Clothes Washer Standards 

Workshop 

December 15, 1998 

U.S. Department of Energy 

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

Office of Codes and Standards 

1000 Independence A venue, SW 

Washington, DC 20585 

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• Stakeholder Involvement 

• November 1996 Screening and Engineering Analysis Workshop 

• March 1997 Manufacturing Impact Analysis Workshop 

- Decision to customize each rulemaking 

• July 1997 Process and Analytical Tools Workshop 

- Presented Clothes Washer Rulemaking Framework 

- Developed spreadsheets for LCC, shipments and NES 

• December 1997 Manufacturer Cost Data Received 

• March 1998 Clothes Washer Workshop 

- Presented LCC and NES results 

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• Proposed Schedule 

• 1998 

- Published the Supplemental ANOPR on November 19th 

- Workshop on December 15th to receive additional 

comments on the ANOPR and to discuss approaches for 

further analysis 

• 1999 

- Receive comments on ANOPR by February 2nd 

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• Proposed Schedule (can't) 

• 1999 

- Data collection (manufacturing impact analysis) in 

February 

- Expect to release preliminary analysis prior to NOPR 

- Publish NOPR in November 

- Hold public hearing in December 

• 2000 

- Publish Final Rule in September 4 
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• DOE Resources 

• OCS Team Leader - Bryan Berringer 

• Contractor Teams - AOL, LBNL, NREL, Quantum and other 

recommended experts 

- AOL Lead: Engineering and Manufacturing Impact 

Analysis, and Reverse Engineering 

- LBNL Lead: LCC and National Benefits Analysis 

- NREL and Quantum Lead: Consumer Research 

Peer reviews 

- Frequent stakeholder reviews 

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Comments Pertaining to the 

Supplemental ANOPR 

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• Supplemental ANOPR 

+ Proposed product classes 

• Information on national level historical, current, and 

projections of water and sewer rates 

• Information relating to the determination of price and 

operating cost elasticities 

• Comments on the proposed DOE approach for determining 

shipments 

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• Supplemental ANOPR (can't) 

• Commenis on ihe alternative standard scenarios: 

- A moderate standard at an early effective date. For 

example, a level at a 25 percent improvement, effective 

three years after the publication of the Final Rule. 

- A stringent standard, at a later effective date. For 

example, a level at 45 percent improvement effective five 

years after the publication of the Final Rule. 

- A two phase approach. For example, a level at 20 

percent effective three years after the publication of the 

Final Rule (projected effective date - October, 2002) and 

a level at 40 percent effective eight years after publication 

of the Final Rule. 

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Reverse Engineering 

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• Reverse Engineering 

• Purpose: To derive a third party estimate of the cost of the 

prototype for comparison with the V and H-axis machine data 

supplied by manufacturers, and to evaluate whether or not it 

falls within the range of existing data. 

• Approach 

- Baseline V-axis models 

- Commercially available H-axis models 

- Whirlpool prototype 

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• Reverse Engineering (can't) 

• Status 

- Tear down of two V-axis machines 

- Preliminary Report dated February 24, · 1998 

- Request stakeholder input at March 1998 workshop 

- Tear down of prototype 

- Tear down of two H-axis 

- Present results December 15, 1998 workshop 

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NOPR Analyses 

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• NOPR Analyses 

• Life-Cycle-Cost, including marginal energy and water rates 

• National Energy Savings - determine shipment and elasticity 

• Consumer Survey - update 

• Manufacturer Impact Analysis 

• Indirect Employment 

+ Environmental Assessment 

• Utility Impact Analysis 13 
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Consumer Survey 

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• Consumer Survey 

• Recommendations from Advisory Committee to obtain 

background research, hold focus groups, and conduct 

interviews/surveys 

+ Presented Draft Report on Consumer Research at 

March 11, 1998 workshop. Formed consumer working 

group as an outcome of March 1998 workshop 

+ Contracted research firm to conduct focus groups and 

conjoint analysis 

- Focus Groups - January 1999 

- Conjoint Analysis - March 1999 

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