§ 6311. Definitions
For purposes of this part—
(2)
(A)
The term “industrial equipment” means any article of equipment referred to in subparagraph (B) of a type—
(ii)
which, to any significant extent, is distributed in commerce for industrial or commercial use; and
(iii)
which is not a “covered product” as defined in section
6291
(a)(2) of this title, other than a component of a covered product with respect to which there is in effect a determination under section
6312
(c) of this title;
without regard to whether such article is in fact distributed in commerce for industrial or commercial use.
(B)
The types of equipment referred to in this subparagraph (in addition to electric motors and pumps, commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment, commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator-freezers, automatic commercial ice makers, commercial clothes washers, packaged terminal air-conditioners, packaged terminal heat pumps, warm air furnaces, packaged boilers, storage water heaters, instantaneous water heaters, and unfired hot water storage tanks) are as follows:
(3)
The term “energy efficiency” means the ratio of the useful output of services from an article of industrial equipment to the energy use by such article, determined in accordance with test procedures under section
6314 of this title.
(4)
The term “energy use” means the quantity of energy directly consumed by an article of industrial equipment at the point of use, determined in accordance with test procedures established under section
6314 of this title.
(7)
The terms “energy”, “manufacture”, “import”, “importation”, “consumer product”, “distribute in commerce”, “distribution in commerce”, and “commerce” have the same meaning as is given such terms in section
6291 of this title.
(8)
(A)
The term “commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means air-cooled, water-cooled, evaporatively-cooled, or water source (not including ground water source) electrically operated, unitary central air conditioners and central air conditioning heat pumps for commercial application.
(B)
The term “small commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment” means commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that is rated below 135,000 Btu per hour (cooling capacity).
(9)
(A)
The term “commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer” means refrigeration equipment that—
(iv)
displays or stores merchandise and other perishable materials horizontally, semivertically, or vertically;
(B)
The term “holding temperature application” means a use of commercial refrigeration equipment other than a pull-down temperature application, except a blast chiller or freezer.
(C)
The term “integrated average temperature” means the average temperature of all test package measurements taken during the test.
(D)
The term “pull-down temperature application” means a commercial refrigerator with doors that, when fully loaded with 12 ounce beverage cans at 90 degrees F, can cool those beverages to an average stable temperature of 38 degrees F in 12 hours or less.
(E)
The term “remote condensing unit” means a factory-made assembly of refrigerating components designed to compress and liquefy a specific refrigerant that is remotely located from the refrigerated equipment and consists of one or more refrigerant compressors, refrigerant condensers, condenser fans and motors, and factory supplied accessories.
(F)
The term “self-contained condensing unit” means a factory-made assembly of refrigerating components designed to compress and liquefy a specific refrigerant that is an integral part of the refrigerated equipment and consists of one or more refrigerant compressors, refrigerant condensers, condenser fans and motors, and factory supplied accessories.
(10)
(A)
The term “packaged terminal air conditioner” means a wall sleeve and a separate unencased combination of heating and cooling assemblies specified by the builder and intended for mounting through the wall. It includes a prime source of refrigeration, separable outdoor louvers, forced ventilation, and heating availability by builder’s choice of hot water, steam, or electricity.
(11)
(12)
(A)
The term “storage water heater” means a water heater that heats and stores water within the appliance at a thermostatically controlled temperature for delivery on demand. Such term does not include units with an input rating of 4000 Btu per hour or more per gallon of stored water.
(13)
Electric motor.—
(A)
General purpose electric motor (subtype i).—The term “general purpose electric motor (subtype I)” means any motor that meets the definition of “General Purpose” as established in the final rule issued by the Department of Energy entitled “Energy Efficiency Program for Certain Commercial and Industrial Equipment: Test Procedures, Labeling, and Certification Requirements for Electric Motors” (10 CFR 431), as in effect on December 19, 2007.
(B)
General purpose electric motor (subtype ii).—The term “general purpose electric motor (subtype II)” means motors incorporating the design elements of a general purpose electric motor (subtype I) that are configured as 1 of the following:
(C)
The term “definite purpose motor” means any motor designed in standard ratings with standard operating characteristics or standard mechanical construction for use under service conditions other than usual or for use on a particular type of application and which cannot be used in most general purpose applications.
(D)
The term “special purpose motor” means any motor, other than a general purpose motor or definite purpose motor, which has special operating characteristics or special mechanical construction, or both, designed for a particular application.
(E)
The term “open motor” means a motor having ventilating openings which permit passage of external cooling air over and around the windings of the machine.
(F)
The term “enclosed motor” means a motor so enclosed as to prevent the free exchange of air between the inside and outside of the case but not sufficiently enclosed to be termed airtight.
(G)
The term “small electric motor” means a NEMA general purpose alternating current single-speed induction motor, built in a two-digit frame number series in accordance with NEMA Standards Publication MG1–1987.
(14)
The term “ASHRAE” means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers.
(18)
The term “energy conservation standard” means—
(19)
The term “automatic commercial ice maker” means a factory-made assembly (not necessarily shipped in one package) that—
(20)
Walk-in cooler; walk-in freezer.—
(21)
The term “commercial clothes washer” means a soft-mount front-loading or soft-mount top-loading clothes washer that—
(22)
[2] The term “harvest rate” means the amount of ice (at 32 degrees F) in pounds produced per 24 hours.
(22)
[2] Single package vertical air conditioner.—The term “single package vertical air conditioner” means air-cooled commercial package air conditioning and heating equipment that—
(23)
Single package vertical heat pump.—
The term “single package vertical heat pump” means a single package vertical air conditioner that—
[1] So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should follow “volts”.
[2] So in original. Two pars. (22) have been enacted.