My project is in Sweden and we are having challenges with proving our equipment is Energy Star equivalent. Just this past July USGBC came out with an EBOM Alternative Compliance Path for Europe. In the text it states that electric-powered equipment can have the following labels; EU Energy Star, Tjänstemännens Centralorganisation (TCO), or Blue Angel. This is great but most challenging is proving our commercial kitchen appliances are Energy Star Equivalent as these equipment don't have any of these labels.

The ACP for Europe states that if a project wishes to demonstrate their commercial equipment is equivalent to Energy Star this information must be listed; idle energy rate, energy efficiency rate, potable water use limit, cooking energy efficiency rate, maximum daily energy consumption, energy use limit, harvest rate, and testing protocols.

Although if we use commercial dishwashers as an example. When you go to the Energy Star product website to compare what the commercial dishwasher key product criteria is. All that is listed is (depending on the machine type) high and low temperature efficiency requirements for the idle energy rate and water consumption.

Why does the ACP list so much more criteria? Can we just provide the idle energy rate and water consumption?