Table 3. Effective dates of appliance efficiency standards, 1988-2005

Product

1988

1990

1992

1993

1994

1995

2000

2001

2005

Clothes dryers

X

     

X

       

Clothes washers

X

     

X

       

Dishwashers

X

     

X

       

Refrigerators and freezers

 

X

 

X

     

X

 

Kitchen ranges and ovens

 

X

             

Room air conditioners

 

X

       

X

   

Direct heating equipment

 

X

             

Fluorescent lamp ballasts

 

X

           

X

Water heaters

 

X

             

Pool heaters

 

X

             

Central air conditioners and heat pumps

   

X

           

Furnaces

                 

  Central (>45,000 Btu per hour)

   

X

           

  Small (<45,000 Btu per hour)

   

X

           

  Mobile home

 

X

             

Boilers

   

X

           

Fluorescent lamps, 8 foot

       

X

       

Fluorescent lamps, 2 and 4 foot (U tube)

         

X

     
Source:  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Codes and Standards; and Electric Power Research Institute, “Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Products.”

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