DOE Appliance and Equipment Standards

This fact sheet provides a starting point and quick reference tool for retailers on DOE Appliance and Equipment Standards, as well as a timeline on the development and maturity of the DOE Process Rule. A summary table in the document provides an overview of various standards recently updated within the DOE’s Appliance and Equipment Standards Program—a part of a suite of programs housed under the Building Technologies Office (BTO) aimed to help reduce building energy consumption.