Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
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 |
§ 431.152 - Definitions concerning commercial clothes washers.
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§ 431.152 Definitions concerning commercial clothes washers.
AEER means active-mode energy efficiency ratio, in pounds per kilowatt-hour per cycle (lbs/kWh/cycle), as determined in section 4.8 of appendix J to subpart B of part 430 (when using appendix J).
Basic model means all units of a given type of covered product (or class thereof) manufactured by one manufacturer, having the same primary energy source, and which have essentially identical electrical, physical, and functional (or hydraulic) characteristics that affect energy consumption, energy efficiency, water consumption, or water efficiency.
Commercial clothes washer means a soft-mounted front-loading or soft-mounted top-loading clothes washer that -
(1) Has a clothes container compartment that -
(i) For horizontal-axis clothes washers, is not more than 3.5 cubic feet; and
(ii) For vertical-axis clothes washers, is not more than 4.0 cubic feet; and
(2) Is designed for use in -
(i) Applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes washer, such as multi-family housing common areas and coin laundries; or
(ii) Other commercial applications.
IWF means integrated water factor, in gallons per cubic feet per cycle (gal/cu ft/cycle), as determined in section 4.2.1312 of Appendix appendix J2 to subpart B of 10 CFR part 430 .
MEF means modified energy factor, in cubic feet per kilowatt hour per cycle (cu ft/kWh/cycle), as determined in section 4.4 of Appendix J1 to subpart B of part 430.
(when using appendix J2).
WFMEFJ2 means modified energy factor, in cu ft/kWh/cycle, as determined in section 4.5 of Appendix appendix J2 to subpart B of part 430 .
(when using appendix J2).
factorWER means water
cu ft/efficiency ratio, in pounds per gallon per cycle (lbs/gal/
2.3 of Appendix J1cycle), as determined in section 4.
7 of appendix J to subpart B of part 430 (when using appendix J).
[70 87 FR 60416, Oct. 18, 2005, as amended at 76 FR 12504, Mar. 7, 2011; 79 FR 71630, Dec. 3, 201433405, June 1, 2022]