Sec. 16a-48. Energy efficiency standards for products.
Sec. 16a-48. Energy efficiency standards for products. (a) As used in this
section:
(1) "Office" means the Office of Policy and Management;
(2) "Fluorescent lamp ballast" or "ballast" means a device designed to operate fluorescent lamps by providing a starting voltage and current and limiting the current during
normal operation, but does not include such devices that have a dimming capability or
are intended for use in ambient temperatures of zero degrees Fahrenheit or less or have
a power factor of less than sixty-one hundredths for a single F40T12 lamp;
(3) "F40T12 lamp" means a tubular fluorescent lamp that is a nominal forty-watt
lamp, with a forty-eight-inch tube length and one and one-half inches in diameter;
(4) "F96T12 lamp" means a tubular fluorescent lamp that is a nominal seventy-five-watt lamp with a ninety-six-inch tube length and one and one-half inches in diameter;
(5) "Luminaire" means a complete lighting unit consisting of a fluorescent lamp,
or lamps, together with parts designed to distribute the light, to position and protect
such lamps, and to connect such lamps to the power supply;
(6) "New product" means a product that is sold, offered for sale, or installed for the
first time and specifically includes floor models and demonstration units;
(7) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;
(8) "State Building Code" means the building code adopted pursuant to section
29-252;
(9) "Torchiere lighting fixture" means a portable electric lighting fixture with a
reflector bowl giving light directed upward so as to give indirect illumination;
(10) "Unit heater" means a self-contained, vented fan-type commercial space heater
that uses natural gas or propane that is designed to be installed without ducts within the
heated space. "Unit heater" does not include a product regulated by federal standards
pursuant to 42 USC 6291, as amended from time to time, a product that is a direct vent,
forced flue heater with a sealed combustion burner, or any oil fired heating system;
(11) "Transformer" means a device consisting of two or more coils of insulated
wire that transfers alternating current by electromagnetic induction from one coil to
another in order to change the original voltage or current value;
(12) "Low-voltage dry-type transformer" means a transformer that: (A) Has an input
voltage of six hundred volts or less; (B) is between fourteen kilovolt-amperes and two
thousand five hundred one kilovolt-amperes in size; (C) is air-cooled; and (D) does
not use oil as a coolant. "Low-voltage dry-type transformer" does not include such
transformers excluded from the low-voltage dry-type distribution transformer definition
contained in the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter 4, Article
4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations;
(13) "Pass-through cabinet" means a refrigerator or freezer with hinged or sliding
doors on both the front and rear of the refrigerator or freezer;
(14) "Reach-in cabinet" means a refrigerator, freezer, or combination thereof, with
hinged or sliding doors or lids;
(15) "Roll-in" or "roll-through cabinet" means a refrigerator or freezer with hinged
or sliding doors that allows wheeled racks of product to be rolled into or through the
refrigerator or freezer;
(16) "Commercial refrigerators and freezers" means reach-in cabinets, pass-through cabinets, roll-in cabinets and roll-through cabinets that have less than eighty-five feet of capacity, which are designed for the refrigerated or frozen storage of food
and food products;
(17) "Traffic signal module" means a standard eight-inch or twelve-inch round traffic signal indicator consisting of a light source, lens and all parts necessary for operation
and communication of movement messages to drivers through red, amber and green
colors;
(18) "Illuminated exit sign" means an internally illuminated sign that is designed
to be permanently fixed in place and used to identify an exit by means of a light source
that illuminates the sign or letters from within where the background of the exit sign is
not transparent;
(19) "Packaged air-conditioning equipment" means air-conditioning equipment
that is built as a package and shipped as a whole to end-user sites;
(20) "Large packaged air-conditioning equipment" means air-cooled packaged air-conditioning equipment having not less than two hundred forty thousand BTUs per hour
of capacity;
(21) "Commercial clothes washer" means a soft mount front-loading or soft mount
top-loading clothes washer that is designed for use in (A) applications where the occupants of more than one household will be using it, such as in multifamily housing common areas and coin laundries; or (B) other commercial applications, if the clothes container compartment is no greater than three and one-half cubic feet for horizontal-axis
clothes washers or no greater than four cubic feet for vertical-axis clothes washers;
(22) "Energy efficiency ratio" means a measure of the relative efficiency of a heating or cooling appliance that is equal to the unit's output in BTUs per hour divided by
its consumption of energy, measured in watts;
(23) "Electricity ratio" means the ratio of furnace electricity use to total furnace
energy use;
(24) "Boiler" means a space heater that is a self-contained appliance for supplying
steam or hot water primarily intended for space-heating. "Boiler" does not include hot
water supply boilers;
(25) "Central furnace" means a self-contained space heater designed to supply
heated air through ducts of more than ten inches in length;
(26) "Residential furnace or boiler" means a product that utilizes only single-phase
electric current or single-phase electric current or DC current in conjunction with natural
gas, propane or home heating oil and that (A) is designed to be the principal heating
source for the living space of a residence; (B) is not contained within the same cabinet
as a central air conditioner with a rated cooling capacity of not less than sixty-five
thousand BTUs per hour; (C) is an electric central furnace, electric boiler, forced-air
central furnace, gravity central furnace or low pressure steam or hot water boiler; and
(D) has a heat input rate of less than three hundred thousand BTUs per hour for an
electric boiler and low pressure steam or hot water boiler and less than two hundred
twenty-five thousand BTUs per hour for a forced-air central furnace, gravity central
furnace and electric central furnace;
(27) "Furnace air handler" means the section of the furnace that includes the fan,
blower and housing, generally upstream of the burners and heat exchanger. The furnace
air handler may include a filter and a cooling coil;
(28) "High-intensity discharge lamp" means a lamp in which light is produced by
the passage of an electric current through a vapor or gas, the light-producing arc is
stabilized by bulb wall temperature and the arc tube has a bulb wall loading in excess
of three watts per square centimeter;
(29) "Metal halide lamp" means a high intensity discharge lamp in which the major
portion of the light is produced by radiation of metal halides and their products of dissociation, possibly in combination with metallic vapors;
(30) "Metal halide lamp fixture" means a light fixture designed to be operated with
a metal halide lamp and a ballast for a metal halide lamp;
(31) "Probe start metal halide ballast" means a ballast used to operate metal halide
lamps that does not contain an ignitor and that instead starts lamps by using a third
starting electrode probe in the arc tube;
(32) "Single voltage external AC to DC power supply" means a device that (A) is
designed to convert line voltage AC input into lower voltage DC output; (B) is able to
convert to only one DC output voltage at a time; (C) is sold with, or intended to be used
with, a separate end-use product that constitutes the primary power load; (D) is contained
within a separate physical enclosure from the end-use product; (E) is connected to the
end-use product in a removable or hard-wired male and female electrical connection,
cable, cord or other wiring; (F) does not have batteries or battery packs, including those
that are removable or that physically attach directly to the power supply unit; (G) does
not have a battery chemistry or type selector switch and indicator light or a battery
chemistry or type selector switch and a state of charge meter; and (H) has a nameplate
output power less than or equal to two hundred fifty watts;
(33) "State regulated incandescent reflector lamp" means a lamp that is not colored
or designed for rough or vibration service applications, has an inner reflective coating
on the outer bulb to direct the light, has an E26 medium screw base, a rated voltage or
voltage range that lies at least partially within one hundred fifteen to one hundred thirty
volts, and that falls into one of the following categories: (A) A bulged reflector or elliptical reflector or a blown PAR bulb shape and that has a diameter that equals or exceeds
two and one-quarter inches, or (B) a reflector, parabolic aluminized reflector, bulged
reflector or similar bulb shape and that has a diameter of two and one-quarter to two
and three-quarters inches. "State regulated incandescent reflector lamp" does not include
ER30, BR30, BR40 and ER40 lamps of not more than fifty watts, BR30, BR40 and
ER40 lamps of sixty-five watts and R20 lamps of not more than forty-five watts;
(34) "Bottle-type water dispenser" means a water dispenser that uses a bottle or
reservoir as the source of potable water;
(35) "Commercial hot food holding cabinet" means a heated, fully-enclosed compartment with one or more solid or partial glass doors that is designed to maintain the
temperature of hot food that has been cooked in a separate appliance. "Commercial hot
food holding cabinet" does not include heated glass merchandizing cabinets, drawer
warmers or cook-and-hold appliances;
(36) "Pool heater" means an appliance designed for heating nonpotable water contained at atmospheric pressure for swimming pools, spas, hot tubs and similar applications, including natural gas, heat pump, oil and electric resistance pool heaters;
(37) "Portable electric spa" means a factory-built electric spa or hot tub supplied
with equipment for heating and circulating water;
(38) "Residential pool pump" means a pump used to circulate and filter pool water
to maintain clarity and sanitation;
(39) "Walk-in refrigerator" means a space refrigerated to temperatures at or above
thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit that has a total chilled storage area of less than three
thousand square feet, can be walked into and is designed for the refrigerated storage of
food and food products. "Walk-in refrigerator" does not include refrigerated warehouses
and products designed and marketed exclusively for medical, scientific or research purposes;
(40) "Walk-in freezer" means a space refrigerated to temperatures below thirty-two
degrees Fahrenheit that has a total chilled storage area of less than three thousand square
feet, can be walked into and is designed for the frozen storage of food and food products.
"Walk-in freezer" does not include refrigerated warehouses and products designed and
marketed exclusively for medical, scientific or research purposes;
(41) "Central air conditioner" means a central air conditioning model that consists
of one or more factory-made assemblies, which normally include an evaporator or cooling coil, compressor and condenser. Central air conditioning models may provide the
function of air cooling, air cleaning, dehumidifying or humidifying.
(b) The provisions of this section apply to the testing, certification and enforcement
of efficiency standards for the following types of new products sold, offered for sale or
installed in the state: (1) Commercial clothes washers; (2) commercial refrigerators and
freezers; (3) illuminated exit signs; (4) large packaged air-conditioning equipment; (5)
low voltage dry-type distribution transformers; (6) torchiere lighting fixtures; (7) traffic
signal modules; (8) unit heaters; (9) residential furnaces and boilers; (10) residential
pool pumps; (11) metal halide lamp fixtures; (12) single voltage external AC to DC
power supplies; (13) state regulated incandescent reflector lamps; (14) bottle-type water
dispensers; (15) commercial hot food holding cabinets; (16) portable electric spas; (17)
walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers; (18) pool heaters; and (19) any other products
as may be designated by the office in accordance with subdivision (3) of subsection (d)
of this section.
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to (1) new products manufactured
in the state and sold outside the state, (2) new products manufactured outside the state
and sold at wholesale inside the state for final retail sale and installation outside the
state, (3) products installed in mobile manufactured homes at the time of construction,
or (4) products designed expressly for installation and use in recreational vehicles.
(d) (1) The office, in consultation with the Department of Public Utility Control,
shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement
the provisions of this section and to establish minimum energy efficiency standards for
the types of new products set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The regulations
shall provide for the following minimum energy efficiency standards:
(A) Commercial clothes washers shall meet the requirements shown in Table P-3
of section 1605.3 of the California Code of Regulations, Title 20: Division 2, Chapter
4, Article 4;
(B) Commercial refrigerators and freezers shall meet the August 1, 2004, requirements shown in Table A-6 of said California regulation;
(C) Illuminated exit signs shall meet the version 2.0 product specification of the
"Energy Star Program Requirements for Exit Signs" developed by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency;
(D) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment having not more than seven hundred sixty thousand BTUs per hour of capacity shall meet a minimum energy efficiency
ratio of 10.0 for units using both electric heat and air conditioning or units solely using
electric air conditioning, and 9.8 for units using both natural gas heat and electric air
conditioning;
(E) Large packaged air-conditioning equipment having not less than seven hundred
sixty-one thousand BTUs per hour of capacity shall meet a minimum energy efficiency
ratio of 9.7 for units using both electric heat and air conditioning or units solely using
electric air conditioning, and 9.5 for units using both natural gas heat and electric air
conditioning;
(F) Low voltage dry-type distribution transformers shall meet or exceed the energy
efficiency values shown in Table 4-2 of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association Standard TP-1-2002;
(G) Torchiere lighting fixtures shall not consume more than one hundred ninety
watts and shall not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than one hundred
ninety watts;
(H) Traffic signal modules shall meet the product specification of the "Energy Star
Program Requirements for Traffic Signals" developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that took effect in February, 2001, except where the department, in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation, determines that such
specification would compromise safe signal operation;
(I) Unit heaters shall not have pilot lights and shall have either power venting or an
automatic flue damper;
(J) On or after January 1, 2009, residential furnaces and boilers purchased by the
state shall meet or exceed the following annual fuel utilization efficiency: (i) For gas and
propane furnaces, ninety per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, (ii) for oil furnaces,
eighty-three per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, (iii) for gas and propane hot
water boilers, eighty-four per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, (iv) for oil-fired
hot water boilers, eighty-four per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, (v) for gas and
propane steam boilers, eighty-two per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, (vi) for
oil-fired steam boilers, eighty-two per cent annual fuel utilization efficiency, and (vii)
for furnaces with furnace air handlers, an electricity ratio of not more than 2.0, except
air handlers for oil furnaces with a capacity of less than ninety-four thousand BTUs per
hour shall have an electricity ratio of 2.3 or less;
(K) On or after January 1, 2010, metal halide lamp fixtures designed to be operated
with lamps rated greater than or equal to one hundred fifty watts but less than or equal
to five hundred watts shall not contain a probe-start metal halide lamp ballast;
(L) Single-voltage external AC to DC power supplies manufactured on or after
January 1, 2008, shall meet the energy efficiency standards of table U-1 of section 1605.3
of the January 2006 California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Division 2, Chapter 4,
Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations. This standard applies to single voltage AC
to DC power supplies that are sold individually and to those that are sold as a component
of or in conjunction with another product. This standard shall not apply to single voltage
external AC to DC power supplies sold with products subject to certification by the
United States Food and Drug Administration. A single-voltage external AC to DC power
supply that is made available by a manufacturer directly to a consumer or to a service
or repair facility after and separate from the original sale of the product requiring the
power supply as a service part or spare part shall not be required to meet the standards
in said table U-1 until five years after the effective dates indicated in the table;
(M) On or after January 1, 2009, state regulated incandescent reflector lamps shall
be manufactured to meet the minimum average lamp efficacy requirements for federally-regulated incandescent reflector lamps contained in 42 USC 6295(i)(1)(A). Each lamp
shall indicate the date of manufacture;
(N) On or after January 1, 2009, bottle-type water dispensers, commercial hot food
holding cabinets, portable electric spas, walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers shall
meet the efficiency requirements of section 1605.3 of the January 2006 California Code
of Regulations, Title 20, Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations. On or after January 1, 2010, residential pool pumps shall meet said efficiency
requirements;
(O) On or after January 1, 2009, pool heaters shall meet the efficiency requirements
of sections 1605.1 and 1605.3 of the January 2006 California Code of Regulations, Title
20, Division 2, Chapter 4, Article 4: Appliance Efficiency Regulations.
(2) Such efficiency standards, where in conflict with the State Building Code, shall
take precedence over the standards contained in the Building Code. Not later than July
1, 2007, and biennially thereafter, the office, in consultation with the Department of
Public Utility Control, shall review and increase the level of such efficiency standards
by adopting regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 upon a determination that increased efficiency standards would serve to promote energy conservation
in the state and would be cost-effective for consumers who purchase and use such new
products, provided no such increased efficiency standards shall become effective within
one year following the adoption of any amended regulations providing for such increased
efficiency standards.
(3) The office, in consultation with the Department of Public Utility Control, shall
adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to designate additional products to be subject to the provisions of this section and to establish efficiency
standards for such products upon a determination that such efficiency standards (A)
would serve to promote energy conservation in the state, (B) would be cost-effective
for consumers who purchase and use such new products, and (C) that multiple products
are available which meet such standards, provided no such efficiency standards shall
become effective within one year following their adoption pursuant to this subdivision.
(e) On or after July 1, 2006, except for commercial clothes washers, for which the
date shall be July 1, 2007, commercial refrigerators and freezers, for which the date
shall be July 1, 2008, and large packaged air-conditioning equipment, for which the
date shall be July 1, 2009, no new product of a type set forth in subsection (b) of this
section or designated by the office may be sold, offered for sale, or installed in the state
unless the energy efficiency of the new product meets or exceeds the efficiency standards
set forth in such regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The office, in consultation with the Department of Public Utility Control, shall
adopt procedures for testing the energy efficiency of the new products set forth in subsection (b) of this section or designated by the department if such procedures are not provided for in the State Building Code. The office shall use United States Department of
Energy approved test methods, or in the absence of such test methods, other appropriate
nationally recognized test methods. The manufacturers of such products shall cause
samples of such products to be tested in accordance with the test procedures adopted
pursuant to this subsection or those specified in the State Building Code.
(g) Manufacturers of new products set forth in subsection (b) of this section or
designated by the office shall certify to the secretary that such products are in compliance
with the provisions of this section, except that certification is not required for single
voltage external AC to DC power supplies and walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers. All single voltage external AC to DC power supplies shall be labeled as described
in the January 2006 California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 1607 (9). The
office, in consultation with the Department of Public Utility Control, shall promulgate
regulations governing the certification of such products. The secretary shall publish an
annual list of such products.
(h) The Attorney General may institute proceedings to enforce the provisions of
this section. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to
a civil penalty of not more than two hundred fifty dollars. Each violation of this section
shall constitute a separate offense, and each day that such violation continues shall
constitute a separate offense.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3, S. 1; P.A. 87-564, S. 1-6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-85, S. 1; P.A. 07-242, S. 12.)
History: (Revisor's note: The reference to "mobile homes" in Subsec. (c) was changed to "mobile manufactured homes"
in accordance with June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-3); June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection
with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-85 changed jurisdictional
authority from Commissioner of Consumer Protection to Department of Public Utility Control, replaced "new appliance"
with "new product", adding new products to be subject to section and definitions for such products and deleting certain
fluorescent ballasts and luminaries and showerheads as products subject to section, added definition of "energy efficiency
ratio", required department to establish certain minimum energy efficiency standards for the subject products by 2005,
required department to adopt regulations by July 1, 2007, and biennially thereafter to increase the level of efficiency
standards, allowed department to designate additional products to be subject to section, amended Subsec. (e) by replacing
"1988" with "2006" and by adding exception for commercial clothes washers, commercial refrigerators and freezers and
large packaged air-conditioning equipment and deleted provision in Subsec. (h) re periodic inspections, effective July 1,
2004; P.A. 07-242 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to change Department of Public Utility Control to Office of Policy and Management, amended Subsec. (a)(16) to redefine "commercial refrigerators and freezers", added Subsec. (a)(23) to (41) to
define "electricity ratio", "boiler", "central furnace", "residential furnace or boiler", "furnace air handler", "high-intensity
discharge lamp", "metal halide lamp", "metal halide lamp fixture", "probe start metal halide ballast", "single voltage
external AC to DC power supply", "state regulated incandescent reflector lamp", "bottle-type water dispenser", "commercial hot food holding cabinet", "pool heater", "portable electric spa", "residential pool pump", "walk-in refrigerator",
"walk-in freezer", and "central air conditioner", added Subsec. (b)(9) to (18) and redesignated existing Subsec. (b)(9) as
Subsec. (b)(19), added in Subsec. (d)(1) new (J) to (O), amended Subsec. (g) to add exception for single voltage external AC
to DC power supplies, walk-in refrigerators and walk-in freezers, and made conforming and technical changes throughout.