ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2012 Criteria Development

In the interest of allowing sufficient opportunity for evaluation, EPA is extending the Most Efficient of ENERGY STAR pilot through the 2012 calendar year. Materials related to this criteria development process are provided below.

Final Criteria – January 19, 2012

• January 19, 2012 EPA Memo to Stakeholders (156KB)
• ENERGY STAR Most Efficient 2012 Criteria
  • Clothes Washers (82KB)
  • Refrigerators-Freezers (94KB)
  • Furnaces (72KB)
  • Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps (78KB)
  • Televisions (48KB)
  • Boilers (70KB)

Stakeholder Comments and Responses on Proposed 2012 Criteria

EPA Response to Comments:

• General Comments (23KB)
• Appliances (23KB)
• HVAC (21KB)
• Televisions (17KB)

Stakeholder Comments:

• AHAM (276KB)
• Big Ass Fans (12KB)
• Bosch Thermotechnology (17KB)
• CEE Comments (55KB)
• Crown Boiler Company (2.53MB)
• GE (383KB)
• Mitsubishi Electric (77KB)
• NEEA (436KB)
• NEEA-PGE-SDGE-SMUD (543KB)
• NRDC (123KB)
• Shinco (9KB)
• Sun Frost (9KB)
• WaterFurnace International (30KB)
• Whirlpool Corporation (187KB)

Stakeholder Webinar on Proposed 2012 Criteria – Nov 30, 2011

EPA held a webinar to share the pilot program�s success thus far and to discuss the proposed 2012 criteria.

• Presentation Slides (288KB)

ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Criteria Proposal – November 21, 2011

• EPA Memo to Stakeholders (389KB)
• Clothes Washers Proposed Criteria (251KB)
• Refrigerators-Freezers Proposed Criteria (247KB)
• Televisions Proposed Criteria (207KB)
• Furnaces Proposed Criteria (210KB)
• Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Proposed Criteria (282KB)
• Boilers Proposed Criteria (203KB)