‘‘(8)(A) The term ‘commercial package air con-
ditioning and heating equipment’ means air-cooled, 
water-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, or water source 
(not including ground water source) electrically oper-
ated, unitary central air conditioners and central air 
conditioning heat pumps for commercial application. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘small commercial package air 
conditioning and heating equipment’ means commer-
cial package air conditioning and heating equipment 
that is rated below 135,000 Btu per hour (cooling 
capacity). 
‘‘(C) The term ‘large commercial package air 
conditioning and heating equipment’ means commer-
cial package air conditioning and heating equipment 
that is rated— 
‘‘(i) at or above 135,000 Btu per hour; 
and 
‘‘(ii) below 240,000 Btu per hour (cooling 
capacity). 
‘‘(D) The term ‘very large commercial package 
air conditioning and heating equipment’ means com-
mercial package air conditioning and heating equip-
ment that is rated— 
‘‘(i) at or above 240,000 Btu per hour; 
and
‘‘(ii) below 760,000 Btu per hour (cooling 
capacity). 
‘‘(9)(A) The term ‘commercial refrigerator, 
freezer, and refrigerator-freezer’ means refrigeration 
equipment that— 
‘‘(i) is not a consumer product (as defined 
in section 321); 
‘‘(ii) is not designed and marketed exclu-
sively for medical, scientific, or research pur-
poses; 
‘‘(iii) operates at a chilled, frozen, com-
bination chilled and frozen, or variable tempera-
ture; 
‘‘(iv) displays or stores merchandise and 
other 
perishable 
materials 
horizontally, 
semivertically, or vertically; 
‘‘(v) has transparent or solid doors, sliding 
or hinged doors, a combination of hinged, slid-
ing, transparent, or solid doors, or no doors; 
‘‘(vi) is designed for pull-down temperature 
applications or holding temperature applica-
tions; and 
‘‘(vii) is connected to a self-contained con-
densing unit or to a remote condensing unit.
‘‘(B) The term ‘holding temperature applica-
tion’ means a use of commercial refrigeration equip-
ment other than a pull-down temperature applica-
tion, except a blast chiller or freezer. 
‘‘(C) The term ‘integrated average temperature’ 
means the average temperature of all test package 
measurements taken during the test. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘pull-down temperature applica-
tion’ means a commercial refrigerator with doors 
that, when fully loaded with 12 ounce beverage cans 
at 90 degrees F, can cool those beverages to an av-
erage stable temperature of 38 degrees F in 12 
hours or less. 
‘‘(E) The term ‘remote condensing unit’ means 
a factory-made assembly of refrigerating components 
designed to compress and liquefy a specific refrig-
erant that is remotely located from the refrigerated 
equipment and consists of 1 or more refrigerant 
compressors, refrigerant condensers, condenser fans 
and motors, and factory supplied accessories. 
‘‘(F) The term ‘self-contained condensing unit’ 
means a factory-made assembly of refrigerating com-
ponents designed to compress and liquefy a specific 
refrigerant that is an integral part of the refrig-
erated equipment and consists of 1 or more refrig-
erant compressors, refrigerant condensers, condenser 
fans and motors, and factory supplied accessories.’’; 
and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(19) The term ‘automatic commercial ice 
maker’ means a factory-made assembly (not nec-
essarily shipped in 1 package) that— 
‘‘(A) consists of a condensing unit and ice- 
making section operating as an integrated unit, 
with means for making and harvesting ice; and 
‘‘(B) may include means for storing ice, 
dispensing ice, or storing and dispensing ice. 
‘‘(20) The term ‘commercial clothes washer’ 
means a soft-mount front-loading or soft-mount top- 
loading clothes washer that— 
‘‘(A) has a clothes container compartment 
that— 
‘‘(i) for horizontal-axis clothes wash-
ers, is not more than 3.5 cubic feet ; and 
‘‘(ii) for vertical-axis clothes washers, 
is not more than 4.0 cubic feet; and 
‘‘(B) is designed for use in— 
‘‘(i) applications in which the occu-
pants of more than 1 household will be 
using the clothes washer, such as multi-
family housing common areas and coin 
laundries; or 
‘‘(ii) other commercial applications. 
‘‘(21) The term ‘harvest rate’ means the 
amount of ice (at 32 degrees F) in pounds produced 
per 24 hours.’’. 
(b) STANDARDS
FOR COMMERCIAL PACKAGE AIR 
CONDITIONING
AND
HEATING
EQUIPMENT.—Section 
342(a) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 
U.S.C. 6313(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘SMALL
AND
LARGE’’ and inserting ‘‘SMALL, 
LARGE, AND VERY LARGE’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘but before 
January 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘January 1, 1994,’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘but before 
January 1, 2010,’’ after ‘‘January 1, 1995,’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the date of enactment 
of the Energy Policy Act of 1992’’ and in-
serting ‘‘January 1, 2010’’; 
(iii) by inserting after ‘‘large commer-
cial package air conditioning and heating
equipment,’’ the following: ‘‘and very large 
commercial package air conditioning and 
heating equipment, or if ASHRAE/IES 
Standard 90.1, as in effect on October 24, 
1992, is amended with respect to any’’; 
and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) If ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 is not amended 
with respect to small commercial package air conditioning 
and heating equipment, large commercial package air con-
ditioning and heating equipment, and very large commer-
cial package air conditioning and heating equipment dur-
ing the 5-year period beginning on the effective date of 
a standard, the Secretary may initiate a rulemaking to 
determine whether a more stringent standard— 
‘‘(I) would result in significant additional con-
servation of energy; and 
‘‘(II) is technologically feasible and economi-
cally justified.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by inserting 
‘‘and very large commercial package air condi-
tioning and heating equipment’’ after ‘‘large 
commercial package air conditioning and heat-
ing equipment’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Small commercial package air conditioning and 
heating equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 
2010, shall meet the following standards: 
‘‘(A) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioners at or above 65,000 
Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and less than 
135,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) shall be— 
‘‘(i) 11.2 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 11.0 for equipment with all other 
heating system types that are integrated into 
the equipment (at a standard rating of 95 de-
grees F db). 
‘‘(B) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioner heat pumps at or 
above 65,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and 
less than 135,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) 
shall be— 
‘‘(i) 11.0 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 10.8 for equipment with all other 
heating system types that are integrated into 
the equipment (at a standard rating of 95 de-
grees F db).
‘‘(C) The minimum coefficient of performance 
in the heating mode of air-cooled central air condi-
tioning heat pumps at or above 65,000 Btu per hour 
(cooling capacity) and less than 135,000 Btu per 
hour (cooling capacity) shall be 3.3 (at a high tem-
perature rating of 47 degrees F db). 
‘‘(8) Large commercial package air conditioning and 
heating equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 
2010, shall meet the following standards: 
‘‘(A) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioners at or above 
135,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and less 
than 240,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) 11.0 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 10.8 for equipment with all other 
heating system types that are integrated into 
the equipment (at a standard rating of 95 de-
grees F db). 
‘‘(B) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioner heat pumps at or 
above 135,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and 
less than 240,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) 
shall be—
‘‘(i) 10.6 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 10.4 for equipment with all other 
heating system types that are integrated into 
the equipment (at a standard rating of 95 de-
grees F db). 
‘‘(C) The minimum coefficient of performance 
in the heating mode of air-cooled central air condi-
tioning heat pumps at or above 135,000 Btu per 
hour (cooling capacity) and less than 240,000 Btu 
per hour (cooling capacity) shall be 3.2 (at a high 
temperature rating of 47 degrees F db). 
‘‘(9) Very large commercial package air conditioning 
and heating equipment manufactured on or after January 
1, 2010, shall meet the following standards: 
‘‘(A) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioners at or above 
240,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and less 
than 760,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) shall 
be— 
‘‘(i) 10.0 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 9.8 for equipment with all other heat-
ing system types that are integrated into the
equipment (at a standard rating of 95 degrees 
F db). 
‘‘(B) The minimum energy efficiency ratio of 
air-cooled central air conditioner heat pumps at or 
above 240,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) and 
less than 760,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity) 
shall be— 
‘‘(i) 9.5 for equipment with no heating or 
electric resistance heating; and 
‘‘(ii) 9.3 for equipment with all other heat-
ing system types that are integrated into the 
equipment (at a standard rating of 95 degrees 
F db). 
‘‘(C) The minimum coefficient of performance 
in the heating mode of air-cooled central air condi-
tioning heat pumps at or above 240,000 Btu per 
hour (cooling capacity) and less than 760,000 Btu 
per hour (cooling capacity) shall be 3.2 (at a high 
temperature rating of 47 degrees F db).’’. 
(c) STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS, 
FREEZERS, 
AND
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS.—Section 
342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6313) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, AND 
REFRIGERATOR-FREEZERS.—(1) In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘AV’ means the adjusted volume 
(ft3) (defined as 1.63 x frozen temperature compart-
ment volume (ft3) + chilled temperature compart-
ment volume (ft3)) with compartment volumes meas-
ured in accordance with the Association of Home 
Appliance Manufacturers Standard HRF1–1979. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘V’ means the chilled or frozen 
compartment volume (ft3) (as defined in the Asso-
ciation of Home Appliance Manufacturers Standard 
HRF1–1979). 
‘‘(C) Other terms have such meanings as may 
be established by the Secretary, based on industry- 
accepted definitions and practice. 
‘‘(2) Each commercial refrigerator, freezer, and re-
frigerator-freezer with a self-contained condensing unit de-
signed for holding temperature applications manufactured 
on or after January 1, 2010, shall have a daily energy 
consumption (in kilowatt hours per day) that does not ex-
ceed the following: 
‘‘Refrigerators with solid doors ......................................
0.10 V + 2.04
Refrigerators with transparent doors ............................
0.12 V + 3.34
Freezers with solid doors ...............................................
0.40 V + 1.38
Freezers with transparent doors ....................................
0.75 V + 4.10
Refrigerators/freezers with solid doors the greater of ...
0.27 AV – 0.71 or 
0.70. 
‘‘(3) Each commercial refrigerator with a self-con-
tained condensing unit designed for pull-down tempera-
ture applications and transparent doors manufactured on
or after January 1, 2010, shall have a daily energy con-
sumption (in kilowatt hours per day) of not more than 
0.126 V + 3.51. 
‘‘(4)(A) Not later than January 1, 2009, the Sec-
retary shall issue, by rule, standard levels for ice-cream 
freezers, self-contained commercial refrigerators, freezers, 
and refrigerator-freezers without doors, and remote con-
densing commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrig-
erator-freezers, with the standard levels effective for 
equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 2012. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary may issue, by rule, standard lev-
els for other types of commercial refrigerators, freezers, 
and refrigerator-freezers not covered by paragraph (2)(A) 
with the standard levels effective for equipment manufac-
tured 3 or more years after the date on which the final 
rule is published. 
‘‘(5)(A) Not later than January 1, 2013, the Sec-
retary shall issue a final rule to determine whether the 
standards established under this subsection should be 
amended. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 3 years after the effective date 
of any amended standards under subparagraph (A) or the 
publication of a final rule determining that the standards 
should not be amended, the Secretary shall issue a final 
rule to determine whether the standards established under
this subsection or the amended standards, as applicable, 
should be amended. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary issues a final rule under sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) establishing amended standards, the 
final rule shall provide that the amended standards apply 
to products manufactured on or after the date that is— 
‘‘(i) 3 years after the date on which the final 
amended standard is published; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Secretary determines, by rule, that 
3 years is inadequate, not later than 5 years after 
the date on which the final rule is published.’’. 
(d) STANDARDS FOR AUTOMATIC COMMERCIAL ICE 
MAKERS.—Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Con-
servation Act (42 U.S.C. 6313) (as amended by subsection 
(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AUTOMATIC COMMERCIAL ICE MAKERS.—(1) 
Each automatic commercial ice maker that produces cube 
type ice with capacities between 50 and 2500 pounds per 
24-hour period when tested according to the test standard 
established in section 343(a)(7) and is manufactured on 
or after January 1, 2010, shall meet the following stand-
ard levels:
‘‘Equipment 
type 
Type 
of 
cooling 
Harvest rate 
(lbs ice/24 
hours) 
Maximum en-
ergy use 
(kWh/100 lbs 
ice) 
Maximum con-
denser water use 
(gal/100 lbs ice) 
Ice Making 
Head 
Water 
<500 
7.80–0.0055H 
200–0.022H 
> or = 500 
and <1436 
5.58–0.0011H 
200–0.022H 
> or = 1436 
4.0 
200–0.022H 
Ice making 
head 
Air 
<450 
10.26– 
0.0086H 
Not applicable 
> or = 450 
6.89–0.0011H 
Not applicable 
Remote Con-
densing 
(but not re-
mote com-
pressor) 
Air 
<1000 
8.85–0.0038H 
Not applicable 
> or = 1000 
5.10 
Not applicable 
Remote Con-
densing and 
Remote 
Compressor 
Air 
<934 
8.85–0.0038H 
Not applicable 
> or = 934 
5.3 
Not applicable 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary may issue, by rule, standard 
levels for types of automatic commercial ice makers that 
are not covered by paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) The standards established under subparagraph 
(A) shall apply to products manufactured on or after the 
date that is— 
‘‘(i) 3 years after the date on which the rule is 
published under subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(ii) if the Secretary determines, by rule, that 
3 years is inadequate, not later than 5 years after 
the date on which the final rule is published. 
‘‘(3)(A) Not later than January 1, 2015, with respect 
to the standards established under paragraph (1), and, 
with respect to the standards established under paragraph 
(2), not later than 5 years after the date on which the
standards take effect, the Secretary shall issue a final rule 
to determine whether amending the applicable standards 
is technologically feasible and economically justified. 
‘‘(B) Not later than 5 years after the effective date 
of any amended standards under subparagraph (A) or the 
publication of a final rule determining that amending the 
standards is not technologically feasible or economically 
justified, the Secretary shall issue a final rule to determine 
whether amending the standards established under para-
graph (1) or the amended standards, as applicable, is tech-
nologically feasible or economically justified. 
‘‘(C) If the Secretary issues a final rule under sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) establishing amended standards, the 
final rule shall provide that the amended standards apply 
to products manufactured on or after the date that is— 
‘‘(i) 3 years after the date on which the final 
amended standard is published; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Secretary determines, by rule, that 
3 years is inadequate, not later than 5 years after 
the date on which the final amended standard is 
published. 
‘‘(4) A final rule issued under paragraph (2) or (3) 
shall establish standards at the maximum level that is 
technically feasible and economically justified, as provided 
in subsections (o) and (p) of section 325.’’.
(e) STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL CLOTHES WASH-
ERS.—Section 342 of the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act (42 U.S.C. 6313) (as amended by subsection (d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) COMMERCIAL CLOTHES WASHERS.—(1) Each 
commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2007, shall have— 
‘‘(A) a Modified Energy Factor of at least 1.26; 
and 
‘‘(B) a Water Factor of not more than 9.5. 
‘‘(2)(A)(i) Not later than January 1, 2010, the Sec-
retary shall publish a final rule to determine whether the 
standards established under paragraph (1) should be 
amended. 
‘‘(ii) The rule published under clause (i) shall provide 
that any amended standard shall apply to products manu-
factured 3 years after the date on which the final amended 
standard is published. 
‘‘(B)(i) Not later than January 1, 2015, the Sec-
retary shall publish a final rule to determine whether the 
standards established under paragraph (1) should be 
amended. 
‘‘(ii) The rule published under clause (i) shall provide 
that any amended standard shall apply to products manu-