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

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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