by jbs102809e3 — November 4, 2009—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its national laboratories are releasing technical support documents that suggest how to achieve 50% energy savings in four key commercial building sectors. This is taking place less than two years after launching the Net-Zero Energy Commercial Building Initiative, which aims to achieve marketable net-zero energy commercial buildings by 2025.
Created under the direction of DOE’s Building Technologies Program, the technical support documents describe the assumptions, methodologies, and analyses used to reach 50% energy savings over ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2004 in general merchandise, grocery store, lodging, and medium office buildings.
The documents demonstrate that higher levels of energy performance can be achieved in the commercial building industry. These reports are often the basis for Advanced Energy Design Guides —”how to” guides that target architects, engineers, and other design practitioners.
Report data is also shared with members of DOE’s Commercial Building Energy Alliances, which are comprised of commercial building owners and operators. Each alliance works with DOE to reduce the energy use and the environmental footprint in the retail, commercial real estate, and hospital sectors, as well as to help disseminate valuable building information within each sector.
Four technical support documents are available, all as ADOBE PDF files: General Merchandise, Grocery Store, Lodging, and Medium Office.
