Guide to Determining Climate Zone by County: Building America and IECC 2021 Updates

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1893981· OSTI ID:1893981

Antonopoulos, Chrissi A. ^[1]; Gilbride, Theresa L. ^[1]; Margiotta, Evan R. ^[1]; Kaltreider, Christian E. ^[1]

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

This report describes the climate zone designations used by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building America Program. The report aims to help residential building stakeholders identify the appropriate climate zone designation for each county in the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska. Identifying the correct climate zone is important for many activities including residential construction projects, code compliance, energy analysis and modeling, and other analytical activities where climate zones impact the energy and moisture performance of residential buildings. This report supersedes the previous Building America publication: Guide to Determining Climate Regions by County, published in 2010. This report reflects climate designations used by the International Code Council (ICC) in the 2021 versions of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the International Residential Code (IRC), and other codes produced by ICC. The information provided here and associated data should be used for the most up-to-date information regarding climate zone designations in the United States.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1893981
• Report Number(s): PNNL-33270
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
42 ENGINEERING
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Building America
Building Code
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Building Technologies