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This document lays out the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) methodology for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of energy code and standard proposals and editions. The evaluation is applied to new provisions or editions of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES2 Standard 90.1 and the International Energy Conservation Code. The methodology follows standard life-cycle cost (LCC) economic analysis procedures.

DOE supports the development of the International Code Council’s (ICC) International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), the national model code adopted by or forming the basis of residential energy codes promulgated by a majority of U.S. states, as well as other voluntary building energy codes. DOE performs a cost-effectiveness analysis of proposed modifications to the codes as part of that support and also performs an analysis of cost-effectiveness of new code versions.1 This document represents the methodology DOE uses in performing such analyses.

In this analysis, PNNL evaluated the cost-effectiveness of the changes in the prescriptive and mandatory residential provisions of the 2018 edition of the IECC compared to those in the prior edition, the 2015 IECC.

Quantitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-1999 Determination.

Qualitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-1999 Determination.

Quantitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2004 Determination.

Quantitative analysis Performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2007 Determination.

Qualitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2007 Determination.

Quantitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2010 Determination.

Qualitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2010 Determination.

Quantitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2013 Determination.

Qualitative analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2013 Determination.

Technical analysis performed in support of the Standard 90.1-2016 Determination.

Technical analysis in support of the 2015 IECC Determination.

Technical analysis in support of the 2018 IECC Determination.

The BC3 data, as referenced in the methodology for conducting national and custom state-level analyses, was originally available as a web-based database, but has now been archived and made available as a spreadsheet. This spreadsheet represents the complete contents of the BC3 database.

This spreadsheet contains detailed end use data results from the Progress Indicator analysis of ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016 conducted by PNNL.

This report summarizes technical analysis conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), assessing expected end-use energy consumption in commercial buildings, based on recent editions of the model energy code for the commercial sector, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. An accompanying spreadsheet is available containing detailed end use data results from the Progress Indicator analysis.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.

Session subtopic presentation slides from the DOE BECP Future of Codes stakeholder workshop, June 22 & June 24, 2021.