C.

Compliance Dates for Amended/New Federal Test Procedures, Amended/New Federal

Energy Conservation Standards, and Representations for Certain ASHRAE Equipment
This final rule specifies the compliance dates for new and amended test procedures, new
and amended energy conservation standards, and representations as shown in Table 1 below.
Table 1. Compliance Dates for Amended/New Federal Test Procedures, Amended/New
Federal Energy Conservation Standards, and Representations for Certain ASHRAE
Equipment
Equipment Class

Compliance with
the Amended/New
Test Procedure is
Required on or
After:

All Representations of Compliance with the

Energy Use/Efficiency Amended/New
Must be Made Using
Standard is Required
the Amended Test
on or After:
Procedures on or
After:
Commercial Warm Air Furnaces
Gas-fired and Oil-fired Commercial
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Warm Air Furnaces
360 DAYS AFTER DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Air-Cooled
Air-cooled Air Conditioner and Heat
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Pump, <65,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Air-cooled Air Conditioner and Heat
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Pump, 65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h 360 DAYS AFTER DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Air-cooled Air Conditioner and Heat
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Pump, 135,000 Btu/h and <240,000
360 DAYS AFTER DAYS AFTER
Btu/h
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Air-cooled Air Conditioner and Heat
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Pump, 240,000 Btu/h and <760,000
360 DAYS AFTER DAYS AFTER
Btu/h
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Water-Cooled

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Water-cooled Air Conditioner, 65,000

Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h

6/1/2013
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Water-cooled Air Conditioner, 135,000
6/1/2014
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Water-cooled Air Conditioner, 240,000
6/1/2014
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment Evaporatively-Cooled
Evaporatively-cooled Air Conditioner,
6/1/2013
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Evaporatively-cooled Air Conditioner,
6/1/2014
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Evaporatively-cooled Air Conditioner,
6/1/2014
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
240,000 Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps
Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners and
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Heat Pumps
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Variable Refrigerant Flow Equipment*
VRF Mulit-Split Air Conditioners and
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Heat Pumps, Air-Cooled, <760,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
VRF Mulit-Split Heat Pumps, Water10/29/2012
10/29/2012
[INSERT DATE 360
source, <17,000 Btu/h
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION IN

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THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]
[INSERT DATE 360
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION IN
THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]

VRF Mulit-Split Heat Pumps, Watersource, >17,000 Btu/h and <135,000

Btu/h

N/A
[INSERT DATE
360 DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
IN THE
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
VRF Mulit-Split Heat Pumps, Water10/29/2013
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
source, 135,000 and <760,000 Btu/h
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Computer Room Air Conditioners
Computer Room Air Conditioner, air10/29/2012
10/29/2012
[INSERT DATE 360
cooled/water-cooled/water-cooled with
DAYS AFTER
fluid economizer/glycol-cooled, <65,000
PUBLICATION IN
Btu/h
THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]
Computer Room Air Conditioner, air10/29/2013
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
cooled/water-cooled/water-cooled with
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
fluid economizer/glycol-cooled, 65,000
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Computer Room Air Conditioner, air10/29/2013
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
cooled/water-cooled/water-cooled with
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
fluid economizer/glycol-cooled, 240,000
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Single Package Vertical Units
Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners
N/A
[INSERT DATE 60
[INSERT DATE 360
and Heat Pumps
DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
REGISTER]
Commercial Water Heaters and Hot Water Supply Boilers
Gas-fired Storage and Instantaneous
N/A
[INSERT DATE
[INSERT DATE 360
Water Heaters and Hot Water Supply
360 DAYS AFTER
DAYS AFTER
Boilers, Oil-fired Storage and
PUBLICATION
PUBLICATION IN
Instantaneous Water Heaters and Hot
IN THE
THE FEDERAL
Water Supply Boilers, and Electric
FEDERAL
REGISTER]
Storage and Instantaneous Water Heaters
REGISTER]
* For those basic models of variable refrigerant flow equipment currently being tested using a test procedure waiver,
the methods prescribed by the test procedure waiver may continue to be used until the mandatory compliance date of
the amended test procedure prescribed by this final rule.

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