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CFR /  Title 10  /  Part 431  /  Sec. 431.156 Energy and water conservation standards and effective

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(b) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 8, 2013, and before January 1, 2018, shall have a modified energy factor no less than and a water factor no greater than: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Modified energy Water factor

Equipment class factor (MEF), cu. (WF), gal./cu.

ft./kWh/cycle ft./cycle------------------------------------------------------------------------Top-Loading....................... 1.60 8.5Front-Loading..................... 2.00 5.5------------------------------------------------------------------------

(c) Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 1, 2018 shall have a modified energy factor no less than and an integrated water factor no greater than: ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Integrated Water

Modified energy factor (IWF),

Equipment class factor (MEFJ2), gal./cu. ft./

cu. ft./kWh/cycle cycle------------------------------------------------------------------------Top-Loading....................... 1.35 8.8

Front-Loading..................... 2.00 4.1------------------------------------------------------------------------ Subpart J [Reserved] Sec. Sec. 431.171-431.176 [Reserved]