Heavy duty/industrial clothes washers

AMY VAN DAM

Sustainable Design Coordinator

BOULDER ASSOCIATES

LEEDuser Basic Member

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June 19, 2012

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, LEED

USGBC

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Mon, 12/17/2012 - 20:32

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

Assistant

Mack-Cali Realty Corporation

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Wed, 04/17/2013 - 14:42

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.showProductGroup&pgw_code=CCW

Martha Norbeck

President

C-Wise Design and Consulting

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Wed, 12/09/2020 - 19:13

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?