Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings: State-by-State Summaries

Published

September 30, 2013

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel

Abstract

Energy efficiency requirements in current commercial building energy codes vary across states. Energy standards that are currently adopted by states range from ASHRAE 90.1 1999 to ASHRAE 90.1 2007. Some states do not have a code requirement for energy efficiency, leaving it up to the locality or jurisdiction to set their own requirements. The six National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publications (1147, 1148-1, 1148-2, 1148-3, and 1148-4) use the Building Industry Reporting and Design for Sustainability (BIRDS) database to analyze the impacts that the adoption of newer, more efficient commercial building energy codes would have on building energy use, operational energy costs, building life-cycle costs, and energy related carbon emissions for each state by Census Region. This study summarizes the results from the series of documents for each of the 50 states into a two-page section.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 1165

Report Number

1165

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.sp.1165

Keywords

Building economics, economic analysis, life-cycle costing, life-cycle assessment, energy efficiency, commercial buildings

Citation

Kneifel, J. (2013), Benefits and Costs of Energy Standard Adoption in New Commercial Buildings: State-by-State Summaries, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.sp.1165 (Accessed December 22, 2024)