Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 9.00 - Appliance Energy-efficiency Standards, Testing And Certification Program › Section 9.03 - Product Standards and Test Methods

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
Product standards and test methods shall be as indicated in 225
				CMR 9.03 for those appliances and lamps expressly addressed by the Commonwealth
				in 225 CMR 9.03. Those product standards and test methods not otherwise
				explicitly mandated by the Commonwealth shall be prescribed under
				42 U.S.C. §
									6295 and 10 CFR § 430, and shall be the
				minimum standards and methods to be used until such time as more stringent
				standards are enacted by the Commonwealth or Federal government and shall
				become a part of Appliance Testing and Certification Program guidelines issued
				from time to time by DOER.
The manufacturer shall cause the testing of all new appliances
				and lamps to be sold for final retail sale in Massachusetts in accordance with
				the following product standards and test methods. The following product
				standards and test methods are to be used:
(1)
General Service Fluorescent
			 Lamps and Incandescent Reflector Lamps
. General service
			 fluorescent lamps and incandescent reflector lamps shall meet or exceed the
			 lamp efficacy and CRI standards specified in
			 42 U.S.C. §
									6295(i).
(2)
Medium Voltage Dry-type
			 Distribution Transformers
. Medium voltage dry-type distribution
			 transformers shall meet or exceed the distribution transformer standards
			 specified in
			 42
			 U.S.C. §
									6317.
(3)
Metal Halide Lamp
			 Fixtures
. The product standards for Metal Halide Lamp shall meet
			 or exceed the Metal Halide Lamp fixture standards specified in
			 42 U.S.C. §
									6295(hh).
(4)
Residential Furnaces or
			 Boilers
. Residential furnaces or boilers shall meet or exceed the
			 following Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE):
Product Type
Minimum Efficiency
							 Level
Gas and propane furnaces
*90% AFUE
Oil furnaces
*83% AFUE
Gas and propane hot water boilers
*84% AFUE
Oil-fired hot water boilers
*84% AFUE
Gas and propane steam boilers
*82% AFUE
Oil-fired steam boilers
*82% AFUE
(a) The
			 Commissioner may adopt rules to exempt compliance with these furnace or boiler
			 standards at any building, site or location where complying with said standards
			 would be in conflict with any local zoning ordinance, building or plumbing code
			 or other rule regarding installation and venting of boilers or
			 furnaces.
(b) Residential furnace
			 air handler shall have an ER of 2% or less, except residential oil furnaces
			 with a capacity of less than 94,000 Btu per hour shall have an ER of 2.3% or
			 less.
(c) The manufacturer shall
			 cause the testing of samples of each model of residential furnaces and boilers
			 to be sold for final retail sale in Massachusetts in accordance with the
			 federal test method contained in 10 CFR § 430, Subpart B, Appendix N. The
			 test method includes the testing methods required for both elements of
			 Massachusetts standards (
i.e
. minimum AFUE standards and
			 maximum electricity ratio standard.)