{"id":231,"date":"2014-10-16T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=231"},"modified":"2014-10-16T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T13:57:37","slug":"doe-updates-energy-conservation-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"DOE Updates Energy Conservation Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, 2014 the U.S. Department of Energy\u00a0issued a determination that ANSI\/ASHRAE\/IES Standard 90.1-2013 would achieve greater energy efficiency in buildings subject to the code than the 2010 version. \u00a0The DOE analyses determined that the energy savings would be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8.7% energy cost savings<\/li>\n<li>8.5% source energy savings<\/li>\n<li>7.6% site energy savings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As a result, all states are\u00a0now\u00a0required to certify that they have reviewed the provisions of their commercial building code regarding energy efficiency and, if\u00a0necessary, updated their codes to meet or exceed the 2013\u00a0edition of Standard 90.1. \u00a0 States must submit certification of compliance by September 26, 2016 or explain why they cannot comply.<\/p>\n<p>Why is this happening? \u00a0 \u00a0The DOE is required by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energycodes.gov\/about\/statutory-requirements\">Energy Conservation and Production Act<\/a>\u00a0(42 USC 6833) to review each new edition of\u00a0ANSI\/ASHRAE\/IES Standard 90.1, and\u00a0issue a determination as to whether the updated edition will improve energy efficiency in commercial buildings. \u00a0If the determination is that the new version will improve energy efficiency, that standard becomes the new nationwide minimum requirement. \u00a0States aren&#8217;t required to adopt Standard 90.1, but whatever standard they develop or adopt must be at least as stringent as Standard 90.1.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the changes in the new standard are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lumen Power Densities (LPDs) for most building and space types are reduced by approximately 10% from the 2010 version.<\/li>\n<li>More stringent requirements for lighting controls<\/li>\n<li>A new table format for determining LPDs\u00a0and control requirements in individual spaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energycodes.gov\/determinations\">DOE website<\/a> contains additional information, including PDFs of the analyses they conducted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, 2014 the U.S. Department of Energy\u00a0issued a determination that ANSI\/ASHRAE\/IES Standard 90.1-2013 would achieve greater energy efficiency in buildings subject to the code than the 2010 version. \u00a0The DOE analyses determined that the energy savings would be: 8.7% energy cost savings 8.5% source energy savings 7.6% site energy savings As a result, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=231\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DOE Updates Energy Conservation Requirements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,9,4],"tags":[46,67,47,38],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-codes","category-controls","category-sustainability","tag-ashrae-90-1","tag-controls","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-federal-government"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gZSw-3J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1619,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=1619","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":0},"title":"DOE Issues Preliminary Determination on ASHRAE 90.1-2019","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"May 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"DOE determines ASHRAE 90.1-2019 improves energy efficiency.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Codes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Codes","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":149,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=149","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":1},"title":"Energy Code Update","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"May 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday the\u00a0DOE issued a\u00a0Notice of Preliminary Determination\u00a0that ANSI\/ASHRAE\/IES Standard 90.1-2013 would achieve greater energy efficiency in buildings subject to the code than its predecessor, 90.1-2010. The preliminary analysis estimates national \u00a0energy savings of approximately 8.5% for\u00a0commercial building energy consumption. The\u00a0evaluation of every new version of ASHRAE 90.1 is required by\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Codes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Codes","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":430,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=430","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":2},"title":"Standard 189.1 Addendum Are Open For Public Review","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"ASHRAE has announced a 30-day public review and comment period for addendum to ASHRAE\/USGBC\/IES Standard 189.1-2014, beginning on July 24th. \u00a0The addendum that concerns lighting designers\u00a0corrects and clarifies a potentially confusing\u00a0requirement in which a designer may conclude that bonus\u00a0lighting power control factors from Table 9.6.3 Control\u00a0Factors Used in Calculating Additional\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Codes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Codes","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":510,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=510","url_meta":{"origin":231,"position":3},"title":"LPDs, As Low As We Should Go","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"October 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"ASHRAE has released a series of changes to Standard 90.1 in preparation for the 2016 update. \u00a0Among those changes is the further tightening of LPDs (click here) in all space and building types. \u00a0In my opinion, these changes should be rejected by the lighting community. 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