You are hereHome » Products » Single Package Vertical Units » VPRC/VPRH Single Package Vertical Replacement Unit VPRC/VPRH Single Package Vertical Replacement UnitThe content on this page is archived and is no longer actively maintained. Please visit the new product standard page for the latest information. Sign up for e-mail updates on regulations for this and other products Manufacturers have been required to comply with the Department of Energy’s energy conservation standards for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps as a separate equipment class since 2008. Before 2010, this equipment was regulated under the broader scope of commercial air conditioning and heating equipment. Single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps are commercial air conditioning and heating equipment with its main components arranged in a vertical fashion. They are mainly used in modular classrooms, modular office buildings, telecom shelters, and hotels, and are typically installed on the outside of an exterior wall or in a closet against an exterior wall but inside the building.

An amended standard, which requires compliance in 2019, will save approximately 0.15 quads of energy and is projected to provide consumers a net present value of $0.4 billion over the lifetime of SPVU equipment shipped from 2019 to 2048. The standard will avoid 9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.Waiver, Exception, and Exemption Information | DOE has published a final rule regarding energy conservation standards for single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps. 80 FR 57438 (September 23, 2015). For more information, please see the rulemaking page. The following content summarizes the energy conservation standards for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps. The text is not an official reproduction of the Code of Federal Regulations and should not be used for legal research or citation. For the purpose of this regulation, single package vertical air conditioners include any air-cooled commercial package air conditioner that is factory-assembled as a single package, and that (1) has major components arranged vertically, (2) is an encased combination of cooling and optional heating components, and (3) is intended for exterior mounting on, adjacent interior to, or through an outside wall.

Single package vertical heat pumps are a single package vertical air conditioner that uses reverse cycle refrigeration as its primary heat source. Single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps manufactured on or after January 1, 2010 and distributed in commerce, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 6291(16), must meet the energy conservation standards specified in the Code of Federal Regulations, 10 CFR Part 431.97(b). how to clean an air conditioning wall unitThis information is also available in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations.absorption cooling unitEnergy Conservation Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat Pumpsac unit for conversion van Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners 65,000 and < 135,000

135,000 and < 240,000 Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps 9.0 EER and 3.0 COP 8.9 EER and 3.0 COP 8.6 EER and 2.9 COP Final Rule: Standards, Federal Register, 74 FR 12058 (March 23, 2009)EERE-2009-BT-STD-0010 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents. For further guidance or to submit questions related to the implementation of this standard, visit the Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions page. On August 28, 2015, amended standards were issued for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps. The full text of the amended standard is available in the Code of Federal Regulations, 10 CFR 431.97(d)(2) and (3). It is also in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. Compliance with these new standards will be required on the date shown in the table below.Amended Energy Conservation Standards for Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Compliance Date: Equipment Manufactured on and after:

< 65,000 11.0 EER 4 years after publication of final rule > 65,000 and < 135,000 10.0 EER October 9, 2015 > 135,000 and < 240,000 10.0 EER October 9, 2016 Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps < 65,000 11.0 EER and 3.3 COP 4 years after publication of final rule > 65,000 and < 135,000 10.0 EER and 3.0 COP October 9, 2015 > 135,000 and < 240,000 10.0 EER and 3.0 COP To determine compliance with DOE standards, manufacturers must follow the test procedures specified at 10 CFR 431.96(b) for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps manufactured or distributed into commerce. This is also in the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. For further guidance or to submit questions related to the implementation of this test procedure, visit the Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions page. As of May 13, 2013, to determine compliance with DOE standards, manufacturers must follow the amended test procedures.

Test Procedures: Final Rule, Federal Register, 77FR 28928; 28987-28991 (May 16, 2012)EERE-2009-BT-STD-0029 contains all notices, public comments, public meeting transcripts, and supporting documents. Test procedure waivers have not been issued for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps. For information about obtaining test procedure waivers, see 10 CFR section 431 subpart V. The DOE Office of Hearings and Appeals has not authorized exception relief for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps. For information about obtaining exception relief, see 10 CFR part 1003. DOE has not exempted any state from this energy conservation standard. States may petition DOE to exempt a state regulation from preemption by the Federal energy conservation standard. States may also petition DOE to withdraw such exemptions. For details, see 10 CFR 431 subpart V or 10 CFR 431 subpart W. The current energy conservation standards for single package vertical air conditioners and heat pumps are mandated by Part A–1, the "Certain Industrial Equipment" of Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA), as amended.