NOM-015-ENER-1997: Energy efficiency of refrigerators and freezers. Limits, testing methods and labeling

Last updated: 12 May 2021
This standard establishes the maximum levels of energy consumption of home appliance refrigerators and freezers operated by hermetic motor compressor according to its type (conventional and refrigerator/freezer, vertical, horizontal) and its defrosting system (manual, automatic, semi-automatic, partially automatic, automatic long-term, automatic adjustable). See the attachment for the maximum energy consumption levels.The standard NOM-015-ENER-1997 supersedes the standard NOM-072-SCFI-1994. The 1997 version sets higher energy efficiency levels for refrigerators, adds three new sub-types of refrigerators (freezers).

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