ASHRAE and the Illuminating Engineering
Society of North America are working together to strengthen requirements of Standard
90.2, Energy Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings. Previously,
the standard was developed only by ASHRAE and was first published in 1993.
According
to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning
Engineers, the standard provides minimum requirements for the energy-efficient
design of residential buildings. Last year, ASHRAE’s board of directors recommended
to the standard committee that it consider a goal of writing the standard so
that it is 30 percent more efficient than the 2004 version. The standard committee
plans to have an advisory public review of the standard later this year to
determine whether proposed changes are meeting the needs of the audience.
“ASHRAE
is honored and proud to have IES as a co-sponsor of Standard 90.2,” said ASHRAE
President Lynn G. Bellenger. “The partnership between ASHRAE and IES originated
35 years ago when we joined together to create the first building energy
conservation standard, ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90-1975, Energy Standard for
Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. The partnership has flourished
as we’ve collaborated on updates to that standard and created Advanced Energy
Design Guides. Now, as we focus on the residential market, whose 107 million
housing units consume 22 percent of the primary energy in the U.S., we have
the opportunity once again to define the actions needed to make energy
conservation our ‘first fuel.’ By identifying ways for this major market to
reduce energy use and costs, we serve the public and increase our energy
security.”
