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Title: Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy Code Changes

Abstract

This document lays out the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) method for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of energy code proposals and editions. The evaluation is applied to provisions or editions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The method follows standard life-cycle cost (LCC) economic analysis procedures. Cost-effectiveness evaluation requires three steps: 1) evaluating the energy and energy cost savings of code changes, 2) evaluating the incremental and replacement costs related to the changes, and 3) determining the cost-effectiveness of energy code changes based on those costs and savings over time.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1213016
Report Number(s):
PNNL-23923
BT0400000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Cost-effectiveness

Citation Formats

Hart, Philip R., and Liu, Bing. Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy Code Changes. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.2172/1213016.
Hart, Philip R., & Liu, Bing. Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy Code Changes. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1213016
Hart, Philip R., and Liu, Bing. 2015. "Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy Code Changes". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1213016. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1213016.
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abstractNote = {This document lays out the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) method for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of energy code proposals and editions. The evaluation is applied to provisions or editions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). The method follows standard life-cycle cost (LCC) economic analysis procedures. Cost-effectiveness evaluation requires three steps: 1) evaluating the energy and energy cost savings of code changes, 2) evaluating the incremental and replacement costs related to the changes, and 3) determining the cost-effectiveness of energy code changes based on those costs and savings over time.},
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year = {Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 EST 2015},
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