Commercial refrigeration manufacturers, represented by the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), and energy efficiency advocates, represented by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), reached an agreement on federal equipment efficiency standards for commercial refrigerators, freezers, and refrigerator freezers used in restaurants, convenience stores, grocery stores and other commercial buildings, said ARI in a release.
The signatories are recommending a minimum efficiency standard for most self-contained refrigeration equipment and beverage coolers. The agreement also calls for legislation requiring that the U.S. Department of Energy establish efficiency standards for ice-cream freezers, self-contained cabinets without doors, and remote condensing products (solid door, transparent door and cabinets without doors).