Separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures
Definitions
In this section:
High-performance energy efficiency measure
Separate spaces
Study
In general
Not later than 1 year after
significantly improving energy efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction, by owners and tenants, of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures; and
encouraging owners and tenants to implement high-performance energy efficiency measures in separate spaces.
Scope
The study shall, at a minimum, include—
descriptions of—
high-performance energy efficiency measures that should be considered as part of the initial design and construction of separate spaces;
processes that owners, tenants, architects, and engineers may replicate when designing and constructing separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures;
policies and best practices to achieve reductions in energy intensities for lighting, plug loads, heating, cooling, cooking, laundry, and other systems to satisfy the needs of the commercial building tenant;
return on investment and payback analyses of the incremental cost and projected energy savings of the proposed set of high-performance energy efficiency measures, including consideration of available incentives;
models and simulation methods that predict the quantity of energy used by separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures and that compare that predicted quantity to the quantity of energy used by separate spaces without high-performance energy efficiency measures but that otherwise comply with applicable building code requirements;
measurement and verification platforms demonstrating actual energy use of high-performance energy efficiency measures installed in separate spaces, and whether such measures generate the savings intended in the initial design and construction of the separate spaces;
best practices that encourage an integrated approach to designing and constructing separate spaces to perform at optimum energy efficiency in conjunction with the central systems of a commercial building; and
any impact on employment resulting from the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures; and
case studies reporting economic and energy savings returns in the design and construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures.