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## Residential Clothes Dryers and Room Air Conditioners Preliminary Technical Support Document The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prepared the preliminary technical support document (TSD) for the analyses conducted for its energy conservation standards rulemaking on residential clothes dryers and room air conditioners.

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Title Page ( PDF 54 KB ) Table of Contents ( PDF 50 KB ) Executive Summary ( PDF 447 KB )



### Chapters Chapter 1. Introduction ( PDF 178 KB ) Chapter 2. Analytical Framework ( PDF 1.1 MB ) Chapter 3. Market and Technology Assessment ( PDF 3.3 MB ) Chapter 4. Screening Analysis ( PDF 137 KB ) Chapter 5. Engineering Analysis ( PDF 4.1 MB ) Chapter 6. Markups for Equipment Price Determination ( PDF 240 KB ) Chapter 7. Energy and Water Use Determination ( PDF 1.2 MB ) Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis ( PDF 3.5 MB ) Chapter 9. Shipments Analysis ( PDF 649 KB ) Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis ( PDF 1.1 MB ) Chapter 11. Life-Cycle Cost Sub-group Analysis ( PDF 23 KB ) Chapter 12. Manufacturer Impact Analysis ( PDF 359 KB ) Chapter 13. Utility Impact Analysis ( PDF 61 KB ) Chapter 14. Employment Impact Analysis ( PDF 52 KB ) Chapter 15. Environmental Assessment ( PDF 502 KB ) Chapter 16. Regulatory Impact Analysis ( PDF 61 KB )



### Appendices Appendix 5a. Draft Engineering Analysis Data Request Sheets ( PDF 549 KB ) Appendix 5b. Data Submittal ( PDF 578 KB ) Appendix 5c. Engineering Questionnaires ( PDF 546 KB ) Appendix 5d. Room Air Conditioner Engineering Data ( PDF 1.0 MB ) Appendix 6a. Detailed Data For Product Cost Markups ( PDF 86 KB ) Appendix 7a. RECS 2005 Variables And Values ( PDF 224 KB ) Appendix 7b. CBECS 2003 Variables And Values ( PDF 139 KB ) Appendix 7c. LCC Energy Use Calculations ( PDF 1.9 MB ) Appendix 7d. Weather Data And Temperature Parameters ( PDF 1.8 MB ) Appendix 8a. User Instructions For The Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Spreadsheet ( PDF 93 KB ) Appendix 8b. Uncertainty And Variability ( PDF 84 KB ) Appendix 8c. Lifetime Distributions ( PDF 245 KB ) Appendix 8d. Distributions Used For Discount Rates ( PDF 133 KB ) Appendix 8e. Technical Aspects Of The Tariff-Based Approach For Room Air Conditioner Energy Prices ( PDF 164 KB ) Appendix 8f. Development Of Monthly Allocation Factors For Residential Baseline Energy Use ( PDF 333 KB ) Appendix 8g. Rebuttable Payback Analysis Results ( PDF 578 KB ) Appendix 8h. Determination Of Base-Case Efficiency Distributions ( PDF 124

KB ) Appendix 9a. User Instructions For Shipments And National Energy Savings Spreadsheet Model ( PDF 82 KB ) Appendix 9b. National Energy Savings And Net Present Value Using Alternative Energy Price Scenarios ( PDF 513 KB ) Appendix 12a. Preliminary Manufacturing Impact Analysis Questionnaires ( PDF

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### Contact Information
Stephen Witkowski Project Manager (202) 586-7436

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