(AHAM: Washington, D.C.) -- The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers has announced that its performance evaluation procedure for household refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers and freezers has gained approval from the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard. The ANSI-approved standard will be known as the ANSI/AHAM HRF-1-2007—“Energy, Performance and Capacity of Household Refrigerators, Refrigerator-Freezers and Freezers.”

This standard supersedes the 2004 edition and contains methods for computing total volume, volume of special features and shelf area; energy consumption, and energy factor of household refrigerators, household wine chillers and household freezers; performance test procedures and recommended levels of performance; durability and condensate test procedures; and safety of household refrigerators, household wine chillers and household freezers. Results of tests in accordance with this standard may be publicly stated.

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