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EPA PROMOTES STUDY OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Release Date: 08/17/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2001
EPA PROMOTES STUDY OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Cathy Milbourn 202-564-7824/[email protected]
EPA PROMOTES STUDY OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Cathy Milbourn 202-564-7824/[email protected]
As part of the ongoing effort to support the President’s energy plan, EPA has awarded $150,000 to The New Buildings Institute, White Salmon, Wash., to study the energy efficiency of newly constructed commercial buildings. The study will help determine if new buildings actually are as efficient as their intended design.
The Institute will compare newly constructed buildings to existing, top-rated, energy-efficient buildings using the Energy StarŪ rating system as a benchmark. Through the Energy StarŪ rating system, there is an easy way to compare a buildings' energy performance to that of similar buildings throughout the United States. For commercial buildings, energy performance is rated on a one-to-100 scale where a score of 50 signifies energy performance better than 50 percent of similar buildings. Benchmarking provides the foundation for fundamental property management decisions and is changing the building industry's perception of energy performance.
The New Buildings Institute will use existing data from energy utility bills to study the difference between design intent and actual, as-built energy efficiency in buildings. The study will look at actual and anticipated energy consumption of new buildings. The expertise of key stakeholders will be used to provide the necessary data and to help perform analysis of that data.
The findings of this study could help provide insight for making design decisions that affect energy performance and influence the interpretation of energy codes for commercial building design. The findings could also significantly help state, local, and private sector programs benefit from knowing the actual, rather than perceived, differences between design intent and energy performance in commercial buildings.
For technical information contact Karen Butler at 202-564-9717, or at [email protected]
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