Residential

Appliance and equipment standards are saving consumers and businesses billions of dollars.

The Building Technologies Office (BTO) implements minimum energy conservation standards for more than 60 categories of appliances and equipment. As a result of these standards, American consumers saved $63 billion on their utility bills in 2015 alone. By 2030, cumulative operating cost savings from all standards in effect since 1987 will reach nearly $2 trillion. …

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New Fan Efficiency Rating Regulations

WHAT IS THE FAN EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENT?The DoE has created a new regulation called the Fan Efficiency Rating (FER) that takes effect July 3, 2019 for all electric and gas furnaces. This rule regulates the energy usage of furnace blowers based off the number of stages and heat output of the furnace. Because of the required …

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