# Efficiency standard by build date

A term used when buying foodservice equipment dealer.

The federal energy rule that decides whether a unit on the floor may still be sold.

Commercial refrigeration is governed by standards written against the date a unit was manufactured, so the same model can be sellable or not depending on when it was built. That turns aged floor stock and warehouse residue into a question instead of an asset, and the dealer is the party holding it. Ask for build dates on anything that has sat more than a year and read the last standard change against them, because the rule moves on its own schedule and the boxes on the floor do not.

Part of: Buying a Foodservice Equipment Dealer (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-foodservice-equipment-dealer)

Source: https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-foodservice-equipment-dealer/terms/efficiency-standard-by-build-date
Not dated: The same editorial definitions as the glossary, inside a trade.

Site index for machines: https://searchspheresource.com/llms.txt