Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 810 - Public Utilities Commission › Chapter 50 - Products › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Minimum Efficiency Standards for Certain New Products (810-RICR-50-00-1) › Section 810-RICR-50-00-1.5 - Efficiency Standards

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Products sold on
				 and after the Implementation Dates set forth in §
										1.6     of this Part shall comply
				 with the following minimum efficiency standards:
1. Automatic commercial ice makers shall meet
				 the energy efficiency requirements shown in table A-7 of § 1605.3 of the
				 California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4:
				 Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adopted on December 15, 2004.
2. Bottle-type water dispensers designed for
				 dispensing both hot and cold water shall not have standby energy consumption
				 greater than one and two tenths (1.2) kilowatt-hours per day.
3. Commercial clothes washers shall meet the
				 requirements shown in Table P-4 of § 1605.3 of the California Code of
				 Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency
				 Regulations in effect on December 15, 2004.
4. Commercial hot food holding cabinets shall
				 have a maximum idle energy rate of forty (40) watts per cubic foot of interior
				 volume.
5. Commercial pre-rinse spray
				 valves shall have a flow rate equal to or less than 1.6 gallons per
				 minute.
6. Commercial refrigerators,
				 freezers and refrigerator-freezers shall meet the minimum efficiency requirements
				 shown in Table A-6 of § 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title
				 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adopted
				 on December 15, 2004 except that pulldown refrigerators with transparent doors
				 shall meet a requirement five percent (5%) less stringent than shown in the
				 California regulations.
7.
				 High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts shall not be designed and marketed to
				 operate a mercury vapor lamp.
8.
				 Illuminated exit signs shall have an input power demand of five (5) watts or less
				 per illuminated face.
9. Large
				 packaged air-conditioning equipment shall meet a minimum energy efficiency ratio
				 of:
a. 10.0 for air conditioning without an
				 integrated heating component or with electric resistance heating integrated into
				 the unit;
b. 9.8 for air conditioning
				 with heating other than electric resistance integrated into the unit;
c. 9.5 for air conditioning with heating other
				 than electric resistance integrated heating component or with electric resistance
				 heating integrated into the unit;
d.
				 9.3 for air conditioning heat pump equipment with heating other than electric
				 resistance integrated into the unit. Large packaged air conditioning heat pumps
				 shall meet a minimum coefficient of performance in the heating mode of three and
				 two tenths (3.2) (measured at a high temperature rating of forty-seven (47)
				 degrees F db).
10. Low
				 voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall meet the Class 1 efficiency
				 levels for low voltage distribution transformers specified in Table 4-2 of the
				 "Guide for Determining Energy Efficiency for Distribution Transformers" published
				 by the National Electrical manufacturers Association (NEMA Standard TP- 1-2002
				).
11. Metal halide lamp fixtures
				 that operate in a vertical position and are designed to be operated with lamps
				 rated greater than or equal to one hundred fifty (150) watts but less than or
				 equal to five hundred (500) watts shall not contain a probe-start metal halide
				 lamp ballast. Universal position fixtures and any other fixture designed to
				 operate in a vertical position are covered by this standard.
12. Residential furnaces and residential
				 boilers shall comply with the following Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE)
				 and electricity ratio values.
Product Type
Minimum AFUE
Maximum electricity ratio
Natural gas and propane- fired furnaces
90%
2.0%
Oil-fired furnaces > 94,000 Btu/hour in capacity
83%
2.0%
Oil-fired furnaces <94,000 Btu/hour in capacity
83%
2.3%
Natural gas and oil, and propane-fired hot water
								residential boilers
84%
Not applicable
Natural gas, oil, and propane-fired steam residential
								boilers
82%
Not applicable
a. An exemption
				 from compliance with the foregoing residential furnace or residential boiler AFUE
				 standards shall be granted according to any rules adopted by the Chief of Energy
				 and Community Services pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
												39-27-5(b)(3)(ii).
b. The provisions of these Rules and
				 Regulations also apply to residential furnaces and residential boilers sold,
				 offered for sale or installed in the state when the Chief of Energy and Community
				 Services makes a determination that the same or substantial corresponding
				 standards have been enacted in two (2) New England states.
13. Single-voltage external AC to DC power
				 supplies shall meet the tier one energy efficiency requirements shown in Table
				 U-1 of § 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2,
				 Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adopted on December 15,
				 2004, as shown in the table below:
Nameplate Output
Minimum Efficiency in Active Mode
0 to <1 Watt
0.49* Nameplate Output
>1 and <= 49 Watts
0.09 * Ln(Nameplate Output) + 0.49
> 49 Watts
0.84
Maximum Energy Consumption in No-Load Mode
0 to <10 Watts
0.5 Watts
=>10 to <= 250 Watts
0.75 Watts
Where Ln (Nameplate Output) = Natural Logarithm of
								the nameplate output expressed in Watts
a. This
				 standard applies to single voltage AC to DC power supplies that are sold
				 individually and to those that are sold as a component of or in conjunction with
				 another product. Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies that are made
				 available by a product manufacturer as service parts or spare parts for its
				 products manufactured prior to January 1, 2008 shall be exempt from this
				 provision.
14.
				 State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps shall meet the minimum average lamp
				 efficacy requirements for federally-regulated incandescent reflector lamps
				 contained in
				  42 U.S.C. §
												6295(i)(1)(A).
a. The following types of incandescent
				 reflector lamps are exempt from these requirements:
(1) lamps rated at fifty (50) watts or less of
				 the following types: BR30, BR40, ER30 and ER40;
(2) lamps rated at sixty- five (65) watts of
				 the following types: BR30, BR40, and ER40; and
(3) R20 lamps of forty-five (45) watts or
				 less.
15.
				 Torchieres shall not use more than one hundred ninety (190) watts. A torchiere
				 shall be deemed to use more than one hundred ninety (190) watts if any
				 commercially available lamp or combination of lamps can be inserted in its
				 socket(s) and cause the torchiere to draw more than one hundred ninety (190)
				 watts when operated at full brightness.
16. Traffic signal modules shall meet the
				 product specification of the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Traffic
				 Signals" developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that took effect
				 in February 2001 and shall be installed with compatible, electronically-
				 connected signal control interface devices and conflict monitoring
				 systems.
17. Unit heater shall be
				 equipped with an intermittent ignition device and shall have either power venting
				 or an automatic flue damper.
18.
				 Walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers with the applicable motor types shown
				 in the table below shall include the required components shown.
MOTOR Type
Required Components
All
Interior lights: light sources with an efficacy of
								forty-five (45) lumens per watt or more, including ballast losses (if any). This
								efficacy standard does not apply to LED light sources until January 1,
								2010.
All
Automatic door closers that firmly close all reach-in
								doors.
All
Automatic door closers that firmly close all walk-in
								doors no wider than 3.9 feet and no higher than 6.9 feet that have been closed to
								within one inch of full closure.
All
Wall, ceiling, and door insulation at least R-28 for
								refrigerators and at least R-34 for freezers
All
Floor insulation at least R-28 for freezers (no
								requirements for refrigerators)
Condenser fan motors of under one horsepower
Permanently split capacitor-type motors
Polyphase motors of one-half (1/2)
horsepower or more
Single-phase evaporator fan motors of under one
								horsepower and less than 460 volts
Electronically commutated motors
19.
				 In addition to the requirements in §
											1.3(I)     of this
				 Part, walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers with transparent reach-in doors
				 shall meet the following requirements: transparent reach-in doors shall be of
				 triple pane glass with either heat-reflective treated glass or gas fill; if the
				 appliance has an anti-sweat heater without anti-sweat controls, then: the
				 appliance shall have a total door rail, glass, and frame heater power draw of no
				 more than forty (40) watts if it is a freezer or seventeen (17) watts if it is a
				 refrigerator per foot of door frame width; and if the appliance has an anti-sweat
				 heater with anti-sweat heat controls, and the total door rail, glass, and frame
				 heater power draw is more than forty (40) watts if it is a freezer or seventeen
				 (17) watts if it is a refrigerator per foot of door frame width, then: the
				 anti-sweat heat controls shall reduce the energy use of the anti-sweat heater in
				 an amount corresponding to the relative humidity in the air outside the door or
				 to the condensation on the inner glass pane.