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Department of Energy

Washington, DC 20585

November 5, 1999

SUPPLEMENTAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING WORKSHOP

FOR THE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONERS AND HEAT PUMPS ENERGY EFFICIENCY

STANDARDS RULEMAKING

The Department will publish the Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR)

regarding energy efficiency standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps in mid-November,

1999. A public workshop is being convened in order to receive public comments to the questions

and/or concerns discussed in the supplemental ANOPR. The Department requests that you submit

any topics or issues you wish to discuss by November 21, 1999. The enclosed draft agenda contains

some suggested topics but it will be revised based on your comments.

The workshop for central air conditioners and heat pumps standards rulemaking will be held on

December 9, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue, SW.. Room 1 E-245. Washington, DC 20585.

Copies of the preliminary material for the workshop, including spreadsheets, will be available on the

Office of Codes and Standards web site. The web site address is as follows:

http://wwv. eren. doe.gov/buildings/codes_ standards/index. htm.

If you have any questions. or plan to attend the workshop, or if you are unable to access the web site

and wish to obtain material for the workshop, please contact Mrs. Brenda Edwards-Jones of my staff

at (202) 586-2945 or by fax (202) 586-4617. If you have any topics you wish to discuss on'Thursday

morning, please contact Dr. Michael E. McCabe at (202) 586-0854 by November 21, 1999. I look

forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,

Edward O. Pollock, Jr, Director

Office of Building Research and Standards

Office of Buildings Technology, State

and Community Programs

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Enclosure

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Department of Energy 

Washington, DC 20585 

:--';ovember 5, 1999 

SUPPLEMENTAL ADVANCE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING WORKSHOP 

FOR THE CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONERS AND HEAT PUMPS ENERGY EFFICIENCY 

STANDARDS RULEMAKING 

The Department will publish the Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) 

regarding energy efficiency standards for central air conditioners and heat pumps in mid-November, 

1999. A public workshop is being convened in order to receive public comments to the questions 

and/or concerns discussed in the supplemental ANOPR. The Department requests that you submit 

any topics or issues you wish to discuss by November 21, 1999. The enclosed draft agenda contains 

some suggested topics but it will be revised based on your comments. 

The workshop for central air conditioners and heat pumps standards rulemaking will be held on 

December 9, 1999, from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW .. Room I E-245. Washington, DC 20585. 

Copies of the preliminary material tor the workshop, including spreadsheets, will be available on the 

Office of Codes and Standards web site. The web site address is as follows: 

http://www.eren.doe.govlbuildillgslcodes_standard .... findex.htm. 

I f you have any questions. or plan to attend the workshop, or if you are unable to access the web site 

and wish to obtain material tor the workshop, please contact Mrs. Brenda Edwards-Jones of my staff 

at (202) 586-2945 or by fax (202) 586-4617. If you have any topics you wish to discuss onThursday 

morning, please contact Dr. Michael E. McCabe at (202) 586-0854 by November 21, 1999. I look 

forward to seeing you. 

Enclosure 

Sinc~rely, / I , ." ~ 

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r,i~JA,joAdL4 I I I '/. 1-/ 

Edward O. Pollock, Jr, Director 

Office of Building Research and Standards 

Office of Buildings Technology, State 

and Community Programs 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

WORKSHOP ON STANDARDS FOR 

CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONERS AND HEAT PUMPS

U.S. Department of Energy 

1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, DC 20585 

 (Room 1E-245) 

December 9, 1999 

Preliminary Agenda

Activities: The Department will present the methodology and results pertaining to the 

analysis completed for the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding 

energy efficiency standards for central air conditioners and central air 

conditioning heat pumps. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions 

and comment on the analysis. The Department will also explain its plans for the 

analysis for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Participants will have an 

opportunity to suggest improvements in DOE’s methodologies, assumptions, and 

data sources. 

Objective: The participants will understand the analysis the Department has performed, and 

plans to perform, in support of rulemaking concerning energy efficiency standards 

for central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps. DOE will 

receive comments on these subjects. 

Welcome 

 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.Introduction and agenda review (MEMcCabe/Brookman)

 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Opening remarks (Reicher)

 9:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.Engineering analysis 

 Methodology and results (Kendall)

 Issues (McCabe)

· ARI and reverse engineering analyses 

· emerging technologies 

· niche products 

· alternative refrigerants 

· other 

Break - 15 minutes as appropriate 

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 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Life-cycle cost and consumer subgroup 

 Life-cycle cost methodology and results (McMahon)

 Consumer subgroup (McMahon)

 Life-cycle cost issues (McCabe)

 · economic assumptions (equipment lifetime, discount rates, etc.) 

 · other 

 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own) 

 1:30 p.m.- 2:15 p.m.Shipments and national energy savings (NES) 

· Methodology and results (McMahon)

 Issues (McCabe)

 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Manufacturer impact analysis (Rivest)

 Issues 

Break - 15 minutes as appropriate 

 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.Net national employment impact analysis (McMahon)

 Issues 

 

 3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.Utility impact analysis and environmental assessment (McMahon)

 Issues 

 4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Summary discussion and adjournment 

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