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Title 10 → Chapter II → Subchapter D → Part 431 → Subpart I
Subpart I—Commercial Clothes Washers
§431.151 Purpose and scope.
§431.152 Definitions concerning commercial clothes washers.
§431.154 Test procedures.
§431.156 Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.
Source: 70 FR 60416, Oct. 18, 2005, unless otherwise noted.
This subpart contains energy conservation requirements for commercial clothes washers, pursuant to Part C of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 6311-6317.
Commercial clothes washer means a soft-mounted front-loading or soft-mounted top-loading clothes washer that—
(1) Has a clothes container compartment that—
(2) Is designed for use in—
IWF means integrated water factor, in gallons per cubic feet per cycle (gal/cu ft/cycle), as determined in section 4.2.13 of Appendix J2 to subpart B of 10 CFR part 430.
MEF means modified energy factor, in cubic feet per kilowatt hour per cycle (cu ft/kWh/cycle), as determined in section 4.4 of Appendix J1 to subpart B of part 430.
MEFJ2 means modified energy factor, in cu ft/kWh/cycle, as determined in section 4.5 of Appendix J2 to subpart B of part 430.
WF means water factor, in gal/cu ft/cycle, as determined in section 4.2.3 of Appendix J1 to subpart B of part 430.
[70 FR 60416, Oct. 18, 2005, as amended at 76 FR 12504, Mar. 7, 2011; 79 FR 71630, Dec. 3, 2014]
The test procedures for clothes washers in appendix J1 to subpart B of part 430 of this chapter must be used to test commercial clothes washers to determine compliance with the energy conservation standards at §431.156(a). The test procedures for clothes washers in appendix J2 to subpart B of part 430 of this chapter must be used to determine compliance with the energy conservation standards at §431.156(b).
[81 FR 20529, Apr. 8, 2016]
(a) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 8, 2013, and before January 1, 2018, shall have a modified energy factor no less than and a water factor no greater than:
Modified energy factor (MEF),
cu. ft./kWh/cycle
Water factor (WF),
gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading 1.60 8.5
Front-Loading 2.00 5.5
(b) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 1, 2018 shall have a modified energy factor no less than and an integrated water factor no greater than:
Modified energy factor (MEFJ2),
factor (IWF),
Top-Loading 1.35 8.8
Front-Loading 2.00 4.1
[76 FR 69123, Nov. 8, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 74541, Dec. 15, 2014; 81 FR 20529, Apr. 8, 2016]