Berlin Brands Group, Inc. (Berlin Brands) is a San Francisco, California, based company that distributes wine coolers, evaporative coolers, range hoods, and rechargeable vacuum cleaners. Berlin Brands sold or offered for sale wine coolers, evaporative coolers, range hoods, and rechargeable vacuum cleaners in California, from July 2015 to September 2019.

This case was the result of an industry complaint. The California Energy Commission's investigation process identified that Berlin Brands was distributing and offering for sale wine coolers, evaporative coolers, range hoods, and rechargeable vacuum cleaners that were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To settle this matter, Berlin Brands executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on June 15, 2020, for $38,115.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Berlin Brands has also agreed to a compliance plan to test and certify all models to MAEDbS before continuing to sell in California.