Advocates, Industry Ready Negotiated Efficiency Standard For Air Purifiers

Efficiency advocates and manufacturers are finalizing a negotiated energy efficiency standard for air purifiers -- which have become increasingly popular amid the pandemic and wildfire-related pollution -- to both boost efficiency and consumer savings while also imposing federal requirements that avoid a potential patchwork of state rules. After working for months to craft a proposal, a coalition of advocacy and industry plan to finalize it and send a petition to the Energy Department (DOE) this week, says Kevin Messner, vice...