Country Report on Building Energy Codes in Australia

Technical Report · Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2009

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/978548· OSTI ID:978548

Shui, Bin; Evans, Meredydd; Somasundaram, Sriram

This report is part of a series of reports on building energy efficiency codes in countries associated with the Asian Pacific Partnership (APP) - Australia, South Korea, Japan, China, India, and the United States of America (U.S.). This reports gives an overview of the development of building energy codes in Australia, including national energy policies related to building energy codes, history of building energy codes, recent national projects and activities to promote building energy codes. The report also provides a review of current building energy codes (such as building envelope, HVAC, and lighting) for commercial and residential buildings in Australia.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 978548
• Report Number(s): PNNL-17850; WI0601010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
AUSTRALIA
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
ROOFS
WALLS
building energy codes
Australia
energy efficiency