Dear ENERGY STAR® Water Coolers Stakeholders:

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would like to remind stakeholders that as of October 13, 2021, EPA-recognized certification bodies (CBs) are required to cease certification of new Water Coolers to the Version 2.0 specification and may only certify Water Coolers to the Version 3.0 specification. Certification bodies may continue submitting administrative modifications to existing Water Cooler certifications to the Version 2.0 specification until March 23, 2022. After this date, only Water Coolers certified to the Version 3.0 specification will appear on the ENERGY STAR website and certified products list.

CBs must notify EPA by October 27, 2021 of models certified to Version 2.0, but not yet submitted to EPA, along with information on when data will be submitted. Failure to do so will result in QPX blocking submissions of these products to EPA.

Please contact EPA at watercoolers@energystar.gov with any questions regarding the specification. CBs should direct questions concerning the submittal of certified Water Heaters to Certification@energystar.gov.

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