Regulations last checked for updates: Jun 17, 2024

Title 10 - Energy last revised: Jun 13, 2024
§ 431.296 - Energy conservation standards and their effective dates.

(a) Each refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine manufactured on or after August 31, 2012 and before January 8, 2019, shall have a daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day), when measured in accordance with the DOE test procedure at § 431.294, that does not exceed the following:

Equipment class Maximum daily energy consumption
(kilowatt hours per day)
Class A0.055 × V † + 2.56.
Class B0.073 × V † + 3.16.
Combination Vending Machines[Reserved].

† “V” is the representative value of refrigerated volume (ft 3) of the BVM model, as calculated pursuant to 10 CFR 429.52(a)(3).

(b) Each refrigerated bottled or canned beverage vending machine manufactured on or after January 8, 2019, shall have a daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day), when measured in accordance with the DOE test procedure at § 431.294, that does not exceed the following:

Equipment class Maximum daily energy consumption
(kilowatt hours per day)
Class A0.052 × V † + 2.43.
Class B0.052 × V † + 2.20.
Combination A0.086 × V † + 2.66.
Combination B0.111 × V † + 2.04.

† “V” is the representative value of refrigerated volume (ft 3) of the BVM model, as calculated pursuant to 10 CFR 429.52(a)(3).

[81 FR 1113, Jan. 8, 2016]
source: 64 FR 54141, Oct. 5, 1999, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 10 CFR 431.296