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Room Air Conditioners Information Resources
Information Source:List of ENERGY STAR labeled room air conditioners.
Printed information is also available from the toll-free ENERGY STAR Hotline: 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).
Scope
Database includes qualified models from most appliance manufacturers.
Search criteria include:
- Brand
- Model Number
- Cooling Capacity (BTU/hour)
- Louvered Sides (i.e., Does the product have louvered sides?)
- Casement (i.e., Is the product a casement model?)
Resulting list provides the following information that can be sorted:
- Brand
- Model Number
- Cooling Capacity (BTU/hour)
- Louvered Sides (i.e., Does the product have louvered sides?)
- Casement (i.e., Is the product a casement model?)
- Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER)
- Applicable federal standard (EER)
- Percent more efficient than the federal standard
Cooling capacities from 5,000 – 28,000 BTU/hour.
Original Data Source
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) obtains data from the Federal Trade Commission or from manufacturers.
Update Frequency
Updated as manufacturers report new information.
Information Source: California Energy Commission database
How to Access
Downloadable via an on-line bulletin board service by dialing (916) 654-4069.
A “Read Me” file describes all of the information available and gives instructions for downloading and use of the database files, including file decompression procedures. The fields in each database are described in a separate text file. Three-letter codes for Manufacturer names and Brand names, for all product types together, are listed in alphabetical order in two separate text files containing approximately 1,500 names and codes.
To make a special request for a printed list, contact:
Appliance Certification Program
California Energy Commission
(916) 654-5106
(916) 654-4304 (fax)
Email: efftech@energy.ca.gov
Scope
On-line listing shows over 300 models that have an Energy Efficiency Rating (EER) of 9.2 or better (approximately 40 percent models of this type in the database).
- 115 and 230 volt models
- Cooling capacities from 5,000 – 27,600 Btuh
- Includes some models with heat pump and electric resistance heating capability
- 230 and 208 volt, single-phase systems
Downloadable file contains over 800 models that meet minimum federal and California standards (available in DBF, comma-delimited, or ASCII format).
- Includes room air conditioners, packaged terminal air conditioners, and packaged terminal heat pumps in one file
- 115 and 230 volt models
- Cooling capacities from 4,400 – 34,000 Btuh
- Includes some models with heat pump and electric resistance heating capability
- 230 and 208 volt, single-phase systems
Original Data Source
Provided directly to the Commission by manufacturers.
Update Frequency
Monthly
Information Source: List of ENERGY STAR qualified room air conditioners search
Printed information is also available from the toll-free ENERGY STAR Hotline: 1-888-STAR-YES (1-888-782-7937).
How to Access
Listings are also printed in ACEEE’s Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 6th ed, 1998, available in bookstores or directly from ACEEE; orders may be placed by phone, fax, or email.
Contact:
Publications Manager American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
(202) 429-0063
(202) 429-0193 (fax)
Email: ace3pubs@ix.netcom.com
Cost:
1-25 copies: $8.95 each
26-99 copies: $6.36 each
100-499 copies: $4.77 each
500-999 copies: $3.98 each
Scope
List includes 81 models from among 18 brands that have Energy Efficiency Ratios (EER) ranging from 10.0 to 11.8 (5 models w/cooling capacities > 18,000 Btuh have EERs = 9.5).
Cooling capacities from 5,000 – 28,000 BTU/hour.
Models are grouped by size (cooling capacity), and listed in order of descending EER.
Original Data Source
Derived from Directory of Certified Room Air Conditioners, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Chicago, IL, October 1997
Update Frequency
Annually
