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431.96—Uniform test method for the measurement of energy efficiency of small, large, and very large commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, packaged terminal air conditioners

(a) Scope. This section contains test procedures for measuring, pursuant to EPCA, the energy efficiency of any small, large, or very large commercial package air-conditioning and heating equipment, packaged terminal air conditioner, or packaged terminal heat pump.

(b) Testing and calculations. Determine the energy efficiency of each covered product by conducting the test procedure(s) listed in the rightmost column of Table 1 of this section, that apply to the energy efficiency descriptor for that product, category, and cooling capacity.

Table 1 to § 431.96 —Test Procedures for All Small Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment, for Large Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment, for Very Large Commercial Package Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment, and for Packaged Terminal Air-Conditioners, and Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps

Product	Category	Cooling capacity	Energyefficiencydescriptor	Use tests, conditions andprocedures 1 in
Small Commercial Packaged Air Conditioning and Heating Equipment	Air Cooled, 3 Phase, AC and HP	<65,000 Btu/h	SEERHSPF	ARI Standard 210/240-2003.ARI Standard 210/240-2003.
	Air Cooled AC and HP	≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h	EERCOP	ARI Standard 340/360-2004.ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
	Water Cooled and Evaporatively Cooled AC	<65,000 Btu/h≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h.	EEREER	ARI Standard 210/240-2003.ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
	Water-Source HP	<135,000 Btu/h	EERCOP	ISO Standard 13256-1 (1998).ISO Standard 13256-1 (1998).
Large Commercial Packaged Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment	Air Cooled AC and HP	≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h	EERCOP	ARI Standard 340/360-2004.ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
	Water Cooled AC	≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h	EER	ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
	Evaporatively Cooled AC	≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h	EER	ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
Very Large Commercial Packaged Air-Conditioning and Heating Equipment	Air Cooled AC and HP	≥240,000 Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h	EERCOP	ARI Standard 340/360-2004.ARI Standard 340/360-2004.
Packaged Terminal Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps	AC and HPHP	AllAll	EERCOP	ARI Standard 310/380-2004.ARI Standard 310/380-2004.
1 Incorporated by reference, see § 431.95 .

Code of Federal Regulations

[71 FR 73170, Dec. 8, 2006]

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