Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 16a - Planning and Energy Policy › 48 - Procedures for Establishing Energy Efficiency Standards for Certain Appliances and Products › Section 16a-48-4 - Appliance energy efficiency standards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Commercial
			 clothes washers sold, offered for sale, or installed for the first time on or
			 after July 1, 2007 shall meet or exceed the following energy efficiency
			 standards:
Washer Type
Minimum Modified Energy
						  Factor
Maximum Water Factor
Front loading [LESS THAN]3.5 cubic foot clothes
						  container compartment capacity
1.26
9.5
Top loading [LESS THAN]1.6 cubic foot clothes container
						  compartment capacity
0.65
9.5
Top loading =1.6 cubic foot and [LESS THAN]4.0 cubic
						  foot clothes container compartment capacity
1.26
9.5
(b)
			 Commercial refrigerators and freezers sold, offered for sale, or installed on
			 or after July 1, 2008 shall meet or exceed the following requirements:
Refrigerator/Freezer Type
Doors
Maximum Daily Energy Consumption
						  kWh*
Reach-in cabinets, pass- through cabinets, and roll-in
						  or roll-through cabinets that are refrigerators
Solid
0.125V + 2.76
Transparent
0.172V + 4.77
Reach-in cabinets, pass-through cabinets, and roll-in
						  or roll-through cabinets that are freezers
Solid
0.398V + 2.28
Transparent
0.940V + 5.10
Reach-in cabinets that are
						  refrigerator/freezers
Solid
0.273AV + 1.65
*Where V= Volume in Cubic Feet, and AV = Adjusted
						  volume + refrigerator volume.
(c)
			 Illuminated exit signs sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after July 1,
			 2006 shall meet or exceed the following energy efficiency standards:
Standard
Requirement
Input Power
[LESS THAN]5 watts per face
Luminance contrast
[LESS THAN]0.8
Minimum luminance
[GREATER THAN]8.6 caldelas/square meter measured at
						  normal (0°) and 45° viewing angles
Average luminance
[GREATER THAN]15 caldelas/square meter measured at
						  normal (0°) and 45° viewing angles
Maximum to minimum luminance ratio
[LESS THAN]20:1 measured at normal (0°) and 45°
						  viewing angles
(d)
			 Large packaged air-conditioning equipment having not more than 760,000 BTUs per
			 hour of capacity sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after July 1, 2009
			 shall meet a minimum energy efficiency ratio of 10.0 for units using both
			 electric heat and air conditioning or units solely using electric air
			 conditioning, and 9.8 for units using both natural gas heat and electric air
			 conditioning.
(e) Large packaged
			 air-conditioning equipment having not less than 761,000 BTUs per hour of
			 capacity sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after July 1, 2009 shall
			 meet a minimum energy efficiency ratio of 9.7 for units using both electric
			 heat and air conditioning or units solely using electric air conditioning, and
			 9.5 for units using both natural gas heat and electric air conditioning.
Capacity
Type
Minimum Energy Efficiency
						  Ratio
=760,000 BTUs per hour
Units using both electric heat and air conditioning or
						  units solely using electric air conditioning
10.0
Units using both natural gas heat and electric air
						  conditioning
9.8
=761,000 BTUs per hour
Units using both electric heat and air conditioning or
						  units solely using electric air conditioning
9.7
Units using both natural gas heat and electric air
						  conditioning
9.5
(f)
			 Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers sold, offered for sale, or
			 installed on or after July 1, 2006 shall meet or exceed the following energy
			 efficiency values:
Single Phase
Three Phase
Rated Power kVa
Output
Minimum %
Efficiency
Rated Power kVa
Output
Minimum %
Efficiency
= 15
[LESS THAN]25
97.7
= 15
[LESS THAN]30
97.0
= 25
[LESS THAN]37.5
98.0
= 30
[LESS THAN]45
97.5
= 37.5
[LESS THAN]50
98.2
= 45
[LESS THAN]75
97.7
= 50
[LESS THAN]75
98.3
= 75
[LESS THAN]112.5
98.0
= 75
[LESS THAN]100
98.5
= 112.5
[LESS THAN]150
98.2
= 100
[LESS THAN]167
98.6
= 150
[LESS THAN]225
98.3
= 167
[LESS THAN]250
98.7
= 225
[LESS THAN]300
98.5
= 250
[LESS THAN]333
98.8
= 300
[LESS THAN]500
98.6
333
98.9
= 500
[LESS THAN]750
98.7
= 750
[LESS THAN]1000
98.8
1000
98.9
(g)
			 Torchiere lighting fixtures sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after
			 July 1, 2006 shall not consume more than 190 watts and shall not be capable of
			 operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts.
(h) Traffic signal modules sold, offered for
			 sale, or installed on or after July 1, 2006 shall meet the product
			 specification of the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Traffic Signals"
			 developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that took effect
			 in February 2001, except where the department, in consultation with the
			 Commissioner of Transportation, determines that such specification would
			 compromise safe signal operation, and shall meet or exceed the following energy
			 efficiency standards:
Type
Red
Amber
Green
At 25°C (77°F)
At 74°C (165.2°F)
At 25°C (77°F)
At 74°C (165.2°F)
At 25°C (77°F)
At 74°C (165.2°F)
300 mm circular
11 watts
17 watts
22 watts
25 watts
15 watts
15 watts
200 mm circular
8 watts
13 watts
13 watts
16 watts
12 watts
12 watts
300 mm arrow
9 watts
12 watts
10 watts
12 watts
11 watts
11 watts
Lane control (X)
9 watts
12 watts
No requirement
No requirement
Lane control (Arrow)
No requirement
No requirement
11 watts
11 watts
The power consumption of traffic signal lamps shall be not
				greater than 25 watts.
(i)
			 Unit heaters sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after July 1, 2006
			 shall not have continuously burning pilot lights and shall have either power
			 venting or an automatic flue damper.
(j) Residential furnaces and boilers
			 purchased by the State after January 1, 2009 shall meet the following criteria:
Type of Equipment
Annual Fuel Utilization
						  Efficiency
Electricity Ratio
Gas and propane furnaces
[GREATER THAN]= 90%
--
Oil furnaces
[GREATER THAN]= 83%
--
Gas and propane boilers
[GREATER THAN]= 84%
--
Oil-fired hot water boilers
[GREATER THAN]= 84%
--
Gas and propane steam boilers
[GREATER THAN]= 82%
--
Oil-fired steam boilers
[GREATER THAN]= 82%
--
Furnaces with furnace air handlers except for oil
						  furnaces of [LESS THAN]94,000 BTU/hour capacity
--
[LESS THAN]= 2.0
Oil furnaces [LESS THAN]94,000 BTU/hour capacity with
						  furnace air handlers
--
[LESS THAN]= 2.3
(k)
			 Metal halide lamp fixtures sold, offered for sale, or installed on or after
			 Janaury 1, 2010 that are designed to be operated with lamps rated [LESS
			 THAN]=150 watts but [LESS THAN]=500 watts shall not contain a probe-start metal
			 halide lamp ballast;
(l) Single
			 voltage external AC to DC power supplies sold individually or sold as a
			 component or in conjunction with another product and manufactured after January
			 1, 2008 shall meet or exceed the following energy efficiency standards:
The efficiency in the active mode of power supplies when tested
				at 115 volts at 60 Hz, shall not be less than the applicable values shown
				(expressed as the decimal equivalent of a percentage); and the energy
				consumption in the no-load mode of power supplies when tested at 115 volts at
				60 Hz shall not be greater than the values shown in the following table:
Nameplate Output
Minimum Efficieny - Active
						  Mode
0 to less than 1 watt
0.49* nameplate output
[GREATER THAN]= 1 and [LESS THAN]= 49
						  watts
0.09* Ln(nameplate output) + 0.49
[GREATER THAN] 49 watts
0.84
Maximum Energy Consumption - No-Load
						  Mode
0 to [LESS THAN] 10 watts
0.5 watts
[GREATER THAN]= 10 and [LESS THAN]= 250
						  watts
0.75 watts
Where Ln (Nameplate output) = Natural logarithm of the
						  nameplate output expressed in watts
Exceptions:
(1) Single
			 voltage external AC to DC power supplies made available by a manufacturer
			 directly to a consumer or to a service or repair facility after and separate
			 from the original sale of the product requiring the power supply as a service
			 part or spare part, shall meet the standards effective January 1, 2012 for
			 external power supplies used with laptop computers, mobile phones, printers,
			 print servers, scanners, personal digital assistants and digital cameras;
			 effective July 1, 2012 for external power supplies used with wireline
			 telephones and all other applications.
(2) Single voltage external AC to DC power
			 supplies with products subject to certification by the United States Food and
			 Drug Administration.