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Title 16 → Chapter I → Subchapter C → Part 305

TITLE 16—Commercial Practices

CHAPTER I—FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

SUBCHAPTER C—REGULATIONS UNDER SPECIFIC ACTS OF CONGRESS

PART 305—ENERGY AND WATER USE LABELING FOR CONSUMER PRODUCTS UNDER THE ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT (“ENERGY LABELING RULE”)

Scope of the regulations in this part.

Definitions.

Description of appliances and consumer electronics.

Description of furnaces and central air conditioners.

Description of lighting products.

Description of plumbing products.

Prohibited acts.

Determinations of estimated annual energy consumption, estimated annual operating cost, and energy efficiency rating, water use rate, and other required disclosure content.

Duty to provide labels on websites.

Determinations of capacity.

Submission of data.

Ranges of comparability on the required labels.

Layout, format, and placement of labels for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, water heaters, room air conditioners, and pool heaters.

Label content for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers.

Label content for clothes washers.

Label content for dishwashers.

Label content for water heaters.

Label content for room air conditioners.

Label content for pool heaters.

Required Disclosures

Labeling for central air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces.

Labeling for ceiling fans.

Energy information disclosures for heating and cooling equipment.

Labeling for lighting products.

Labeling and marking for plumbing products.

Television labeling.

Promotional material displayed or distributed at point of sale.

Paper catalogs and Web sites.

Additional Requirements

Test data records.

Required testing by designated laboratory.

Effect of This Part

Effect on other law.

Stayed or invalid parts.

§305.32

[Reserved]

Appendix A1 to Part 305—Refrigerators With Automatic Defrost

Appendix A2 to Part 305—Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers With Manual Defrost

Appendix A3 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Partial Automatic Defrost

Appendix A4 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost With Top-Mounted Freezer No Through-the-Door Ice

Appendix A5 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Automated Defrost With Side-Mounted Freezer No Through-the-Door Ice

Appendix A6 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Automated Defrost With Bottom-Mounted Freezer No Through-the-Door Ice

Appendix A7 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost With Bottom-Mounted Freezer With Through-the-Door Ice Service

Appendix A8 to Part 305—Refrigerator-Freezers With Automatic Defrost With Side-Mounted Freezer With Through-the-Door Ice Service

Appendix A9 to Part 305—All Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers

Appendix B1 to Part 305—Upright Freezers With Manual Defrost

Appendix B2 To Part 305—Upright Freezers With Automatic Defrost

Appendix B3 To Part 305—Chest Freezers And All Other Freezers

Appendix C1 to Part 305—Compact Dishwashers

Appendix C2 to Part 305—Standard Dishwashers

Appendix D1 To Part 305—Water Heaters—Gas

Appendix D2 to Part 305—Water Heaters Electric

Appendix D3 to Part 305—Water Heaters—Oil

Appendix D4 to Part 305—Water Heaters—Instantaneous-Gas

Appendix D5 to Part 305—Water Heaters—Instantaneous—Electric

Appendix E to Part 305—Room Air Conditioners

Appendix F1 to Part 305—Standard Clothes Washers

Appendix F2 to Part 305—Compact Clothes Washers

Appendix G1 to Part 305—Furnaces—Gas

Appendix G2 to Part 305—Furnaces— Electric

Appendix G3 to Part 305—Furnaces—Oil

Appendix G4 to Part 305—Mobile Home Furnaces—Gas

Appendix G5 to Part 305—Mobile Home Furnaces—Oil

Appendix G6 to Part 305—Boilers (Gas)

Appendix G7 to Part 305—Boilers (Oil)

Appendix G8 to Part 305—Boilers (Electric)

Appendix H to Part 305—Cooling Performance for Central Air Conditioners

Appendix I to Part 305—Heating Performance and Cost for Central Air Conditioners

Appendix J1 to Part 305—Pool Heaters—Gas

Appendix J2 to Part 305—Pool Heaters—Oil

Appendix K1 to Part 305—Representative Average Unit Energy Costs for Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers, Freezers, Clothes Washers, and Water Heater Labels

Appendix K2 to Part 305—Representative Average Unit Energy Costs for Dishwasher and Room Air Conditioner Labels

Appendix L to Part 305—Sample Labels

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