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:
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- 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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