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10 CFR 431.156: Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 10—Energy
- CHAPTER II—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
- SUBCHAPTER D—ENERGY CONSERVATION
- PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
- Subpart I—Commercial Clothes Washers
(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:
Equipment class 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:
Equipment class Modified energy factor (MEFJ2), cu. ft./kWh/cycle Integrated Water factor (IWF), gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading 1.35 8.8
Front-Loading 2.00 4.1
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