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

Stakeholder Comments and Responses on Proposed 2012 Criteria

EPA Response to Comments:

• General Comments (PDF, 23 KB)
• Appliances (PDF, 22 KB)
• HVAC (PDF, 21 KB)
• Televisions (PDF, 17 KB)

Stakeholder Comments:

• AHAM (PDF, 275 KB)
• Big Ass Fans (PDF, 12 KB)
• Bosch Thermotechnology (PDF, 17 KB)
• CEE Comments (PDF, 55 KB)
• Crown Boiler Company (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• GE (PDF, 374 KB)
• Mitsubishi Electric (PDF, 76 KB)
• NEEA (PDF, 435 KB) (436KB)
• NEEA-PGE-SDGE-SMUD (PDF, 542 KB)
• NRDC (PDF, 123 KB)
• Shinco (PDF, 8 KB)
• Sun Frost (PDF, 9 KB)
• WaterFurnace International (PDF, 29 KB)
• Whirlpool Corporation (PDF, 186 KB)

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 (PDF, 288 KB)

ENERGY STAR Most Efficient Criteria Proposal – November 21, 2011

• EPA Memo to Stakeholders (PDF, 389 KB)
• Clothes Washers Proposed Criteria (PDF, 250 KB)
• Refrigerators-Freezers Proposed Criteria (PDF, 246 KB)
• Televisions Proposed Criteria (PDF, 206 KB)
• Furnaces Proposed Criteria (PDF, 210 KB)
• Central Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Proposed Criteria (PDF, 282 KB)
• Boilers Proposed Criteria (PDF, 203 KB)