10 C.F.R. § 431.296
Energy conservation standards and their effective dates.
Cite as 10 C.F.R. § 431.296 (2026)
(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 A
0.055 × V † + 2.56.
Class B
0.073 × 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 A
0.052 × V † + 2.43.
Class B
0.052 × V † + 2.20.
Combination A
0.086 × V † + 2.66.
Combination B
0.111 × 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]
- Cross-references to the CFR
- 10:429.52431.294