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Title 16Commercial PracticesPart / Section
Chapter IFederal Trade Commission0 – 999
Subchapter CRegulations Under Specific Acts of Congress300 – 323
Part 305Energy and Water Use Labeling for Consumer Products Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (“Energy Labeling Rule”)305.1 – 305.32
Scope305.1
§ 305.1Scope of the regulations in this part.
Definitions305.2 – 305.3
§ 305.2Definitions.
§ 305.3Description of appliances and consumer electronics.
General305.4 – 305.7
§ 305.4Description of furnaces and central air conditioners.
§ 305.5Description of lighting products.
§ 305.6Description of plumbing products.
§ 305.7Prohibited acts.
Testing305.8 – 305.19
§ 305.8Determinations of estimated annual energy consumption, estimated annual operating cost, and energy efficiency rating, water use rate, and other required disclosure content.
§ 305.9Duty to provide labels on websites.
§ 305.10Determinations of capacity.
§ 305.11Submission of data.
§ 305.12Ranges of comparability on the required labels.
§ 305.13Layout, format, and placement of labels for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers, water heaters, room air conditioners, portable air conditioners, and pool heaters.
§ 305.14Label content for refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers.
§ 305.15Label content for clothes washers.
§ 305.16Label content for dishwashers.
§ 305.17Label content for water heaters.
§ 305.18Label content for room air conditioners and portable air conditioners.
§ 305.19Label content for pool heaters.
Required Disclosures305.20 – 305.27
§ 305.20Labeling for central air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces.
§ 305.21Labeling for ceiling fans.
§ 305.22Energy information disclosures for heating and cooling equipment.
§ 305.23Labeling for lighting products.
§ 305.24Labeling and marking for plumbing products.
§ 305.25Television labeling.
§ 305.26Promotional material displayed or distributed at point of sale.
§ 305.27Paper catalogs and websites.
Additional Requirements305.28 – 305.29
§ 305.28Test data records.
§ 305.29Required testing by designated laboratory.
Effect of This Part305.30 – 305.32
§ 305.30Effect on other law.
§ 305.31Stayed 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 Automatic 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 E1 to Part 305
Room Air Conditioners
Appendix E2 to Part 305
Portable 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, Dishwashers, and Water Heater Labels
Appendix K2 to Part 305
Representative Average Unit Energy Costs for Room Air Conditioner and Portable Air Conditioner Labels
Appendix L to Part 305
Sample Labels