C.F.R. » Title 10 » 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

10 C.F.R. § 431.156

Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates

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(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 classModified energy factor (MEF),
cu. ft./kWh/cycle		Water factor (WF),
gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading1.608.5
Front-Loading2.005.5

(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 classModified energy factor (MEFJ2),
cu. ft./kWh/cycle		Integrated Water
factor (IWF),
gal./cu. ft./cycle
Top-Loading1.358.8
Front-Loading2.004.1
[76 FR 69123, Nov. 8, 2011, as amended at 79 FR 74541, Dec. 15, 2014; 81 FR 20529, Apr. 8, 2016]