Recommendations for energy conservation standards for new residential buildings - volume 3: Introduction and Background to the Standard Development Effort
The Energy Conservation for New Buildings Act of 1976, as amended, 42 U.S.C Section 6831 et. seq. requires the US Department of Energy to issue energy conservation standards for the design of new residential and commercial buildings. The standards will be mandatory only for the design of new federal buildings, and will serve as voluntary guidelines for the design of new non-federal buildings. This report documents the development and testing of a set of recommendations, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. (ASHRAE) Special Projects Committee No. 53, designed to provide the technical foundation for the Congressionally-mandated energy standard for new residential buildings. The recommendations have been developed over the past 25 months by a multidisciplinary project team, under the management of the US Department of Energy and its prime contractor, Pacific Northwest Laboratory. Volume III -- Introduction and Background to the Standard Development Effort is a description of the Standard development process and contains the rationale for the general approach and specific criteria contained within the recommendations.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Technical Evaluation Committee for Special Project 53 (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/CE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5737921
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-6878-Vol.3; ON: DE90000526
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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