There is a need to incorporate e-Gov initiatives into the residential appliance and commercial equipment compliance and certification processes of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Buildings Technology (BT) Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards Program. Currently, the process remains paper based, requiring manufacturers to submit their certification data to BT via certified mail. The current hard-copy format makes the submission process slow and cumbersome.

The CCMS developed by Energetics streamlines and expedites the current paper system by allowing the manufacturer to electronically submit a certification report to DOE BT.

The system allows for much quicker and effective tracking and certification for appliance and commercial equipment standards and helps to ensure that energy efficiency measures are in place. Implementation of the CCMS application now allows DOE BT to perform report reviews and trend analyses on efficiency levels for certain products.