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Title 10 → Chapter II → Subchapter D → Part 431 → Subpart Q → §431.296

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Title 10: Energy
PART 431—ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Subpart Q—Refrigerated Bottled or Canned Beverage Vending Machines

§431.296 Energy conservation standards and their effective dates.

(a) Each refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine manufactured on or after August 31, 2012 and before January 8, 2019, shall have a daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day), when measured in accordance with the DOE test procedure at §431.294, that does not exceed the following:

Equipment class	Maximum daily energy consumption (kilowatt hours per day)
Class A	0.055 × V† + 2.56.
Class B	0.073 × V† + 3.16.
Combination Vending Machines	[Reserved].

†“V” is the representative value of refrigerated volume (ft³) of the BVM model, as calculated pursuant to 10 CFR 429.52(a)(3).

(b) Each refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine manufactured on or after January 8, 2019, shall have a daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day), when measured in accordance with the DOE test procedure at §431.294, that does not exceed the following:

Equipment class	Maximum daily energy consumption (kilowatt hours per day)
Class A	0.052 × V† + 2.43.
Class B	0.052 × V† + 2.20.
Combination A	0.086 × V† + 2.66.
Combination B	0.111 × V† + 2.04.

†“V” is the representative value of refrigerated volume (ft³) of the BVM model, as calculated pursuant to 10 CFR 429.52(a)(3).

[81 FR 1113, Jan. 8, 2016]

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