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Clothes Washer Rulemaking 

Attached is preliminary material that is intended to be the basis for the Technical Support 

Document for the clothes washer Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The material has been 

prepared by DOE staff and contractors. This material is being made available to the 

public for review and comment prior to an information meeting scheduled for July 22, 

1999, at DOE headquarters for final public input prior to issuance of the Proposed Rule. 

We are providing on the web the results of the life cycle-cost (LCC), payback, national 

energy savings (NES), net national employment impact and emissions analyses as well as 

spreadsheet models which you can use to determine the efficacy of the analysis and to be 

able to analyze different scenarios. 

In our analysis we have discovered some uncertainties in the Modified Energy Factor 

(MEF), one of the Department's measures of energy efficiency, due to apparent 

discrepancies in the remaining moisture content (RMC) results. We are trying to 

determine the cause of these discrepancies and we do not know if the previously collected 

data and analyses will be affected. Once we determine the extent of any problems, we 

will determine whether and what changes are needed to the test procedure and our 

analyses. As a result of the MEF uncertainties, we have not finalized the manufacturer 

impact analysis. 

Despite this issue, we plan to go ahead with an information meeting on July 22. The 

meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00a.m. and run until 1 :OOp.m. at the U.S. Department of 

Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 1 E-245, Washington, 

D.C. 20585. Although the content of the meeting may change, the proposed agenda is 

as follows: 

- Status of Rulemaking 

- Test Procedure 

- Review of Tools 

-Shipments Spreadsheet 

-GRIM Spreadsheet 

- Shipments Analysis 

If you have comments or if you encounter any problems while using these spreadsheets, 

please contact Bryan Berringer at (202) 586-0371. Previous information from the 

December 14, 199~_workshop and ANOPR. 

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• See Chapter 4 of the Preliminary Technical Support Document (PDF Format 7KB) 

• Life-Cycle Costs and Payback Periods for Clothes Washers (PDF Format 360KB) 

• LCC Spreadsheet (0..~§E2r~?.!???.Q.f.S.~) 

• LCC Spreadsheet Documentation (PDF Format 12KB) 

• NES Summary Report (PDF Format 257KB) 

• NES Spreadsheet (XLS Format 1400K~) 

• NES Spreadsheet Documentation CPPFF<?~E!:!?.~J!f.S~) 

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Shipment Results 

• Shipments Write-ups (PDF Format 161 KB) 

• Shipments Spreadsheet (XLS Format 1491KB) 

• Shipments Instruction Sheet (PDF Format 12KB) 

Net National Employment Results 

• Net National Employment Results (PDF Format 132KB) 

Manufacturers Impact Analysis Results 

Clothes Washers 

• Write-up explaining the clothes washer GRIM (PDF Format 62KB) 

• Clothes Washer GRIM Spreadsheet (XLS Format 400KB) 

Clothes Dryers 

• Write-up explaining the clothes dryer GRIM (PDF Format 14KB) 

• Clothes Dryer GRIM Spreadsheet (XLS Format 51 KB) 

Emissions Results 

• Emissions Results (PDF Format 7KB) 

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