---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 436.42"
title: "10"
number: "436.42"
heading: "Evaluation of Life-Cycle Cost Effectiveness."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/436.42"
---

# §436.42. Evaluation of Life-Cycle Cost Effectiveness.


For the purpose of compliance with section 553 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act:

- (a) ENERGY STAR qualified and FEMP designated products may be assumed to be life-cycle cost-effective.
- (b) In making a determination that a covered product is not life-cycle cost-effective, an agency should rely on the life-cycle cost analysis method in [part 436](/cfr/10/part436.md), [subpart A](/cfr/10/subpartA.md), of [title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations](/cfr/10.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 74 FR 10835, Mar. 13, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 8254; 42 U.S.C. 8258; 42 U.S.C. 8259b; 42 U.S.C. 8287, et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 60669, Oct. 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.