{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-339-g-3","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 339-G:3","heading":"Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards.","body":"I. Bottle-type water dispensers designed for dispensing both hot and cold water shall not have standby energy consumption greater than 1.2 kilowatt hours per day, as measured in accordance with the test criteria contained in Version 1.1 of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's \"ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Bottled Water Coolers,\" except that units with an integral, automatic timer shall not be tested using Section D, \"Timer Usage,\" of the test criteria.\nII. Commercial hot food holding cabinets shall have a maximum idle energy rate of 40 watts per cubic foot of interior volume, as determined by the \"idle energy rate-dry test\" in ASTM F2140-01, \"Standard Test Method for Performance of Hot Food Holding Cabinets\" published by ASTM International. Interior volume shall be measured in accordance with the method shown in the United States Environmental Protection Agency's \"ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets\" as in effect on August 15, 2003.\nIII. (a) Residential furnaces shall comply with the following Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE), and electricity ratio:\nProduct Type | Minimum | Maximum electricity\n| AFUE | Ratio\n| |\nNatural gas- and propane- | 90 percent | 2.0 percent\nfired furnaces | |\n(b) The department may adopt rules to exempt compliance with the residential furnace AFUE standards at any building, site or location where complying with the standards would be in conflict with any local zoning ordinance, building or plumbing code, or other rule regarding installation and venting of residential furnaces.","path":["Title XXXI: TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 339-G: MINIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTS"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXXI/339-G/339-G-3.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:17:35Z","sha256":"34b68240c12a14fce987a9039d7be74651652ce014771326a9ea8ffdc5792ad8","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-339-g-2","next":"us-nh/rsa-339-g-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}