National Cost-Effectiveness of the Residential Provisions of the 2015 IECC

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1773019· OSTI ID:1773019

Mendon, V. V. ^[1]; Selvacanabady, A. ^[1]; Zhao, M. ^[1]; Taylor, Z. T. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

This analysis focuses on one- and two-family dwellings, townhomes, and low-rise multifamily residential buildings based on the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). PNNL evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the changes in the prescriptive and mandatory residential provisions of the 2015 edition of the IECC, hereafter referred to as the 2015 IECC, compared to those in the 2012 and 2009 IECC. The current analysis builds on the PNNL technical report titled 2015 IECC: Energy Savings Analysis (Mendon et al. 2015) which identified the prescriptive and mandatory changes introduced by the 2015 IECC compared to the 2012 IECC and determined their energy savings impact.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1773019
• Report Number(s): PNNL--24240; 8652
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
code compliance
energy use intensity
homes
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