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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 158 / Thursday, August 19, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
ASHRAE Standard 90.1 includes limits on the energy consumption of commercial fans and has been adopted in most states. AHRI, No. 3, at pp. 2
3 For this final determination, DOE
updated its analysis to include information from a 2021 DOE study to estimate the amount of motor electricity use represented by fans and blowers in the industrial and commercial sectors.25
Based on this study, DOE estimates that fans and blowers consume 192,085
million kWh of electricity per year in the commercial sector and 112,942
million kWh of electricity per year in the industrial sector.
Both the estimates from the June 2011
NOPD and the updated estimates demonstrate that fans and blowers consume energy in operation. Therefore, DOE concludes that fans and blowers satisfy the first element of industrial equipment required by 42 U.S.C.
63112Ai.

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2. Distribution in Commerce To qualify as industrial equipment fans and blowers must be, to a significant extent, distributed in commerce for industrial and commercial use.26 42 U.S.C.
63112Aii DOE published shipments estimates for certain varieties of fans to support the November 2016 NODA analysis. The November 2016 NODA analyzed a subset of fans operating with a shaft input power equal to or greater than 1
horsepower and fan air power equal to or less than 150 horsepower as recommended in the term sheet.
Generally, the scope excluded certain fans used in HVACR equipment subject to DOE energy conservation standards and specific categories of fans such as safety fans. 81 FR 75742, 7574575746
Docket No. EERE2013BTSTD0006;
No. 179, Recommendation 1, 2, 3, 5, at pp. 14
In the November 2016 NODA, DOE
estimated annual shipments of fans in scope of the analysis to be 1.18 million with approximately 18 percent for use in industrial applications and 82
percent for use in commercial applications. Docket No. EERE2013
25 U.S Department of Energy January 2021, United States Industrial and Commercial Motor System Market Assessment Report. Volume 1:
Characteristics of the Installed Base. Retrieved February 2, 2021, from eta-publications.lbl.gov/
sites/default/files/u.s._industrial_and_commerical_
motor_system_market_assessment_report_vol_1_
.pdf.
26 DOE notes that distribution for residential use does not preclude coverage as covered equipment so long as to a significant extent the equipment is of a type that is also distributed in commerce for industrial and commercial use.

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BTSTD0006; National Impact Analysis Spreadsheet, No. 192 The shipments of all fans and blowers covered under the definition of fan as established in this final determination are likely higher.
In response to the November 2016
NODA analysis, A.O. Smith Corporation A.O. Smith commented that there were additional categories of equipment that incorporate fans. A.O Smith listed equipment such as boilers, water heaters, and pool heaters. Docket No.
EERE2013BTSTD0006; A.O. Smith, No. 219 at p. 2 Greenheck listed other HVACR equipment that were not captured in DOEs estimate. Docket No.
EERE2013BTSTD0006; Greenheck, No. 221.1 at pp. 2021 However, A.O.
Smith and Greenheck did not provide quantitative information to estimate these shipments. Docket No. EERE
2013BTSTD0006; A.O. Smith, No.
219 at p. 2; Greenheck, No. 221.1 at pp.
2021 AHRI commented that they estimated the number of fans in HVACR
equipment to be between five to 14
million units. Docket No. EERE2013
BTSTD0006; AHRI, No. 222 at p. 15
Daikin commented in support of this estimate and added that DOE
overestimated the number of fans in airhandling units, noting that air-handler shipments should be closer to 130,000
230,000. Docket No. EERE2013BT
STD0006; Daikin, No. 216 at p. 4
AHRI submitted additional shipments data to the California Energy Commission CEC Fan rulemaking docket which included updated shipments estimates.27
DOE reviewed the data submitted by AHRI to the CEC and subsequently revised the shipment estimates prepared for the November 2016 NODA.
Specifically, DOE revised 1 air handling unit shipments from 330,402
units to 65,000 units; 2 chiller shipments from 12,759 to 27,000 units and used 7 instead of 14 fans per unit to calculate corresponding fan units;
and 3 the number of fans per unit used in commercial packaged airconditioning and heating equipment by capacity range.28 The updates reduced the total shipments for the fans analyzed 27 AHRIs submission to the CEC docket is available here: CEC Docket 17AAER06, TN2212011. Available at: efiling.energy.ca.gov/
GetDocument.aspx?tn=2212011&DocumentContentId=26700.
28 For return and exhaust fans, DOE assumed an average of 0.06 to 0.85 fans per unit depending on the capacity of the unit instead of 0.5 to 1.5 fans per unit. See Table 6 of CEC Docket 17AAER06, TN2212011. Available at: efiling.energy.ca.gov/
GetDocument.aspx?tn=2212011&DocumentContentId=26700.

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in the November 2016 NODA from 1.18
million to 721,725 units.29
Based on the shipments data, DOE
estimates the shipments of fans and blowers to be at least 721,725 units per year. Both the estimates from the June 2011 NOPD and the updated estimates demonstrate that fans and blowers are distributed in commerce to a significant extent for industrial and commercial use, satisfying the second statutory element to qualify as industrial equipment. See 42 U.S.C.
63112Aii 3. Prior Inclusion as a Covered Product To qualify as industrial equipment fans and blowers must not be a covered product as that term is defined in 42
U.S.C. 6291a2. 42 U.S.C.
63112Aiii Covered product is defined through reference to the enumerated list of products at section 6292a of EPCA, which includes any other type of consumer product which the Secretary classifies as a covered product pursuant to certain statutory criteria. 42
U.S.C. 6291a2 The fans and blowers are not included in the enumerated list of covered products in section 6292a of EPCA and the Secretary has not previously determined such fans and blowers to be covered products, though DOE does regulate ceiling fans and furnace fans. Further, the definition of fans i.e., fans and blowers established in this document explicitly excludes ceiling fans and furnace fans, both defined at 10 CFR 430.2. Therefore, equipment that is covered under the definition of fans i.e., fans and blowers established in this document are not covered products as that term is defined in 42 U.S.C. 6291a2.
DOE concludes that the third element of industrial equipment is satisfied.
See 42 U.S.C. 63112Aiii 4. Coverage Necessary To Carry Out the Purposes of Part A1
The purpose of Part A1 is to improve the energy efficiency of electric motors, pumps, and certain other industrial equipment to conserve the energy resources of the Nation. 42 U.S.C.
6312a In the 2011 NOPD, DOE
initially determined that coverage of fans and blowers was necessary to carry out the purposes of Part A1 of EPCA
because coverage would potentially promote the conservation of energy 29 The November 2016 NODA analyzed certain categories of fans with a fan shaft input power equal to or greater than 1 horsepower and fan air power equal or less than 150 horsepower as recommended in the term sheet. Docket No. EERE2013BT
STD0006; No. 179, Recommendation 1, 2, 3, 5, at pp.14

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