Comfort Cool Fans Inc. (Comfort Cool) is a Rancho Santa Margarita, California, based company that manufactures whole house fans. Comfort Cool sold or offered for sale whole house fans in California, during the time period of July 2015 to June 2018.

This case started as an industry complaint. The Energy Commission's investigation identified Comfort Cool manufacturing and offering for sale whole house fans not properly certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDBS).

To settle this matter, Comfort Cool executed a Settlement Agreement with the Energy Commission on October 2, 2018, for $29,384.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Comfort Cool has also agreed to a compliance plan to properly test and certify all models to MAEDBS before continuing to sell in California.