Status of cool roof standards in the United States

Conference · Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007

OSTI ID:932559

Akbari, Hashem; Levinson, Ronnen

Since 1999, several widely used building energy efficiency standards, including ASHRAE 90.1, ASHRAE 90.2, the International Energy Conservation Code, and California's Title 24 have adopted cool roof credits or requirements. We review the technical development of cool roof provisions in the ASHRAE 90.1, ASHRAE 90.2, and California Title 24 standards, and discuss the treatment of cool roofs in other standards and energy-efficiency programs. The techniques used to develop the ASHRAE and Title 24 cool roof provisions can be used as models to address cool roofs in building energy standards worldwide.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE. Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency andRenewable Energy; California Energy Commission through its PublicInterest Energy Research Program
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 932559
• Report Number(s): LBNL-63491; R&D Project: 0; BnR: YN0100000; TRN: US200813%%115
• Resource Relation: Conference: Building Low Energy Cooling and AdvancedVentilation Technologies in the 21st century, 2nd PALENC Conference and28th AIVC Conference, Crete, Greece, September 27-29,2007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CALIFORNIA
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY STANDARDS
ROOFS
VENTILATION