The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) in relation to proposed amendments to its test procedure for refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machines (BVM).
The amendments include:
- An update to the referenced method of test to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 32.1-2010;
- Creation of a provision for testing at the lowest application product temperature, and the incorporation of provisions to account for the impact of low power modes on measured daily energy consumption (DEC);
- Elimination of the requirement to test at the 90 °F ambient test condition;
- Several revisions and clarifications to the test procedure to improve the repeatability and remove ambiguity from the current BVM test procedure.
The DOE is planning to hold a public meeting on September 16, 2014 from 9am – 5pm in Washington, DC to discuss its initial analysis on the amendments and receive comments. Interested parties can also comment up until October 27, 2014.
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