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Title: Compliance Verification Paths for Residential and Commercial Energy Codes

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1760296· OSTI ID:1760296
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Conformity assessment is a term used to describe the processes followed to demonstrate that a product, service, management system, or body meets specified requirements, such as standards, codes, laws, regulations, or other criteria. With respect to energy codes, conformity assessment includes all activities and tasks undertaken by any number of entities to ensure that the provisions of an adopted energy code are achieved at a designated point in time. This report identifies and discusses conformity assessment activities and provides guidance for developing new or adjusting existing ways of verifying compliance. In addition, this report looks at different ways to ensure that the energy-efficiency goals of an adopted code or standard are achieved.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building Energy Codes )
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1760296
Report Number(s):
PNNL-20822; 8593
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English