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10 CFR 431.97 - Energy efficiency standards and their compliance dates. | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
CFR › Title 10 › Chapter II › Subchapter D › Part 431 › Subpart F › Section 431.97 10 CFR 431.97 - Energy efficiency standards and their compliance dates.
(a) All basic models of commercial package air-conditioning and heating equipment must be tested for performance using the applicable DOE test procedure in § 431.96, be compliant with the applicable standards set forth in paragraphs (b) through (f) of this section, and be certified to the Department under 10 CFR part 429.
Table 1 to § 431.97 - Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment
[Not including single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps, packaged terminal air conditioners and packaged terminal heat pumps, computer room air conditioners, variable refrigerant flow multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps, and double-duct air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment] Equipment type
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Split-System)
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Single-Package)
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
No Heating or Electric Resistance Heating
All Other Types of Heating
EER = 10.8
Large Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
EER = 10.6
EER = 10.4
Very Large Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
≥240,000 Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
EER = 9.8
EER = 9.3
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Cooled)
EER = 12.1
EER = 11.9
Large Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Cooled)
EER = 12.5
EER = 12.3
Very Large Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Cooled)
EER = 12.4
EER = 12.2
Small Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Evaporatively-Cooled)
Large Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Evaporatively-Cooled)
EER = 12.0
EER = 11.8
Very Large Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Evaporatively-Cooled)
EER = 11.7
Small Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Source: Water-to-Air, Water-Loop)
<17,000 Btu/h
≥17,000 Btu/h and <65,000 Btu/h
1 And manufactured before January 1, 2017. See Table 3 of this section for updated efficiency standards.
2 And manufactured before January 1, 2018. See Table 3 of this section for updated efficiency standards.
3 And manufactured before October 9, 2015. See Table 3 of this section for updated efficiency standards.
Table 2 to § 431.97 - Minimum Heating Efficiency Standards for Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment [Heat Pumps]
Small Commercial Pacakage Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Single-Package)
Large Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
COP = 3.2
Very Large Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
Small Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Source: Water-to-Air, Water-Loop)
<135,000 Btu/h
COP = 4.2
1 And manufactured before January 1, 2017. See Table 4 of this section for updated heating efficiency standards.
2 And manufactured before January 1, 2018. See Table 4 of this section for updated heating efficiency standards.
3 And manufactured before October 9, 2015. See Table 4 of this section for updated heating efficiency standards.
Table 3 to § 431.97 - Updates to the Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment
Small Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
Electric Resistance Heating or No Heating
IEER = 12.9
IEER = 14.8
1January 1, 2023.
IEER = 12.7
IEER = 14.6
IEER = 12.2
IEER = 14.1
IEER = 12.0
IEER = 13.9
IEER = 12.4
IEER = 14.2
IEER = 14.0
IEER = 11.6
IEER = 13.5
IEER = 11.4
IEER = 13.3
IEER = 13.2
IEER = 13.0
IEER = 10.6
IEER = 12.5
IEER = 10.4
IEER = 12.3
Small Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Split-System)
SEER = 13.0
SEER = 14.0
Small Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Single-Package)
<65,000Btu/h
Small Commercial Packaged Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water Source: Water-to-Air, Water-Loop)
EER = 13.0
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000Btu/h
1 And manufactured before January 1, 2023.
Table 4 to § 431.97 - Updates to the Minimum Heating Efficiency Standards for Air-Cooled Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment [Heat Pumps]
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Split-Sytem)
HSPF = 8.2
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, 3-Phase, Single Package)
HSPF = 8.0
Small Commercial Package Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Water-Source: Water-to-Air, Water-Loop)
COP = 4.3
COP = 3.4
2January 1, 2023.
<240,000 Btu/h
≥240,000 Btu/h and
<760,000 Btu/h
1 For units tested using the relevant AHRI Standards, all COP values must be rated at 47 °F outdoor dry-bulb temperature for air-cooled equipment.
2 And manufactured before January 1, 2023.
Table 5 to § 431.97 - Minimum Cooling Efficiency Standards for Double-Duct Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment
Small Double-Duct Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
Large Commercial Double-Duct Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
Very Large Double-Duct Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled)
≥240,000 Btu/h and <300,000 Btu/h
Table 6 to § 431.97 - Minimum Heating Efficiency Standards for Double-Duct Air-Cooled Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment
Efficiency level 1
Small Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, Double-Duct)
Large Commercial Packaged Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, Double-Duct)
Very Large Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment (Air-Cooled, Double-Duct)
Table 7 to § 431.97 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for PTAC and PTHP
manufactured on and after . . .
<7,000 Btu/h
≥7,000 Btu/h and ≤15,000 Btu/h
EER = 13.8−(0.3 × Cap 1)
>15,000 Btu/h
EER = 10.9−(0.213 × Cap 1)
EER = 7.7
EER = 14.0−(0.3 × Cap 1)
COP = 3.7−(0.052 × Cap 1)
EER = 10.8−(0.213 × Cap 1)
COP = 2.9−(0.026 × Cap 1)
EER = 7.6
1 “Cap” means cooling capacity in thousand Btu/h at 95 °F outdoor dry-bulb temperature.
2 And manufactured before January 1, 2017. See Table 8 of this section for updated efficiency standards that apply to this category of equipment manufactured on and after January 1, 2017.
Table 8 to § 431.97 - Updated Minimum Efficiency Standards for PTAC
(1) Each single package vertical air conditioner and single package vertical heat pump manufactured on or after January 1, 2010, but before October 9, 2015 (for models ≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h) or October 9, 2016 (for models ≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h), must meet the applicable minimum energy conservation standard level(s) set forth in this section.
Table 9 to § 431.97 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps
Single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps, single-phase and three-phase
Single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps
EER = 8.9 COP = 3.0
EER = 8.6 COP = 2.9
Table 10 to § 431.97 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps
Table 11 to § 431.97 - Updated Minimum Efficiency Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps
EER = 11.0 COP = 3.3
EER = 10.0 COP = 3.0
Table 12 to § 431.97 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Computer Room Air Conditioners
Computer Room Air Conditioners, Air-Cooled
Computer Room Air Conditioners, Water-Cooled
Computer Room Air Conditioners, Water-Cooled with a Fluid Economizer
Computer Room Air Conditioners, Glycol-Cooled
Computer Room Air Conditioner, Glycol-Cooled with a Fluid Economizer
Table 13 to § 431.97 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Variable Refrigerant Flow Multi-Split Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
VRF Multi-Split Air Conditioners (Air-Cooled)
(Water-Source)* * *
≥135,000 Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
1 VRF Multi-Split Heat Pumps (Air-Cooled) with heat recovery fall under the category of “All Other Types of Heating” unless they also have electric resistance heating, in which case it falls under the category for “No Heating or Electric Resistance Heating.”
[ 77 FR 28991, May 16, 2012, as amended at 77 FR 76830, Dec. 31, 2012; 80 FR 42664, July 17, 2015; 80 FR 43212, July 21, 2015; 80 FR 56895, Sept. 21, 2015; 80 FR 57500, Sept. 23, 2015; 81 FR 2529, Jan. 15, 2016; 81 FR 53907, Aug. 15, 2016]
10 CFR 431.97 — Energy Efficiency Standards and Their Compliance Dates.