Heat Pumps, Air-Source

Electric air-source heat pumps, often used in moderate climates, use the difference between outdoor air temperatures and indoor air temperatures to cool and heat your home.

Ceiling Fans

A non-portable device designed for home use that is suspended from the ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan blades. Some ceiling fans also have an integral or attachable light kit.

Clothes Washers

A consumer product designed to clean clothes, utilizing a water solution of soap and/or detergent and mechanical agitation or other movement.

Combination Units/Multi-Function Devices

A Multifunction Device (MFD) is a physically integrated device or a combination of functionally integrated components that produces hard copy duplicates from graphical hard copy originals as well as p...

Commercial Audio Visual Equipment

A mains-connected product that offers Audio Amplification and/or Optical Disc Player functions.

Commercial Dishwashers

The commercial dishwasher is able to clean and sanitize a high quantity of kitchen wares in a very short time by utilizing hot water, soap, rinse chemicals, and significant amounts of energy.

Commercial Freezers

Commercial refrigerators and freezers are designed and tested with commercial operations in mind which requires them to keep food at specific temperatures in hot kitchen environments as well as subjec...

Commercial Fryers

An appliance designed to cook food by displacement of cooking oil. Heat is delivered through an immersed electric element or band-wrapped vessel (electric fryers), by heat transfer from gas burners th...

Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets

A heated, fully enclosed compartment with one or more solid or transparent doors designed to maintain the temperature of hot food that has been cooked using a separate appliance.

Commercial Ice Makers

A factory-made assembly (not necessarily shipped in one package) consisting of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated unit, with means for making and harvesting ice. It is...

Commercial Steam Cookers

Also referred to as a “compartment steamer,” a device with one or more food steaming compartments in which the energy in the steam is transferred to the food by direct contact. Models may include coun...

Commercial Refrigerators

An appliance designed to keep all refrigerated compartments at or above 32°F (±2°F).

Computers

A device which performs logical operations and processes data. Computers are composed of, at a minimum: (1) a central processing unit (CPU) to perform operations; (2) user input devices such as a keyb...

Copiers

A product whose sole function is to produce hard copy duplicates from hard copy originals. This definition is intended to cover products that are marketed as copiers, and upgradeable digital copiers (...

Telephones

A commercially available electronic product whose primary purpose is to transmit and receive sound over a distance using a voice or data network.

Decorative Light Strings

A string of lamps that operates on AC power in North America (120 V RMS AC, 60 Hz) or via a power adapter or controller that connects directly to AC power, and is used for decorative, residential lig...

Digital Signage

An electronic device typically with a diagonal screen size greater than 12 inches and a pixel density less than or equal to 5,000 pixels per square inch.

Digital Duplicators

A product sold as a fully-automated duplicator system through the method of stencil duplicating with digital reproduction functionality.

Dishwashers

A machine designed to clean and sanitize plates, glasses, cups, bowls, utensils, and trays by applying sprays of detergent solution (with or without blasting media granules) and a sanitizing final rin...

Doors

A sliding or swinging entry system designed for and installed in a vertical wall separating conditioned and unconditioned space in a Residential Building. Includes Sidelites.

DVD and Blu-Ray Disc Players

A commercially available electronic product encased in a single housing whose intended purpose is the production or recording of digitized video signals on a spinning reflective disc media.

Fax Machines

A product whose primary functions are (1) to scan hard copy originals for electronic transmission to remote units, and (2) to receive electronic transmissions for conversion to hard copy output.

Furnaces

A heating unit whose function is the combustion of fossil fuel for space heating with forced hot air. Unit must include burner(s), heat exchanger(s), blower(s) and connections to heating ducts.

Commercial Gas Water Heaters

A product that utilizes gas or electricity to heat potable water for use outside the heater upon demand, at a thermostatically controlled temperature.

Heat Pumps, Geothermal or Ground-Source

A geothermal heat pump uses the thermal energy of the ground or groundwater to provide residential space conditioning and/or domestic water heating.

Commercial Griddles

A commercial appliance designed for cooking food in oil or its own juices by direct contact with either a flat, smooth, hot surface (e.g., polished steel or chrome plate) or a hot channeled cooking su...

Home Audio/Video

A mains-connected product that offers Audio Amplification and/or Optical Disc Player functions.

Refrigerators

A refrigeration cabinet designed for storing food products at temperatures above 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F) but no greater than 40 degrees F.

Light Commercial Heating and Cooling

A unit of commercial package airconditioning and heating equipment that is configured as a split system air conditioner incorporating a single refrigerant circuit, with one or more outdoor units, at l...

Light Fixtures

A generic term for a man-made source created to produce optical radiation. By extension, the term is also used to denote sources that radiate in regions of the spectrum adjacent to the visible.

Mailing Machines

A product whose primary function is to print postage onto mail pieces. This definition is intended to cover products that are marketed as mailing machines.

Monitors

An electronic device, typically with a diagonal screen size greater than12 inches and a pixel density greater than 5,000 pixels per square inch (pixels/in2), that displays a computer's user interface ...

Commercial Ovens

A chamber designed for heating, roasting, or baking food by conduction, convection, radiation, and/or electromagnetic energy.

Digital Picture Frames

An electronic device, typically with a diagonal screen size less than 12 inches, whose primary function is to display digital images. It may also feature a programmable timer, occupancy sensor, audio,...

Printers

A product whose primary function is to generate hard-copy output from electronic input. A printer is capable of receiving information from single-user or networked computers, or their input devices (e...

Air Conditioning, Room

Equipment that cools enclosed spaces in households and commercial industries ―includes room air conditioning such as window units, packaged terminal air conditioners (PTAC), and portable air condition...

Scanners and All-in-One Devices

A product whose primary function is to convert hard copy originals into electronic images that can be stored, edited, converted, or transmitted, primarily in a personal computing environment.

Servers

A computer that provides services and manages networked resources for client devices (e.g., desktop computers, notebook computers, thin clients, wireless devices, PDAs, IP telephones, other computer s...

Televisions

A product designed to produce dynamic video, contains an internal TV tuner encased within the product housing, and that is capable of receiving dynamic visual content from wired or wireless sources.

Vending Machines

A machine that dispenses small articles such as food, drinks, or cigarettes when a coin, bill, or token is inserted.

Ventilation Fans

A ceiling, wall-mounted, or remotely mounted in-line fan designed to move objectionable air from inside the building to the outdoors.

Water Coolers

A freestanding device that consumes energy and dispenses water from removable 4- to 5-gallon plastic bottles commonly positioned on top of the unit.

Windows

An assembled unit consisting of a frame/sash component holding one or more pieces of glazing functioning to admit light and/or air into an enclosure and designed for a vertical installation in an exte...

Cellulose Loose-Fill and Spray-On

Fiberglass

Foam-in-Place

Glass Fiber Reinforced

Phenolic Rigid Foam

Plastic Insulating Foam for Residential and Commercial Construction

Plastic, Non-Woven Batt

Rigid Foam

Rock Wool

Dehumidifiers

A product, other than a portable air conditioner, room air conditioner, or packaged terminal air conditioner, that is a self-contained, electrically operated, and mechanically encased assembly consis...

Air Purifiers (Cleaners)

Room air purifiers - sometimes referred to as "room air cleaners" - are portable, electric appliances that remove fine particles, such as dust and pollen, from indoor air.

Air-Cooled

Boilers

A self contained fuel burning appliance of less than 300,000 Btu per hour energy input, for supplying low pressure steam or hot water for space heating applications. A heating unit that meets this def...

Air Conditioning, Central

A central air conditioner is a product, which is powered by single phase electric current, air cooled, rated below 65,000 Btu per hour, not contained within the same cabinet as a furnace, the rated ca...

Freezers

A refrigeration cabinet designed for storing food products at temperatures of 0 degrees F.

Desktop Computers

Notebook Computers

Workstation Computers

Thin Client Computers

Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Combination of convertors, switches, and energy storage devices (such as batteries) constituting a power system for maintaining continuity of load power in case of input power failure.

Residential Water Heaters

A product that utilizes gas, electricity, or solar thermal energy to heat potable water for use outside the heater upon demand.

Whole-Home Gas Tankless

Solar

High Efficiency Electric Storage (Heat Pump)

High-Efficiency Gas Storage

Electric Storage Water Heaters

Data Center Storage

A fully-functional storage system that supplies data storage services to clients and devices attached directly or through a network.

Large Network Equipment

A device whose primary function is to pass Internet Protocol traffic among various network interfaces/ports.

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs)

LED Lighting

Enterprise Servers

Small-scale Servers

Clothes Dryers

A machine designed to dry fabrics in a tumble-type drum with forced air circulation

Tablets/Slates

Integrated Desktop Computers

Cordless Phones, Answering Machines, and Combination Units

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Phones

Skylights

A window designed for sloped or horizontal application in the roof of a Residential Building, the primary purpose of which is to provide daylighting and/or ventilation.

Pool Pumps

A mechanical assembly consisting of a “wet-end,” which houses the impeller, and a motor. The pump increases the “head” and “flow” of the water.

Biomass Boiler, Wood-Pellet-Fired

Condensing

Commercial

Residential

Ductless Heating and Cooling

Electric air-source heat pumps, often used in moderate climates, use the difference between outdoor air temperatures and indoor air temperatures to cool and heat your home.

Commercial Clothes Washers

A soft-mounted front-loading or soft-mounted top-loading clothes washer that is designed for use in applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes washer, suc...

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

An electric vehicle charging station, also called EV charging station, electric recharging point, charging point, charge point and EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment), is an element in an infrast...

Commercial Coffee Brewers

Commercial appliances designed to heat water and brew coffee.

Laboratory Grade Refrigerator and Freezer

A refrigeration cabinet used for storing non-volatile reagents and biological specimens at set point temperatures between 0 °C and 12 °C (32 °F and 53.6 °F), typically marketed through laboratory equi...

Smart Thermostats

A device that controls heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment to regulate the temperature of the room or space in which it is installed, and has the ability to communicate with so...

Portable All-In-One Computers

Residential Electric Cooking Products

A household cooking appliance consisting of a horizontal surface containing one or more surface units that utilize electric resistance heating or electric inductive heating. This includes electric coo...

Storm Windows

An exterior or interior residential storm window is as a fenestration attachment product consisting of a frame component and one or more pieces of glazing, installed over the exterior or interior of a...