Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy Code Changes

Hart, Philip R.¹  Liu, Bing¹ 

[1] Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

关键词: Cost-effectiveness;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1213016
RP-ID  :  PNNL--23923
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1213016
Others  :  Other: BT0400000

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

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.