Energy and Energy Cost Savings Analysis of the 2015 IECC for Commercial Buildings

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1214905· OSTI ID:1214905

Zhang, Jian ^[1]; Xie, YuLong ^[1]; Athalye, Rahul A. ^[1]; Zhuge, Jing Wei ^[1]; Rosenberg, Michael I. ^[1]; Hart, Philip R. ^[1]; Liu, Bing ^[1]

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

As required by statute (42 USC 6833), DOE recently issued a determination that ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 would achieve greater energy efficiency in buildings subject to the code compared to the 2010 edition of the standard. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) conducted an energy savings analysis for Standard 90.1-2013 in support of its determination . While Standard 90.1 is the model energy standard for commercial and multi-family residential buildings over three floors (42 USC 6833), many states have historically adopted the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) for both residential and commercial buildings. This report provides an assessment as to whether buildings constructed to the commercial energy efficiency provisions of the 2015 IECC would save energy and energy costs as compared to the 2012 IECC. PNNL also compared the energy performance of the 2015 IECC with the corresponding Standard 90.1-2013. The goal of this analysis is to help states and local jurisdictions make informed decisions regarding model code adoption.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1214905
• Report Number(s): PNNL-24269 Rev. 1; BT0400000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English