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2011 ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Criteria Development

EPA finalized the 2011 ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Criteria on May 5, 2011. Materials related to the 2011 ENERGY STAR Most Efficient criteria are provided below.

Final Criteria — May 5, 2011

• Letter to Stakeholders (419KB)
• Final Criteria
  • Clothes Washers (261KB)
  • Refrigerators-Freezers (39KB)
  • Furnaces (212KB)
  • Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (286KB)
  • Televisions (256KB)
• Products Recognized as ENERGY STAR Most Efficient
• ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Criteria Development Archive

Stakeholder Comments and Responses on Draft Criteria

EPA Response to Comments:

• General Comments (61KB)
• Appliances (55KB)
• HVAC (51KB)
• Televisions (45KB)

Stakeholder Comments:

• ACEEE (46KB)
• AHAM (39KB)
• AHRI (45KB)
• Asko Appliances (22KB)
• B.F. Rich Windows and Doors (19KB)
• Bosch (26KB)
• Bureau Veritas (36KB)
• CEA (47KB)
• CEE (36KB)
• Chelsea Building Products (24KB)
• Crown International (38KB)
• David Nunn - Consultant (26KB)
• ECR International (22KB)
• GeoSystems (613KB)
• Gulf Power Company (26KB)
• Heritage Windows and Doors (23KB)
• Ingersoll-Rand (29KB)
• Kees Appliance Center (48KB)
• Laars Heating Systems (23KB)
• LG Electronics (45KB)
• Lighting Sculptures Inc. (20KB)
• Metro Lighting (28KB)
• Mitsubishi (922KB)
• NEEA (303KB)
• NEEP-PG&E-SDGE-SMUD (830KB)
• NEEP (48KB)
• Nextek Power (46KB)
• NRDC (165KB)
• Panasonic (46KB)
• Phillips Lighting Company (41KB)
• Samsung (52KB)
• Sears (32KB)
• Sharp (28KB)
• Steve Shapiro (31KB)
• TopTen USA (126KB)
• Trane Commercial Unitary (29KB)
• Tri State Window Factory Corp (22KB)
• Weil-Mclain (23KB)
• Whirlpool (278KB)

Draft Criteria — March 16, 2011

• Letter to Stakeholders (232KB)
• Draft Criteria (272KB)

Stakeholder Comments on Draft Proposal

• Draft 1 Comment Response Summary (240KB)
• ACEEE American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (48KB)
• AHAM Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (39KB)
• A.O Smith Water Products Company (26KB)
• Australian Energy Agency (28KB)
• CEA—Consumer Electronics Association (49KB)
• CEE Consortium for Energy Efficiency (37KB)
• ClimateMaster (9KB)
• ComEd Energy Effciency Services (12KB)
• Consultant (13KB)
• Emerging Technologies Associates (37KB)
• EPSON (8KB)
• Evergreen Lighting (115KB)
• Freeaire Refrigeration (13KB)
• Fujitsu General America, INC (13KB)
• GE General Electric (44KB)
• GeoSystems (838KB)
• Go Lighting Technologies, Inc. (85KB)
• HP (17KB)
• Ingersoll Rand Residential Solutions (29KB)
• Laars Heating Systems (14KB)
• LG (36KB)
• NEEA Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (23KB)
• NEEA, PG&E & SDGE (1.9 MB)
• NEMA (30KB)
• Newport Ventures, Inc. (49KB)
• ODL (12KB)
• Pitco (12KB)
• Sun Frost (14KB)
• Tech America (115KB)
• TopTen USA (137KB)
• Tru Seal Technologies (249KB)
• Unitary Product Planning (17KB)
• VFI (18KB)
• Whirlpool (381KB)
• Weil-McLain (10KB)
• XEROX (147KB)

Stakeholder Webinar on Draft Proposal — Oct 19, 2010

EPA held a webinar to describe the consumer research to date and focus group findings:

• Webinar Slides (1.17 MB)
• Webinar FAQ Sheet (13KB)

Proposal — October, 8, 2011

• October 8, 2010 Proposal (345KB)