3732 The results are published annually www.eren.doe.gov/buildings to inform interested parties about * Four new spreadsheet models these priorities and schedules. to make analyses more Priorities also are used to accessible and transparent ApplianceStandards direct resources, which keeps to all stakeholders. Home Page: policymaking on schedule. The models displaythe life

www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/ cycle cost, shipments, codes-standards/index.htm 

## A The opportunities to discuss national energy savings, and analyses have been increased, manufacturer impact analyses. In addition to the workshops held Formore informationon after the publication of the advance * The use of marginal energy Lightingand Appliance notice of proposed policymaking prices to better estimate the Standardscontact: and the notice of proposed impacts of standards on rulemaking, the Department is also consumers' energy bills. EdPollock convening a workshop just prior Marginal prices are specific Phone: 202-586-9127 to the publication of the notice of to each household and FAX: 202-586-4617 proposed rulemaking. This work- each appliance. shop is to provide stakeholders 

### and interested parties withthe opportunity to comment on what 

### What standards are levels of revised energy efficiency 

### currentlybeing pursued 

### standards proposalstheycould underthe Process Rule? support from the analyses. A senior DOE official facilitates this workshop. The DOE has undertaken the ambitious Before the workshop, the DOE task of issuing energy efficiency provides the results ofthe lifecycle standards during the summer of 2000 cost, payback, national energy forfluorescent lamp ballasts, clothes savings, manufacturer impact and washers and water heaters. These environmental impact analyses. new standards will achievetremendous energy savings, as shown in the table

, The DOE has increased the below. And, under the Process Rule, number of visitsto manufacturers their issuance has successfully been to enrich the engineering and kept on schedule. manufacturing impact analyses.



### Range ofProjected Impacts
Energy Savings Environmental Product Cumulative Emission Reductions

- to 2030 Cumulative to2030 (Quads)* Carbon (Mt) Nox (kt) 

## Xt % ~ ~ Clothes Washers 0.3

- 8.4 6- 140 15

- 368 Fluorescent Lamp Ballasts 0.5

- 3.6 6

- 36 20

- 117 Printedwith renewable

- source Water Heaters 1.0- 9.7 17

- 90 44-230 inkonpapercontaining atleast 50% wastepaper, including * One quadis the approximate annual consumption ofabout2.9 million people 20%postconsumer waste. in 

### the United States oroneday ofworld energyuse (1996).

July 1999 DOE/GO-10099-824