Performance-Based Energy Standards for Data Centers
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Amanda Gasse
Data Centers: Energy Efficiency and Maintenance ASHRAE, September 13, 2016 A newly published energy standard for data centers features a performance-based approach that is more flexible and accommodating of innovative changes that rapidly occur in design, construction and operations in that industry. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.4-2016, Energy Standard for Data Centers, establishes the minimum energy-efficiency requirements […]
Five Efficiency Standards Under the Trump Administration’s Purview
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy January 2, 2017 Amanda Gasse
Fate of Five Final Energy Efficiency Rules Could Be Up to Trump Bloomberg BNA, December 29, 2016 Five final energy efficiency appliance standards issued by the Obama administration Dec. 28 could be undone by the Trump administration due to a new review period. The Energy Department issued final rules increasing energy efficiency requirements for walk-in […]
California Adopts Efficiency Standards for Computers and Monitors
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy December 19, 2016 Amanda Gasse
California Is First State To Set Energy-Efficiency Limits For Computers NPR, December 16, 2016 California is the first state to adopt efficiency standards for computers and monitors, the state’s energy commission announced this week. The commission approved regulations that limit the amount of energy computers and small servers can use when they are idling, asleep […]
ENERGY STAR 2.0 – What Do You Need to Know?
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy November 17, 2016 Amanda Gasse
Elana Cole, ERS, for Zondits One of the largest online lighting distributors recently shared some information with Zondits regarding the ENERGY STAR program for lighting, specifically the new 2.0 version for lamps that goes into effect on January 2, 2017. What is ENERGY STAR 2.0? ENERGY STAR 2.0, which replaces the current 1.1 version, includes […]
Santa Monica Soon Requiring Zero-Net Energy New Constructions
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy November 7, 2016November 8, 2016 Amanda Gasse
Santa Monica City Council Votes in the World’s First Zero-Net Energy Building Requirement; Implementation Begins in 2017 City of Santa Monica Newsroom, October 27, 2016 The Santa Monica City Council voted this week to approve an ordinance requiring all new single-family construction in the City of Santa Monica to be zero-net energy (ZNE), the first […]
Federal Appliance Standards – Consumer Friend or Foe?
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy August 31, 2016 Amanda Gasse
Gita Subramony, ERS, for Zondits The Heritage Foundation recently posted an opinion piece on why the federal government should not be mandating energy efficiency standards. The authors suggest that the standards reduce consumer choices, have little impact on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or increasing energy savings, and hinder innovation. The authors argue that high […]
The State of Technology: Outcome-Based Energy Codes and zEPI
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy July 22, 2016July 27, 2016 Amanda Gasse
Two emerging code developments to targeting improved building performance Matt Lockwood, ERS, for Zondits This month, our State of Technology series focuses on energy codes. Let’s talk about two innovations in development over the last decade in energy codes: outcome-based energy codes and zEPI. Both started as dreams of energy code wonks to address the […]
Codes & Standards, Programs & Policy April 14, 2016 Amanda Gasse
Lightbulbs excluded in EU regulations on energy efficiency claims The Guardian, April 12, 2016. Image credit: jacquess27 The EU has voted to close loopholes that allow home appliance manufacturers to make misleading claims about their products’ energy performance, but environmentalists are incandescent that lightbulbs have been excluded from the new rules. Companies will no longer be […]