1. Regulations
  2. title 10
  3. chapter II
  4. part 431
  5. subpart I
  6. subjgrp 67
  7. § 431.156

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§ 431.156 - Energy and water conservation standards and effective dates.

(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 class Modified 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 class Modified 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]

AUTHORITY: 42 U.S.C. 6291-6317; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

SOURCE: 64 FR 54141, Oct. 5, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

CITE AS: 10 CFR 431.156