California gets tough. (News & Reviews).(California Energy Commission adopts strict energy efficiency standards for central air conditioners)(Brief Article)
Home Energy, May, 2002
The California Energy Commission has adopted the nation's most rigorous energy efficiency standards for central A/Cs. Commissioner Robert Pernell, chairman of the Commission's Efficiency Committee, says, "California has hurled a challenge to the federal government to give us an additional tool in our efforts to solve our energy problem." The new regulations for home A/Cs are a 30% improvement on the current standard and are 10% better than the proposed federal standard--requiring a waiver from Washington to become law.
Stressing the fact that home and commercial cooling accounts for nearly 30% of the state's total energy use during hot summer afternoons, Pernell says that "the new A/C standards reflect the drier climate in California, and, along with the full set...
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