DOE rejects AHRI petition over walk-ins standard

DOE is denying a petition from AHRI to reconsider the new DOE standard for walk-in coolers and freezers (WICFs). DOE is claiming that AHRI’s petition "appears to reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of how to perform the calculations required to rate a given refrigeration component. Accordingly, AHRI’s petition is predicated on a flawed set of calculations and assumptions. "