§ 39-27-5 - Efficiency standards.
SECTION 39-27-5
§ 39-27-5 Efficiency standards. – (a) Not later than June 1, 2006, the commission, in consultation with the statebuilding commissioner and the chief of energy and community services, shalladopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42,establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types of new products setforth in subparagraph (a) of § 39-27-4. The regulations shall provide forthe following minimum efficiency standards:
(1) Automatic commercial ice makers shall meet the energyefficiency requirements shown in table A-7 of § 1605.3 of the CaliforniaCode of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: ApplianceEfficiency Regulations as adopted on December 15, 2004.
(2) Commercial clothes washers shall meet the requirementsshown in Table P-4 of § 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations,Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations ineffect on December 15, 2004.
(3) Commercial pre-rinse spray valves shall have a flow rateequal to or less than one and six tenths (1.6) gallons per minute.
(4) Commercial refrigerators, freezers andrefrigerator-freezers shall meet the minimum efficiency requirements shown inTable A-6 of § 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20:Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adoptedon December 15, 2004, except that pulldown refrigerators with transparent doorsshall meet a requirement five percent (5%) less stringent than shown in theCalifornia regulations.
(5) High-intensity discharge lamp ballasts shall not bedesigned and marketed to operate a mercury vapor lamp.
(6) Illuminated exit signs shall have an input power demandof five (5) watts or less per illuminated face.
(7) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment shall meet aminimum energy efficiency ratio of:
(i) Ten (10.0) for air conditioning without an integratedheating component or with electric resistance heating integrated into the unit;
(ii) Nine and eight tenths (9.8) for air conditioning withheating other than electric resistance integrated into the unit;
(iii) Nine and five tenths (9.5) for air conditioning withheating other than electric resistance integrated heating component or withelectric resistance heating integrated into the unit;
(iv) Nine and three tenths (9.3) for air conditioning heatpump equipment with heating other than electric resistance integrated into theunit. Large packaged air conditioning heat pumps shall meet a minimumcoefficient of performance in the heating mode of three and two tenths (3.2)(measured at a high temperature rating of forty-seven (47) degrees F db).
(8) Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall meetthe Class 1 efficiency levels for low voltage distribution transformersspecified in Table 4-2 of the "Guide for Determining Energy Efficiency forDistribution Transformers" published by the National Electrical ManufacturersAssociation (NEMA Standard TP-1-2002).
(9) Metal halide lamp fixtures that operate in a verticalposition and are designed to be operated with lamps rated greater than or equalto one hundred fifty (150) watts but less than or equal to five hundred (500)watts shall not contain a probe-start metal halide lamp ballast.
(10) Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies shallmeet the tier one energy efficiency requirements shown in Table U-1 of §1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4,Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations as adopted on December 15, 2004.This standard applies to single voltage AC to DC power supplies that are soldindividually and to those that are sold as a component of or in conjunctionwith another product. Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies that aremade available by a product manufacturer as service parts or spare parts forits products manufactured prior to January 1, 2008 shall be exempt from thisprovision.
(11) Torchieres shall not use more than one hundred ninety(190) watts. A torchiere shall be deemed to use more than one hundred ninety(190) watts if any commercially available lamp or combination of lamps can beinserted in its socket(s) and cause the torchiere to draw more than one hundredninety (190) watts when operated at full brightness.
(12) Traffic signal modules shall meet the productspecification of the "Energy Star Program Requirements for Traffic Signals"developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that took effect inFebruary 2001 and shall be installed with compatible, electronically- connectedsignal control interface devices and conflict monitoring systems.
(13) Unit heater shall be equipped with an intermittentignition device and shall have either power venting or an automatic flue damper.
(b) Not later than June 1, 2007, the commission, inconsultation with the state building commissioner and the chief of energy andcommunity services, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisionsof chapter 42-35, establishing minimum efficiency standards for the types ofnew products set forth in paragraph (b) of § 39-27-4. The regulationsshall provide for the following minimum efficiency standards.
(1) Bottle-type water dispensers designed for dispensing bothhot and cold water shall not have standby energy consumption greater than oneand two tenths (1.2) kilowatt-hours per day.
(2) Commercial hot food holding cabinets shall have a maximumidle energy rate of forty (40) watts per cubic foot of interior volume.
(3) Residential furnaces and residential boilers shall complywith the following Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE) and electricityratio values.
Product Type Minimum AFUE Maximum
electricity ratio
Natural gas and propane-
fired furnaces 90% 2.0%
Oil-fired furnaces>94,000
Btu/hour in capacity 83% 2.0%
Oil-fired furnaces>94,000
Btu/hour in capacity 83% 2.3%
Natural gas and oil,
and propane-fired hot
water residential boilers 84% Not applicable
Natural gas, oil, and
propane-fired steam
residential boilers 82%Not applicable
(ii) The chief of energy and community services shall adoptrules to provide for exemptions from compliance with the foregoing residentialfurnace or residential boiler AFUE standards at any building, site or locationwhere complying with said standards would be in conflict with any local zoningordinance, fire code, building or plumbing code or other rule regardinginstallation and venting of residential furnaces or residential boilers.
(iii) The provisions of this subsection 39-27-5(b) shall beeffective upon determination by the chief of energy and community services thatthe same or substantial corresponding standards have been enacted in two (2)New England states.
(4) State-regulated incandescent reflector lamps shall meetthe minimum average lamp efficacy requirements for federally-regulatedincandescent reflector lamps contained in 42 U.S.C. § 6295(i)(1)(A).
(ii) The following types of incandescent reflector lamps areexempt from these requirements:
(I) lamps rated at fifty (50) watts or less of the followingtypes: BR30, BR40, ER30 and ER40;
(II) lamps rated at sixty-five (65) watts of the followingtypes: BR30, BR40, and ER40; and
(III) R20 lamps of forty-five (45) watts or less.
(5) Walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers with theapplicable motor types shown in the table below shall include the requiredcomponents shown.
MOTOR Type Required Components
All Interior lights: light sources
with an efficacy of forty-
five (45) lumens per watt
or more, including ballast losses
(if any). This efficacy standard
does not apply to LED light
sources until January 1, 2010.
All Automatic door closers that
firmly close all reach-in doors.
All Automatic door closers that
firmly close all walk-in doors
no wider than 3.9 feet and no
higher than 6.9 feet that have
been closed to within one inch
of full closure.
All Wall, ceiling, and door insulation
at least R-28 for refrigerators
and at least R-34 for freezers
All Floor insulation at least R-28
for freezers (no requirements
for refrigerators)
Condenser fan Electronically commutated
motors of under one motors, Permanently
horsepower split capacitor-type motors
Polyphase motors of one half (1/2)
horsepower or more
Single-phase evaporator fan Electronically commutated
motors of under one horse- motors
power and less than four
hundred sixty (460) volts
(ii) In addition to the requirements in paragraph (i),walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers with transparent reach-in doorsshall meet the following requirements: transparent reach-in doors shall be oftriple pane glass with either heat-reflective treated glass or gas fill; if theappliance has an anti-sweat heater without anti-sweat controls, then: theappliance shall have a total door rail, glass, and frame heater power draw ofno more than forty (40) watts if it is a freezer or seventeen (17) watts if itis a refrigerator per foot of door frame width; and if the appliance has ananti-sweat heater with anti-sweat heat controls, and the total door rail,glass, and frame heater power draw is more than forty (40) watts if it is afreezer or seventeen (17) watts if it is a refrigerator per foot of door framewidth, then: the anti-sweat heat controls shall reduce the energy use of theanti-sweat heater in an amount corresponding to the relative humidity in theair outside the door or to the condensation on the inner glass pane.