ASHRAE strives to provide advanced energy savings by 2010.
Press Release Summary:
Committed to continually improving building energy performance, ASHRAE is looking to achieve 30% energy savings in 2010 standard compared to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. Plan is based on average for all building types and climate-weighted energy cost savings and may not be achieved for every building in every climate. Savings are part of ASHRAE's goal to achieve market-viable net-zero energy buildings by 2030.
Original Press Release:
ASHRAE Strives To Provide Advanced Energy Savings By 2010
ATLANTA - Declaring that the building industry must improve building energy efficiency, ASHRAE is striving to increase building energy efficiency in Standard 90.1.
ASHRAE is looking to achieve 30 percent energy savings in the 2010 standard compared to ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.
ASHRAE is committed to continually improving building energy performance. The savings are part of ASHRAE's goal to achieve market-viable net-zero energy buildings by 2030.
"Building energy standards and codes play a vital role in helping reduce future U.S. building energy consumption by setting the minimum energy efficiency requirements that all new and renovated buildings must meet," Kent Peterson, P.E., ASHRAE president, said. "But we must improve minimum building energy efficiency standards if we are to truly improve energy performance of the built environment As such, ASHRAE is making a more aggressive effort to improve the minimum energy efficiency of new building construction not only in the United States but throughout the world."
The plan to achieve 30 percent savings in 2010 is based on an average for all building types and climate weighted energy cost savings and may not be achieved for every building in every climate. Other elements of the plan are:
Estimates of energy savings improvement be based on the total annual energy cost of the facility
Energy savings estimated on ongoing basis
Improvement calculations made in conjunction with technical resources made available by the Department of Energy.
Any changes to Standard 90.1 will continue to follow ASHRAE's standards development process, which is approved by the American National Standards Institute and based on achieving consensus.
Those interested in contributing ideas on the advanced energy savings can submit comments via http://www.ashrae.org/technology/page/812.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. Its mission is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) to serve humanity and promote a sustainable world
Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Public Relations
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jdunlop@ashrae.org
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