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Ref : EIC 111/2

18 December 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 504/2006

US : Test Procedures and Technical Amendment to Energy Conservation Standards for Certain Consumer Products and Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the US Department of Energy (DOE) published in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 8 December 2006 the final rule to adopt test procedures for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment, and to include some technical amendments. The final rule will be effective on 8 January 2007.

DETAILS

  1. As required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the DOE establishes new energy efficiency and water conservation test procedures for various consumer products and commercial and industrial equipment which, in most cases, are based on certain identified testing practices generally accepted by industry and government agencies. On 8 December 2006, the DOE announced the adoption of test procedures for the following list of products :

    - ceiling fans;
    - ceiling fan light kits;
    - dehumidifiers;
    - medium base compact fluorescent lamps;
    - torchieres;
    - unit heaters;
    - automatic commercial ice makers;
    - commercial prerinse spray valves;
    - illuminated exit signs;
    - traffic signal modules and pedestrian modules;
    - refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines;
    - commercial package air-conditioning and heating equipment;
    - commercial refrigerators, freezers, refrigerator-freezers, and ice-cream freezers;
    - battery chargers; and
    - external power suppliers.

Procedures for sampling during compliance testing, and compliance certification and enforcement for the above products will be addressed in a subsequent final rule. In addition, the DOE has also adopted some technical amendments to certain existing energy conservation standards, which consist mainly of editorial corrections, corrections of errors in fact and clarifying languages. For details of the final rule, interested parties may download the FR notice at : http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-20481.pdf. Hardcopies of the above FR notice are also available in the Americas (Commercial Relations) Branch of the Department for reference.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5403.


Yours faithfully,

 


(Miss WONG Ying)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.