The Pilot Credit requires “commercial clothes washers” to comply with CEE Tier 3A. Upon investigation, we discovered that this standard applies only to “family-sized washers” for laundromats, multi-family buildings and institutions. The CEE website indicates that these units are “nearly identical to residential models available in retail outlets.” Many of our clients utilize “heavy duty/industrial” washers that do not fall into this category. Is anyone aware of an equivalent standard for “heavy duty/industrial” washers or if one is currently being developed by Energy Star, or CEE another group?
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Batya Metalitz
Technical Director, LEEDUSGBC
LEEDuser Expert
318 thumbs up
December 17, 2012 - 3:32 pm
We (USGBC staff) would be interested to hear if anyone has found a program for heavy industrial clothes washers. Right now these aren't part of the credit because we can't find a water/energy efficiency program that addresses them the way CEE & ENERGY STAR address the smaller ones.
Jennifer Knocha
AssistantMack-Cali Realty Corporation
April 17, 2013 - 10:42 am
I was just on the Energy Star website and as of February 1st, they've expanded their criteria for washers to include some commercial-grade machines. I don't know if this helps you, but here's the link:
https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=find_a_product.showProdu...
Martha Norbeck
PresidentC-Wise Design and Consulting
71 thumbs up
December 9, 2020 - 2:13 pm
Batya, has the USGBC found a path for addressing large commercial washers? The Energy Star Commercial washer standard tops out at 8 cf. I'm working with an owner who is seeking a 20 cf unit. Does this just fall into the Not Applicable category for Water Efficiency credits?