HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 613, 911, 2174 PRINTER'S NO. 2188
No. 583 Session of 1977
INTRODUCED BY GURZENDA, KURY, SWEENEY, MURRAY, MELLOW,
MESSINGER, ROSS, O'PAKE, ORLANDO, STAUFFER, GEKAS, NOLAN,
ZEMPRELLI, STAPLETON, SMITH, KELLEY, DUFFIELD, HANKINS,
LEWIS AND COPPERSMITH, MARCH 28, 1977
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
SEPTEMBER 27, 1978
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), entitled <--
2 "An act providing for and reorganizing the conduct of the
3 executive and administrative work of the Commonwealth by the
4 Executive Department thereof and the administrative
5 departments, boards, commissions, and officers thereof,
6 including the boards of trustees of State Normal Schools, or
7 Teachers Colleges; abolishing, creating, reorganizing or
8 authorizing the reorganization of certain administrative
9 departments, boards, and commissions; defining the powers and
10 duties of the Governor and other executive and administrative
11 officers, and of the several administrative departments,
12 boards, commissions, and officers; fixing the salaries of the
13 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and certain other executive
14 and administrative officers; providing for the appointment of
15 certain administrative officers, and of all deputies and
16 other assistants and employes in certain departments, boards,
17 and commissions; and prescribing the manner in which the
18 number and compensation of the deputies and all other
19 assistants and employes of certain departments, boards and
20 commissions shall be determined," requiring the Department of
21 General Services to conduct cost analyses to utilize energy
22 conservation building standards and the utilization of
23 abundant fossil fuels or renewable resources in all new
24 public buildings prior to construction.
25 PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION PURPOSES OF <--
26 THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
27 BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE AND A BOARD ON
28 VARIANCES, APPEALS AND FOR PENALTIES.
29 TABLE OF CONTENTS
30 CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
1 SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.
2 SECTION 102. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF
3 PURPOSE.
4 SECTION 103. DEFINITIONS.
5 CHAPTER 2. ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
6 SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
7 SECTION 201. PROVISIONS.
8 SUBCHAPTER B. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
9 SECTION 202. SUBMISSION.
10 SECTION 203. CONTENTS.
11 SUBCHAPTER C. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO ENERGY CONSERVATION
12 STANDARDS
13 SECTION 204. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO STANDARDS.
14 SUBCHAPTER D. BUILDING ENVELOPE
15 SECTION 205. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
16 SECTION 206. CRITERIA FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
17 SECTION 207. OTHER BUILDINGS.
18 SECTION 208. AIR LEAKAGE.
19 SUBCHAPTER E. WARM AIR HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
20 CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
21 SECTION 209. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
22 SECTION 210. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
23 SECTION 211. COOLING WITH OUTDOOR AIR.
24 SECTION 212. MECHANICAL VENTILATION.
25 SECTION 213. SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING.
26 SECTION 214. RECOVERED ENERGY.
27 SECTION 215. NEW ENERGY.
28 SECTION 216. REHEAT SYSTEMS.
29 SECTION 217. DUAL DUCT AND MULTIZONE SYSTEMS.
30 SECTION 218. RECOOLING SYSTEMS.
31 SECTION 219. MULTIPLE ZONES.
32 SECTION 220. CONCURRENT OPERATION.
33 SECTION 221. EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.
34 SECTION 222. DUCT INSULATION.
35 SECTION 223. SYSTEM CONTROLS.
36 SECTION 224. STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING PIPING.
37 SUBCHAPTER F. PLUMBING SYSTEMS
38 SECTION 225. PURPOSE.
39 SECTION 226. FIXTURES.
40 SECTION 227. INSULATION.
41 SECTION 228. EQUIPMENT.
42 SECTION 229. CONTROLS.
43 SUBCHAPTER G. ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
44 SECTION 230. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
45 SUBCHAPTER H. LIGHTING
46 SECTION 231. LIGHT POWER BUDGET.
47 SECTION 232. CALCULATION METHODS.
48 SECTION 233. BUILDING INTERIORS.
49 SECTION 234. BUILDING EXTERIORS.
50 SECTION 235. EXCEPTIONS TO CRITERIA.
51 SECTION 236. CALCULATION PROCEDURE.
52 SUBCHAPTER I. ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
53 SECTION 237. PERFORMANCE ALTERNATIVE.
54 SECTION 238. NONDEPLETABLE SOURCES.
55 SECTION 239. DOCUMENTATION.
56 SUBCHAPTER J. USE GROUP R-3 PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS
57 SECTION 240. MINIMUM INSULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR USE
58 GROUP R-3.
59 CHAPTER 3. APPLICATION OF STANDARDS: ESTABLISHMENT OF
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1 COMMITTEE AND PENALTIES
2 SECTION 301. MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS; CRITERIA.
3 SECTION 302. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
4 SECTION 303. ENERGY CONSERVATION MANUAL FOR BUILDINGS.
5 SECTION 304. BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
6 SECTION 305. CERTIFICATION.
7 SECTION 306. USE GROUP R-3; NOTICE; WARRANTY.
8 SECTION 307. VARIANCES.
9 SECTION 308. BUILDING PERMITS.
10 SECTION 309. PERMITS FOR USE OR OCCUPANCY.
11 SECTION 310. FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTIFICATION.
12 SECTION 311. INSPECTIONS.
13 SECTION 312. APPEALS.
14 SECTION 313. PENALTIES.
15 SECTION 314. ENFORCEMENT.
16 SECTION 315. CIVIL ACTION.
17 CHAPTER 4. ADOPTION OF FUTURE STANDARDS
18 SECTION 401. ADOPTION AND PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS.
19 CHAPTER 5. LOCAL ELECTION
20 SECTION 501. ELECTION; USE GROUP R-3.
21 SECTION 502. ELECTION; CITIES OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND
22 SECOND CLASS A.
23 SECTION 503. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
24 SECTION 504. VARIANCES.
25 SECTION 505. DISPOSITION OF FINES.
26 CHAPTER 6. REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
27 SECTION 601. REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
28 SECTION 602. EFFECTIVE DATE.
29 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
30 hereby enacts as follows:
31 Section 1. Paragraph (9) of section 2401.1, act of April 9, <--
32 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as "The Administrative Code of
33 1929," added July 22, 1975 (P.L.75, No.45) is amended to read:
34 Section 2401.1. Specific Powers of the Department of General
35 Services.--In addition to all other powers and duties set forth
36 in this act, the Department of General Services shall have the
37 power, and its duty shall be:
38 * * *
39 (9) To formulate and establish minimum specifications and
40 standards for construction, room design, materials and utilities
41 and to conduct appropriate costing analyses to make mandatory
42 standards at least as energy conserving as "ASHRAE 90-75" and
43 its subsequent revisions and to utilize where environmentally
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1 acceptable coal and abundant nonrenewable energy resources, and
2 renewable energy resources such as solar and solid waste over
3 other exhaustible and vulnerable fossil fuels for all projects
4 to be constructed by or the construction of which is subsidized
5 in whole or in part by the Commonwealth and to be used by any
6 department, board, agency, commission, or State supported
7 institution, agency, or project; prior to construction for this
8 purpose, the Department of General Services may establish a
9 laboratory for testing new construction materials, procedures
10 and systems and shall issue reports on the results of any such
11 laboratory tests and shall request the approval of utilizing
12 other nonrenewable and nonabundant fossil fuels as primary
13 energy sources by the General Assembly prior to construction.
14 * * *
15 Section 2. For the purposes of this amendatory act the
16 following words and phrases as used in this amendatory act shall
17 have the following meanings:
18 Appropriate Costing Analyses--shall be defined as the initial
19 cost of a building considered jointly with the long term
20 operating and maintenance cost.
21 ASHRAE 90-75--is the consensus standards for energy
22 conservation in new building designs of the American Society of
23 Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc.
24 Fossil Fuels--fuels which contain the remains of ancient
25 plant and animal life (e.g. coal, oil, oil shale, tar sands,
26 natural gas).
27 Renewable Resources--is defined to be capable of being
28 replaced by natural ecological cycles or sound management
29 practices.
30 Section 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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1 CHAPTER 1 <--
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS
3 SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE.
4 THIS ACT SHALL BE KNOWN AND MAY BE CITED AS THE "BUILDING
5 ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT."
6 SECTION 102. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.
7 (A) FINDINGS.--THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY DETERMINES THAT:
8 (1) ENERGY SHORTAGES IN THE DOMESTIC SUPPLY PRESENT FAR-
9 REACHING PROBLEMS THAT PROMISE TO PERSIST. THESE ENERGY
10 SHORTAGES AFFECT THE CONTINUED EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE
11 COMMONWEALTH'S ECONOMY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE.
12 (2) IT IS THE COMMONWEALTH'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE
13 FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION THROUGH REGULATION OF DESIGN AND
14 CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS.
15 (3) THE LEGISLATURE INTENDS, BY THIS ACT, TO RESPOND TO
16 THESE SHORTAGES BY DEVISING A SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLE ENERGY
17 CONSERVATION POLICY FOR BUILDING SYSTEMS.
18 (B) PURPOSE.--THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACT IS TO GRANT TO THE
19 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND DIRECT IT TO EXERCISE SPECIFIC
20 AUTHORITY IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TO ASSURE THAT SUCH
21 CONSTRUCTION IS PERFORMED USING MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES THAT
22 WILL PROVIDE FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE FUTURE OPERATION AND
23 MAINTENANCE OF SAID BUILDINGS.
24 SECTION 103. DEFINITIONS.
25 THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN USED IN THIS ACT SHALL
26 HAVE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE, THE
27 MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION:
28 "BUILDING." ANY STRUCTURE THAT PROVIDES FACILITIES OR
29 SHELTER FOR PUBLIC ASSEMBLY OR FOR EDUCATIONAL, BUSINESS,
30 MERCANTILE, INSTITUTIONAL, WAREHOUSE OR RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCY,
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1 OR INDUSTRIAL USE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE PORTIONS
2 OF FACTORY AND INDUSTRIAL OCCUPANCY SUCH AS OFFICE SPACE EXCEPT
3 FOR:
4 (1) BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF WHOSE
5 PEAK DESIGN RATE OF ENERGY USAGE IS LESS THAN ONE WATT PER
6 SQUARE FOOT OR 3.4 BTU/HR PER SQUARE FOOT OF FLOOR AREA FOR
7 ALL PURPOSES.
8 (2) STRUCTURES OR THOSE PORTIONS OF STRUCTURES USED FOR
9 MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING AND WHOSE MANUFACTURING OR
10 PROCESSING PROCEDURES REQUIRE THE USE OF SUBSTANTIAL HEAT
11 PRODUCING ENERGY OR COOLING TO CREATE THEIR PRODUCT.
12 (3) BUILDINGS WHICH ARE NEITHER HEATED NOR COOLED.
13 (4) HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
14 (5) BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
15 "CONSTRUCTION." THE ERECTION, FABRICATION OR RENOVATION OF A
16 BUILDING.
17 "DEPARTMENT." THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
18 INDUSTRY EXCEPT THAT FOR ALL UNITS SUBJECT TO THE ACT OF MAY 11,
19 1972 (P.L.286, NO.70), KNOWN AS THE "INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING
20 ACT," ALL UNITS SUBJECT TO THE ACT OF MAY 11, 1972 (P.L.281,
21 NO.69), KNOWN AS THE "UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE FOR MOBILE HOMES,"
22 AND ALL BUILDINGS CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3, HEREIN,
23 DEPARTMENT MEANS THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
24 AFFAIRS.
25 "DESIGN." CALCULATIONS AND RESULTANT DRAWINGS AND
26 SPECIFICATIONS WHICH ARE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A
27 BUILDING.
28 "HISTORIC BUILDING." ANY BUILDING DETERMINED BY THE STATE
29 HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER TO MEET THE CRITERIA FOR LISTING
30 ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES BUT ONLY TO THE
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1 EXTENT THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT WOULD PREVENT PRESERVATION
2 OF THE HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE BUILDING.
3 "LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL." A PERSON LICENSED AS AN
4 ARCHITECT OR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER PURSUANT TO THE APPROPRIATE
5 LICENSURE ACT.
6 "LIFE-CYCLE COST." THE COST OF A BUILDING INCLUDING ITS
7 INITIAL COST, THE COST OF THE ENERGY CONSUMED OVER ITS ECONOMIC
8 LIFE AND THE COST OF ITS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.
9 "MUNICIPALITY." A CITY, BOROUGH, INCORPORATED TOWN OR
10 TOWNSHIP.
11 "PERFORMANCE STANDARDS." PARAMETERS WITHIN WHICH DESIGNERS
12 OF BUILDINGS SHALL WORK. THE SPECIFIC PRACTICES THAT A DESIGNER
13 EMPLOYS SHALL NOT BE PRESCRIBED AS LONG AS THE RESULT IS WITHIN
14 THE PARAMETERS ESTABLISHED BY THE STANDARDS.
15 "RENOVATION." (A) THE REHABILITATION OF AN EXISTING
16 BUILDING WHICH REQUIRES MORE THAN 25% OF THE GROSS FLOOR AREA OR
17 VOLUME OF THE ENTIRE BUILDING TO BE REBUILT. COSMETIC WORK SUCH
18 AS PAINTING, WALL COVERING, WALL PANELING, FLOOR COVERING, AND
19 SUSPENDED CEILING WORK SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED; OR
20 (B) ANY ADDITION TO AN EXISTING BUILDING: PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
21 THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL ONLY APPLY TO SUCH PORTION
22 OF THE BUILDING BEING RENOVATED AND NOT TO THE ENTIRE BUILDING.
23 CHAPTER 2
24 ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
25 SUBCHAPTER A
26 GENERAL PROVISIONS
27 SECTION 201. PROVISIONS.
28 EXCEPT FOR USE GROUP R-3, THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS REGULATE
29 THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPES AND
30 SELECTION OF HVAC, SERVICE WATER HEATING, ELECTRICAL
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1 DISTRIBUTION, AND ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT REQUIRED
2 FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTIVE USE OF ENERGY AND SHALL GOVERN THE
3 CONSTRUCTION OF ALL BUILDINGS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, AS PROVIDED
4 HEREIN.
5 THE PROVISIONS REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS
6 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3 ARE CONTAINED IN SUBCHAPTER J,
7 SECTION 240.
8 SUBCHAPTER B
9 PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
10 SECTION 202. SUBMISSION.
11 (A) PLANS.--PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, COMPUTATIONS WHERE
12 NECESSARY, AND ANY CHANGES THERETO TOGETHER WITH THE NECESSARY
13 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 305 SHALL BE SUBMITTED FOR ALL
14 BUILDINGS EXCEPT THOSE CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3 TO INDICATE
15 CONFORMANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER AND OTHER APPLICABLE CHAPTERS OF
16 THIS ACT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTIONS (B) AND (C).
17 (B) STANDARD DESIGN.--WHENEVER A PERSON IS CONSTRUCTING A
18 BUILDING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND
19 COMPUTATIONS WHICH HE HAS SUBMITTED WITHIN THE PREVIOUS TWO
20 YEARS, SUCH PLANS NEED NOT BE RESUBMITTED BUT SUCH PERSON SHALL
21 INDICATE UPON THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED BY SECTION 305 THAT THEY
22 MEET THE STANDARDS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT AND IDENTIFY THE
23 PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPUTATIONS.
24 (C) PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS.--WHEN THE PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS
25 PROVIDED IN THE ENERGY CONSERVATION MANUAL ESTABLISHED BY
26 SECTION 303 ARE EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING ONLY
27 SUCH INFORMATION AS SHALL BE REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE
28 SUBMITTED. THE PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO USE GROUP R-
29 3, BUILDINGS ARE CONTAINED IN SECTION 240.
30 SECTION 203. CONTENTS.
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1 THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, WHERE REQUIRED BY SECTION 202,
2 SHALL SHOW IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL ALL PERTINENT DATA AND FEATURES
3 OF THE BUILDING AND THE EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS AS HEREIN
4 GOVERNED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: EXTERIOR ENVELOPE
5 COMPONENT MATERIALS, U VALUES OF ELEMENTS, R VALUES OF
6 INSULATING MATERIALS, SIZE AND TYPE OF APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT,
7 EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEM CONTROLS AND OTHER PERTINENT DATA TO
8 INDICATE CONFORMANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS HEREIN.
9 SUBCHAPTER C
10 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO
11 ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
12 SECTION 204. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO STANDARDS.
13 THE FOLLOWING WORDS AND PHRASES WHEN USED IN THIS CHAPTER
14 SHALL HAVE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT CLEARLY INDICATES OTHERWISE, THE
15 MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN THIS SECTION:
16 "COEFFICIENT OF BEAM UTILIZATION" (CBU). THE RATIO OF THE
17 LUMINOUS FLUX (LUMENS) REACHING A SPECIFIED AREA DIRECTLY FROM A
18 FLOODLIGHT OR PROJECTOR TO THE TOTAL BEAM LUMINOUS FLUX.
19 "COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE" (COP) - COOLING. THE RATIO OF
20 THE RATE OF NET HEAT REMOVAL TO THE RATE OF TOTAL ENERGY INPUT,
21 EXPRESSED IN CONSISTENT UNITS AND UNDER DESIGNATED RATING
22 CONDITIONS.
23 "COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE" (COP) - HEAT PUMP, HEATING. THE
24 RATIO OF THE RATE OF NET HEAT OUTPUT TO THE RATE OF TOTAL ENERGY
25 INPUT, EXPRESSED IN CONSISTENT UNITS AND UNDER DESIGNATED RATING
26 CONDITIONS.
27 THE RATE OF NET HEAT OUTPUT SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE CHANGE IN
28 THE TOTAL HEAT CONTENTS OF THE AIR ENTERING AND LEAVING THE
29 EQUIPMENT NOT INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTARY HEAT.
30 TOTAL ENERGY INPUT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMBINING THE
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1 ENERGY INPUTS TO ALL ELEMENTS, EXCEPT SUPPLEMENTARY HEATERS, OF
2 THE HEAT PUMP, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COMPRESSORS,
3 PUMPS, SUPPLY AIR FANS, RETURN AIR FANS, OUTDOOR AIR FANS,
4 COOLING TOWER FANS AND THE HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
5 CONDITIONING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CONTROL CIRCUIT.
6 "COEFFICIENT OF UTILIZATION" (CU). THE RATIO OF THE LUMINOUS
7 FLUX (LUMENS) FROM A LUMINAIRE RECEIVED ON THE WORK PLANE TO THE
8 LUMENS EMITTED BY THE LUMINAIRE'S LAMPS ALONE.
9 "COLOR RENDITION." GENERAL EXPRESSION FOR THE EFFECT OF A
10 LIGHT SOURCE ON THE COLOR. APPEARANCE OF OBJECTS IN CONSCIOUS OR
11 SUBCONSCIOUS COMPARISON WITH THEIR COLOR APPEARANCE UNDER A
12 REFERENCE LIGHT SOURCE.
13 "DEGREE DAY, HEATING." A UNIT, BASED UPON TEMPERATURE
14 DIFFERENCE AND TIME, USED IN ESTIMATING FUEL CONSUMPTION AND
15 SPECIFYING NOMINAL HEATING LOAD OF A BUILDING IN WINTER. FOR ANY
16 ONE DAY, WHEN THE MEAN TEMPERATURE IS LESS THAN 65 F., THERE
17 EXIST AS MANY DEGREE DAYS AS THERE ARE FAHRENHEIT DEGREES
18 DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE BETWEEN THE MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE
19 DAY AND 65 F.
20 "ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO" (EER). THE RATIO OF NET COOLING
21 CAPACITY IN BTUH TO TOTAL RATE OF ELECTRIC INPUT IN WATTS UNDER
22 DESIGNATED OPERATING CONDITIONS.
23 "EQUIVALENT SPHERE ILLUMINATION" (ESI). THE LEVEL OF SPHERE
24 ILLUMINATION WHICH WOULD PRODUCE TASK VISIBILITY EQUIVALENT TO
25 THAT PRODUCED BY A SPECIFIC LIGHTING ENVIRONMENT.
26 "EXTERIOR ENVELOPE." THE ELEMENTS OF A BUILDING WHICH
27 ENCLOSE CONDITIONED SPACES THROUGH WHICH THERMAL ENERGY MAY BE
28 TRANSFERRED TO OR FROM THE EXTERIOR.
29 "FLOODLIGHTING." A LIGHTING SYSTEM DESIGNATED TO LIGHT AN
30 AREA USING PROJECTOR TYPE LUMINAIRES USUALLY CAPABLE OF BEING
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1 POINTED IN ANY DIRECTION.
2 "FLOOR AREA, GROSS." GROSS FLOOR AREA SHALL BE THE FLOOR
3 AREA WITHIN THE PERIMETER OF THE OUTSIDE WALLS OF THE BUILDING
4 UNDER CONSIDERATION, WITHOUT DEDUCTION FOR HALLWAYS, STAIRS,
5 CLOSETS, THICKNESS OF WALLS, COLUMNS OR OTHER FEATURES.
6 "ILLUMINATION." THE DENSITY OF THE LUMINOUS FLUX INCIDENT ON
7 A SURFACE. IT IS THE QUOTIENT OF THE LUMINOUS FLUX BY THE AREA
8 OF THE SURFACE WHEN THE LATTER IS UNIFORMLY ILLUMINATED.
9 "LIGHT LOSS FACTOR" (LLF). A FACTOR USED IN CALCULATING THE
10 LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION AFTER A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME AND UNDER
11 GIVEN CONDITIONS. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT TEMPERATURE AND VOLTAGE
12 VARIATIONS, DIRT ACCUMULATION ON LUMINAIRE AND ROOM SURFACES,
13 LAMP DEPRECIATION, MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES AND ATMOSPHERE
14 CONDITIONS.
15 "LUMINAIRE." A COMPLETE LIGHTING UNIT CONSISTING OF A LAMP
16 OR LAMPS TOGETHER WITH THE PARTS DESIGNED TO DISTRIBUTE THE
17 LIGHT, TO POSITION AND PROTECT THE LAMPS AND TO CONNECT THE
18 LAMPS TO THE POWER SUPPLY.
19 "MULTIGLAZING." AN ARRANGEMENT WHEREBY TWO OR MORE SHEETS OF
20 GLAZING MATERIAL ARE AFFIXED IN OR ON TO A WINDOW FRAME TO
21 CREATE ONE OR MORE CLOSED INSULATING AIR SPACES. MULTIGLAZING
22 CAN BE ACHIEVED BY INSTALLING A PREASSEMBLED SEALED INSULATING
23 GLASS UNIT, CONSISTING OF TWO OR MORE LAYERS OF GLAZING
24 MATERIALS WITH INSULATING, CLOSED AIR SPACE IN BETWEEN, OR BY
25 AFFIXING ONE OR MORE ADDITIONAL GLAZING MATERIALS ONTO A SINGLE
26 GLAZED WINDOW SASH, CREATING ONE OR MORE CLOSED INSULATING AIR
27 SPACES.
28 "PACKAGED TERMINAL AIR CONDITIONER." A FACTORY SELECTED
29 COMBINATION OF HEATING AND COOLING COMPONENTS, ASSEMBLIES OR
30 SECTIONS, INTENDED TO SERVE A ROOM OR ZONE.
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1 "POWER." IN CONNECTION WITH MACHINES, POWER IS THE TIME RATE
2 OF DOING WORK. IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF ENERGY OF
3 ALL TYPES, POWER REFERS TO THE RATE AT WHICH ENERGY IS
4 TRANSMITTED; IN CUSTOMARY UNITS, IT IS MEASURED IN WATTS (W) OR
5 BRITISH THERMAL UNITS PER HOUR (BTUH) AND IN SI UNITS IS
6 MEASURED IN WATTS (W).
7 "REFLECTANCE." THE RATIO OF THE LIGHT REFLECTED BY A SURFACE
8 TO THE LIGHT FALLING UPON IT.
9 "REHEAT." THE APPLICATION OF SENSIBLE HEAT TO SUPPLY AIR
10 THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY COOLED BELOW THE TEMPERATURE OF THE
11 CONDITIONED SPACE BY EITHER MECHANICAL REFRIGERATION OR THE
12 INTRODUCTION OF OUTDOOR AIR TO PROVIDE COOLING.
13 "RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS." ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR
14 PARTS THEREOF SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN THE RESIDENTIAL (R) USE
15 GROUP IN WHICH FAMILIES OR HOUSEHOLDS LIVE, OR IN WHICH SLEEPING
16 ACCOMMODATIONS ARE PROVIDED FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH OR WITHOUT
17 DINING FACILITIES, EXCLUDING THOSE THAT ARE CLASSIFIED AS
18 INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS. RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SHALL BE
19 CLASSIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
20 (1) USE GROUP R-1 STRUCTURES. THIS USE GROUP SHALL INCLUDE
21 ALL HOTEL AND MOTEL BUILDINGS, LODGING HOUSES, BOARDING HOUSES
22 AND DORMITORY BUILDINGS ARRANGED FOR THE SHELTER AND SLEEPING
23 ACCOMMODATION OF MORE THAN 20 INDIVIDUALS.
24 (2) USE GROUP R-2 STRUCTURES. THIS USE GROUP SHALL INCLUDE
25 ALL MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS HAVING MORE THAN TWO DWELLING
26 UNITS; AND SHALL ALSO INCLUDE ALL DORMITORIES, BOARDING AND
27 LODGING HOUSES ARRANGED FOR SHELTER AND SLEEPING ACCOMMODATION
28 BY MORE THAN FIVE AND NOT MORE THAN 20 INDIVIDUALS.
29 (3) USE GROUP R-3 STRUCTURES. THIS USE GROUP SHALL INCLUDE
30 ALL BUILDINGS ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF ONE OR TWO FAMILY DWELLING
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1 UNITS INCLUDING NOT MORE THAN FIVE LODGERS OR BOARDERS PER
2 FAMILY.
3 "RESISTANCE, THERMAL" (R). A MEASURE OF THE ABILITY TO
4 RETARD THE FLOW OF HEAT. THE R VALUE IS THE RECIPROCAL OF A HEAT
5 TRANSFER COEFFICIENT, AS EXPRESSED BY U. (R = 1/U).
6 "THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE" (U). OVERALL COEFFICIENT OF HEAT
7 TRANSMISSION OR THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE (AIR TO AIR) EXPRESSED IN
8 UNITS OF BTU PER HOUR PER SQUARE FOOT PER DEGREE F. IT IS THE
9 TIME RATE OF HEAT FLOW. THE U VALUE APPLIES TO COMBINATIONS OF
10 DIFFERENT MATERIALS USED IN SERIES ALONG THE HEAT FLOW PATH AND
11 ALSO TO SINGLE MATERIALS THAT COMPRISE A BUILDING SECTION AND
12 INCLUDE CAVITY AIR SPACES AND SURFACE AIR FILMS ON BOTH SIDES.
13 "THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE" (UO). OVERALL (AVERAGE) HEAT
14 TRANSMISSION OR THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE OF A GROSS AREA OF THE
15 EXTERIOR BUILDING ENVELOPE, EXPRESSED IN UNITS OF BTU PER HOUR
16 PER SQUARE FOOT PER DEGREE F.
17 THE UO VALUE APPLIES TO THE COMBINED EFFECT OF THE TIME RATE
18 OF HEAT FLOWS THROUGH THE VARIOUS PARALLEL PATHS, SUCH AS
19 WINDOWS, DOORS AND OPAQUE CONSTRUCTION AREAS, COMPRISING THE
20 GROSS AREA OF ONE OR MORE EXTERIOR BUILDING COMPONENTS, SUCH AS
21 WALLS, FLOOR OR ROOF/CEILING.
22 "THERMOSTAT." AN INSTRUMENT WHICH MEASURES CHANGES IN
23 TEMPERATURE AND CONTROLS DEVICES FOR MAINTAINING A DESIRED
24 TEMPERATURE.
25 "VEILING REFLECTIONS." REGULAR REFLECTIONS SUPERIMPOSED UPON
26 DIFFUSE REFLECTIONS FROM AN OBJECT THAT PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY
27 OBSCURE THE DETAILS TO BE SEEN BY REDUCING THE CONTRAST. THIS
28 SOMETIMES IS CALLED "REFLECTED GLARE."
29 "WINDOW MANAGEMENT." ANY ONE OR COMBINATION OF ACTS AND
30 ACTIVITIES WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO TAKE MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE OF THE
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1 ENERGY CONSERVING ASPECTS OF UTILIZING SOLAR ENERGY TO HEAT A
2 BUILDING AND/OR UTILIZE SOLAR ILLUMINATION WITHIN A BUILDING TO
3 AUGMENT ENERGY-CONSUMING LIGHTING SYSTEMS. SUCH ACTS AND
4 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, BUILDING-WINDOW
5 SITING AND ORIENTATION, SELECTION OF GLAZING MATERIALS, DESIGN
6 OF OVERHANGS, SUN SCREENS OR PLACEMENT OF SHRUBBERY.
7 "WORK PLANE." THE PLANE AT WHICH WORK USUALLY IS DONE AND AT
8 WHICH THE ILLUMINATION IS SPECIFIED AND MEASURED. UNLESS
9 OTHERWISE INDICATED, THIS IS ASSUMED TO BE A HORIZONTAL PLANE 30
10 IN. (0.76 M) ABOVE THE FLOOR.
11 "ZONE." A SPACE OR GROUP OF SPACES WITHIN A BUILDING WITH
12 HEATING OR COOLING REQUIREMENTS SUFFICIENTLY SIMILAR SO THAT
13 COMFORT CONDITIONS CAN BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT BY A SINGLE
14 CONTROLLING DEVICE.
15 SUBCHAPTER D
16 BUILDING ENVELOPE
17 SECTION 205. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
18 (A) PURPOSE OF SUBCHAPTER.--THE INTENT OF THIS SUBCHAPTER IS
19 TO PROVIDE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR EXTERIOR ENVELOPE
20 CONSTRUCTION IN THE INTEREST OF ENERGY CONSERVATION.
21 IN ADDITION TO THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THIS SUBCHAPTER
22 PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE TO MAXIMIZE THE ENERGY CONSERVING
23 BENEFITS OF SOLAR DAYLIGHT AND PASSIVE SOLAR HEAT GAIN THROUGH
24 WINDOW MANAGEMENT. THE PROPOSED DESIGN MAY ALSO TAKE INTO
25 CONSIDERATION THE THERMAL MASS OF THE BUILDING IN CONSIDERING
26 ENERGY CONSERVATION. THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY SHALL PROVIDE THE
27 GUIDELINES NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROVISIONS.
28 (B) THERMAL PERFORMANCE.--ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THAT
29 ARE HEATED OR MECHANICALLY COOLED SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED SO AS TO
30 PROVIDE THE REQUIRED THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF THE VARIOUS
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1 COMPONENTS.
2 THE REQUIRED THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) OF ANY ONE
3 COMPONENT, SUCH AS ROOF/CEILING, WALL OR FLOOR MAY BE INCREASED
4 AND THE UO VALUE FOR OTHER COMPONENTS DECREASED PROVIDED THAT
5 THE OVERALL HEAT GAIN OR LOSS FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING ENVELOPE
6 DOES NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL RESULTING FROM CONFORMANCE TO THE
7 REQUIRED UO VALUES.
8 (C) DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS.--A BUILDING THAT IS DESIGNED TO
9 BE BOTH HEATED AND COOLED SHALL MEET THE MORE STRINGENT OF THE
10 HEATING OR COOLING REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXTERIOR ENVELOPE AS
11 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBCHAPTER WHEN REQUIREMENTS DIFFER.
12 (D) EXTERIOR WALLS.--FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBCHAPTER THE
13 GROSS AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS CONSISTS OF ALL OPAQUE WALL AREAS,
14 INCLUDING FOUNDATION WALLS ABOVE GRADE, PERIPHERAL EDGES OF
15 FLOORS, WINDOW AREAS INCLUDING SASH, AND DOOR AREAS, WHERE SUCH
16 SURFACES ARE EXPOSED TO OUTDOOR AIR AND ENCLOSE A HEATED OR
17 MECHANICALLY COOLED SPACE.
18 (E) ROOF ASSEMBLY.--FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SUBCHAPTER A
19 ROOF ASSEMBLY SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS ALL COMPONENTS OF THE
20 ROOF/CEILING ENVELOPE THROUGH WHICH HEAT FLOWS, THEREBY CREATING
21 A BUILDING TRANSMISSION HEAT LOSS OR GAIN, WHERE SUCH ASSEMBLY
22 IS EXPOSED TO OUTDOOR AIR AND ENCLOSES A HEATED OR MECHANICALLY
23 COOLED SPACE.
24 THE GROSS AREA OF A ROOF ASSEMBLY CONSISTS OF THE TOTAL
25 INTERIOR SURFACE OF SUCH ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING SKYLIGHTS, EXPOSED
26 TO THE HEATED OR MECHANICALLY COOLED SPACE.
27 WHERE AIR CEILING PLENUMS ARE EMPLOYED, THE ROOF OR CEILING
28 ASSEMBLY SHALL:
29 (1) FOR THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE PURPOSES NOT INCLUDE THE
30 CEILING PROPER NOR THE PLENUM SPACE AS PART OF THE ASSEMBLY.
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1 (2) FOR GROSS AREA PURPOSES BE BASED UPON THE INTERIOR
2 FACE OF THE UPPER PLENUM SURFACE.
3 SECTION 206. CRITERIA FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
4 (A) APPLICABILITY.--THE REQUIREMENTS HEREIN SHALL APPLY TO
5 ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF OF USE GROUPS
6 R-1 AND R-2 AND R-3 THAT ARE HEATED OR MECHANICALLY COOLED WHEN <--
7 NOT MORE THAN 3 STORIES OR 40 FEET IN HEIGHT.
8 (B) WALLS.--THE GROSS AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS ABOVE GRADE,
9 INCLUDING FOUNDATION WALLS, SHALL HAVE A COMBINED THERMAL
10 TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) NOT EXCEEDING THOSE SPECIFIED IN TABLE
11 1.
12 TABLE 1
13 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE "UO" VALUES FOR
14 GROSS EXTERIOR WALL ASSEMBLIES
15 DETACHED ALL OTHER
16 ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS* ONE & TWO FAMILY RESIDENTIAL
17 4000 0.25 0.31
18 5000 0.23 0.29
19 6000 0.22 0.27
20 7000 0.20 0.26
21 *AS SPECIFIED IN CHAPTER 43 ASHRAE HANDBOOK-SYSTEMS.
22 (C) ROOF/CEILING.--THE ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLIES SHALL HAVE A
23 COMBINED THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) NOT TO EXCEED 0.05
24 EXCEPT THAT ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLIES IN WHICH THE FINISHED
25 INTERIOR SURFACE IS ESSENTIALLY THE UNDERSIDE OF THE ROOF DECK,
26 SUCH AS A WOODEN CATHEDRAL CEILING, MAY HAVE A "UO" VALUE NOT TO
27 EXCEED 0.08. THESE VALUES PRESUME NO SIGNIFICANT THERMAL
28 TRANSMISSION THROUGH FRAMING MEMBERS, SKYLIGHTS OR OTHER
29 INTERRUPTIONS IN THE ROOF ENVELOPE. IF SUCH INTERRUPTIONS OCCUR,
30 CALCULATIONS MUST BE MADE SHOWING CONFORMANCE TO THE REQUIRED
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1 "UO" VALUES.
2 (D) FLOORS OVER UNHEATED SPACES.--THE FLOOR OF A HEATED OR
3 MECHANICALLY COOLED SPACE LOCATED OVER AN UNHEATED SPACE SHALL
4 HAVE A COMBINED THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) NOT TO EXCEED
5 0.08.
6 (E) SLAB-ON GRADE FLOORS.--
7 (1) FOR SLAB-ON GRADE FLOORS, THE PERIMETER OF THE FLOOR
8 SHALL BE INSULATED WITH A MATERIAL HAVING A THERMAL
9 RESISTANCE VALUE (R) NOT LESS THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN TABLE
10 2.
11 TABLE 2
12 MINIMUM ALLOWABLE "R" VALUES OF PERIMETER
13 INSULATION FOR SLAB-ON GRADE FLOORS
14 ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS HEATED SLAB UNHEATED SLAB
15 4000* 5.5 3.5
16 5000 6.3 4.2
17 6000 7.0 4.9
18 7000 7.8 5.5
19 *TABLE VALUES MAY BE INTERPOLATED.
20 (2) THE INSULATION SHALL EXTEND DOWNWARD FROM THE TOP OF
21 THE SLAB FOR A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 24 INCHES OR DOWNWARD TO
22 THE BOTTOM OF THE SLAB THEN HORIZONTALLY BENEATH THE SLAB FOR
23 A MINIMUM TOTAL DISTANCE OF 24 INCHES.
24 SECTION 207. OTHER BUILDINGS.
25 (A) COVERAGE.--THE HEATING AND COOLING REQUIREMENTS HEREIN
26 SHALL GOVERN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF
27 OTHER THAN DEFINED BY SECTION 206.
28 (B) HEATING CRITERIA FOR WALLS.--ALL BUILDINGS AND
29 STRUCTURES THAT ARE HEATED SHALL HAVE A COMBINED THERMAL
30 TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) FOR THE GROSS AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS
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1 NOT EXCEEDING THOSE SPECIFIED IN TABLE 3.
2 TABLE 3
3 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE "UO" VALUES
4 FOR GROSS EXTERIOR WALL ASSEMBLIES
5 3 STORIES OR MORE THAN
6 ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS 40 FT. OR LESS 3 STORIES OR
7 40 FT.
8 4000 0.31 0.38
9 5000 0.29 0.36
10 6000 0.27 0.33
11 7000 0.26 0.31
12 (C) HEATING CRITERIA FOR ROOF/CEILING.--ALL BUILDINGS AND
13 STRUCTURES THAT ARE HEATED SHALL HAVE COMBINED THERMAL
14 TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) FOR ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLIES NOT
15 EXCEEDING THOSE SPECIFIED IN TABLE 4.
16 TABLE 4
17 MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE "UO" VALUES
18 FOR ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLIES
19 ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS MAXIMUM UO
20 4000* 0.092
21 5000 0.084
22 6000 0.076
23 7000 0.068
24 *TABLE VALUES MAY BE INTERPOLATED.
25 (D) HEATING CRITERIA FOR FLOORS OVER UNHEATED SPACES.--THE
26 FLOOR OF A HEATED SPACE LOCATED OVER AN UNHEATED SPACE SHALL
27 HAVE A THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) NOT EXCEEDING 0.08.
28 (E) HEATING CRITERIA FOR SLAB-ON GRADE FLOORS.--FOR SLAB-ON
29 GRADE FLOORS, THE PERIMETER OF THE FLOOR SHALL BE INSULATED WITH
30 A MATERIAL HAVING A THERMAL RESISTANCE VALUE (R) NOT LESS THAN
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1 THOSE SPECIFIED IN TABLE 5.
2 THE INSULATION SHALL EXTEND DOWNWARD FROM THE TOP OF THE SLAB
3 FOR A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 24 INCHES OR DOWNWARD TO THE BOTTOM OF
4 THE SLAB THEN HORIZONTALLY BENEATH THE SLAB FOR A MINIMUM TOTAL
5 DISTANCE OF 24 INCHES.
6 TABLE 5
7 MINIMUM ALLOWABLE "R" VALUES OF PERIMETER
8 INSULATION FOR SLAB-ON GRADE FLOORS
9 ANNUAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS HEATED SLAB UNHEATED SLAB
10 4000* 5.5 3.5
11 5000 6.3 4.2
12 6000 7.0 4.9
13 7000 7.8 5.5
14 *TABLE VALUES MAY BE INTERPOLATED.
15 (F) COOLING CRITERIA FOR WALLS.--ALL BUILDINGS AND
16 STRUCTURES THAT ARE MECHANICALLY COOLED SHALL HAVE AN OVERALL
17 THERMAL TRANSFER VALUE FOR THE GROSS AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS NOT
18 EXCEEDING 33.5 BTU'S PER HOUR PER SQUARE FOOT BASED ON THE
19 FOLLOWING EQUATION:
20 OTTV = (UW X AW X TDEQ) + (AF X SF X SC) + (UF X AF X DELTA T)
21 AO
22 OTTV = OVERALL THERMAL TRANSFER VALUE WHERE:
23 UW = THE THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE OF ALL ELEMENTS OF THE OPAQUE
24 WALL AREA BTU/H. FT2.F (W/M2K)
25 AW = OPAQUE WALL AREA, FT2 (M2)
26 UF = THE THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE OF THE FENESTRATION AREA
27 BTU/H. FT2.F (W/M2K)
28 AF = FENESTRATION AREA, FT2 (M2)
29 TDEQ = VALUE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING TABLE,F, (C):
30 TABLE FOR TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
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1 WALL CONSTRUCTION-MASS PER UNIT AREA TDEQ
2 LB/FT2 KG/M2 F C
3 0-25 0-125 44 24.5
4 26-40 126-195 37 21.0
5 41-70 196-345 30 17.0
6 71 AND ABOVE 346 AND ABOVE 23 13.0
7 WEIGHT OF WALL CONSTRUCTION SHALL BE DETERMINED FROM THE
8 1972 ASHRAE HANDBOOK OF FUNDAMENTALS, CHAPTER 22.
9 SC = SHADING COEFFICIENT OF THE FENESTRATION
10 DELTA T = TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR
11 DESIGN CONDITIONS, F, FOR WHICH THE FOLLOWING
12 TEMPERATURES SHALL APPLY:
13 INDOOR OUTDOOR
14 F C
15 WINTER 72 22.0 97 1/2%*
16 SUMMER 78 25.5 2 1/2%*
17 * VALUES FROM 1972 ASHRAE HANDBOOK OF
18 FUNDAMENTALS, CHAPTER 33.
19 SF = SOLAR FACTOR VALUE GIVEN BTU/H.FT2 (W/M2).
20 (USE 127 BTU/H.FT2)
21 AO = GROSS AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS, FT2 (M2). THE GROSS
22 AREA OF EXTERIOR WALLS CONSISTS OF ALL OPAQUE WALL
23 AREAS (INCLUDING FOUNDATION WALLS, BETWEEN FLOOR SPAN-
24 DRELS, PERIPHERAL EDGES OF FLOORS, ETC.), WINDOW
25 AREAS (INCLUDING SASH), AND DOOR AREAS, WHERE SUCH
26 SURFACES ARE EXPOSED TO OUTDOOR AIR AND ENCLOSE A
27 HEATED AND/OR MECHANICALLY COOLED SPACE (INCLUDING
28 INTERSTICIAL AREAS BETWEEN TWO SUCH SPACES).
29 NOTE: WHERE MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF WALL AND/OR FENESTRATION
30 IS USED, THE RESPECTIVE TERM OR TERMS SHALL BE EXPANDED
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1 INTO SUB-ELEMENTS, AS:
2 (UW X AW X TDEQ) + (UW2 X AW2 X TDEQ2), ETC.
3 (G) COOLING CRITERIA FOR ROOF/CEILINGS.--ALL BUILDINGS AND
4 STRUCTURES THAT ARE MECHANICALLY COOLED SHALL HAVE A COMBINED
5 THERMAL TRANSMITTANCE VALUE (UO) FOR ROOF/CEILING ASSEMBLIES THE
6 SAME AS SPECIFIED IN TABLE 4 FOR HEATING.
7 SECTION 208. AIR LEAKAGE.
8 (A) APPLICATION.--THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
9 APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES AND APPLY ONLY TO THOSE
10 LOCATIONS SEPARATING OUTDOOR AMBIENT CONDITIONS FROM INTERIOR
11 SPACES THAT ARE HEATED OR MECHANICALLY COOLED AND ARE NOT
12 APPLICABLE TO SEPARATION OF INTERIOR SPACES FROM EACH OTHER.
13 (B) STANDARD.--COMPLIANCE WITH THE CRITERIA FOR AIR LEAKAGE
14 SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ASTM E-283, STANDARD METHOD OF TEST FOR
15 RATE OF AIR LEAKAGE THROUGH EXTERIOR WINDOWS, CURTAIN WALLS AND
16 DOORS, AT A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL OF 1.567 LB/FT2 WHICH IS
17 EQUIVALENT TO THE EFFECT OF A 25 M.P.H. WIND.
18 (C) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA.--THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA SHALL
19 REPRESENT THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AIR LEAKAGE:
20 (1) THE AIR INFILTRATION RATE FOR WINDOWS SHALL NOT
21 EXCEED 0.5 CFM PER FOOT OF SASH CRACK.
22 (2) THE AIR INFILTRATION RATE FOR SLIDING GLASS DOORS IN
23 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED 0.5 CFM PER SQUARE
24 FOOT OF DOOR AREA.
25 (3) THE AIR INFILTRATION RATE FOR SWINGING DOORS IN
26 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED 1.25 CFM PER SQUARE
27 FOOT OF DOOR AREA.
28 (4) THE AIR INFILTRATION RATE FOR SWINGING, REVOLVING OR
29 SLIDING DOORS IN OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT
30 EXCEED 11 CFM PER LINEAL FOOT OF DOOR CRACK.
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1 (D) CAULKING AND SEALANTS.--EXTERIOR JOINTS AROUND WINDOWS
2 AND DOOR FRAMES, BETWEEN WALL CAVITIES AND WINDOW OR DOOR
3 FRAMES, BETWEEN WALL AND FOUNDATION, BETWEEN WALL AND ROOF,
4 BETWEEN WALL PANELS, AT PENETRATIONS OR UTILITY SERVICES THROUGH
5 WALLS, FLOORS AND ROOFS, AND ALL OTHER OPENINGS IN THE EXTERIOR
6 ENVELOPE SHALL BE CAULKED, GASKETED, WEATHERSTRIPPED, OR
7 OTHERWISE SEALED.
8 SUBCHAPTER E
9 WARM AIR HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
10 SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT
11 SECTION 209. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
12 THIS SUBCHAPTER APPLIES TO AIR DUCT SYSTEMS EMPLOYING
13 MECHANICAL MEANS FOR THE MOVEMENT OF AIR USED FOR WARM AIR
14 HEATING, VENTILATING, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, EXHAUST SYSTEMS
15 AND COMBINATION HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS, EXCEPT
16 THAT THIS SUBCHAPTER SHALL NOT APPLY TO SYSTEMS FOR THE REMOVAL
17 OF FLAMMABLE VAPORS OR RESIDUES OR TO SYSTEMS FOR CONVEYING
18 DUST, STOCK OR REFUSE BY MEANS OF AIR CURRENTS. HEATING,
19 VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS OF ALL BUILDINGS AND
20 STRUCTURES OR PORTIONS THEREOF SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED
21 FOR EFFICIENT USE OF ENERGY AS HEREIN PROVIDED. FOR SPECIAL
22 APPLICATIONS SUCH AS HOSPITALS, LABORATORIES, THERMALLY
23 SENSITIVE EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER ROOMS, AND MANUFACTURING
24 PROCESSES, THE DESIGN CONCEPTS AND PARAMETERS SHALL CONFORM TO
25 THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE APPLICATION AT MINIMUM ENERGY LEVELS.
26 SECTION 210. DESIGN REQUIREMENTS.
27 IN DETERMINING DESIGN CONDITIONS FOR CALCULATIONS UNDER THIS
28 SECTION THE FOLLOWING DESIGN TEMPERATURES SHALL APPLY:
29 (1) OUTDOOR DESIGN TEMPERATURE SHALL BE SELECTED FOR
30 LISTED LOCATIONS IN CHAPTER 33 OF THE ASHRAE HANDBOOK OF
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1 FUNDAMENTALS, FROM COLUMNS OF 97 1/2% VALUES FOR HEATING AND
2 2 1/2% VALUES FOR COOLING.
3 (2) INDOOR DESIGN TEMPERATURE SHALL BE 70 DEGREES F. FOR
4 HEATING AND 78 DEGREES F. FOR COOLING.
5 (3) INDOOR DESIGN RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR HEATING SHALL
6 NOT EXCEED 30%. FOR COOLING, THE ACTUAL DESIGN RELATIVE
7 HUMIDITY WITHIN THE COMFORT ENVELOPE AS DEFINED IN ASHRAE
8 STANDARD 55-74 "THERMAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR HUMAN
9 OCCUPANCY" SHALL BE SELECTED FOR THE MINIMUM TOTAL HEATING,
10 VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ENERGY USE.
11 SECTION 211. COOLING WITH OUTDOOR AIR.
12 (A) FAN SYSTEM DESIGN.--EACH FAN SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED TO
13 USE UP TO AND INCLUDING 100% OF THE FAN SYSTEM CAPACITY FOR
14 COOLING WITH OUTDOOR AIR AUTOMATICALLY WHENEVER ITS USE WILL
15 RESULT IN LOWER USAGE OF ENERGY THAN WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER ITS
16 NORMAL OPERATION.
17 (B) EXCEPTIONS.--COOLING WITH OUTDOOR AIR IS NOT REQUIRED
18 UNDER ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
19 (1) FAN SYSTEM CAPACITY LESS THAN 5,000 CFM OR 134,000
20 BTU/HR TOTAL COOLING CAPACITY.
21 (2) THE QUALITY OF THE OUTDOOR AIR IS SO POOR AS TO
22 REQUIRE EXTENSIVE TREATMENT OF THE AIR.
23 (3) THE NEED FOR HUMIDIFICATION OR DEHUMIDIFICATION
24 REQUIRES THE USE OF MORE ENERGY THAN IS CONSERVED BY OUTDOOR
25 AIR COOLING.
26 (4) THE USE OF OUTDOOR AIR COOLING MAY AFFECT THE
27 OPERATION OF OTHER SYSTEMS (SUCH AS RETURN OR EXHAUST AIR
28 FANS OR SUPERMARKET REFRIGERATION) SO AS TO INCREASE THE
29 OVERALL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF THE BUILDING.
30 (5) INTERNAL/EXTERNAL ZONE HEAT RECOVERY OR OTHER ENERGY
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1 RECOVERY IS USED.
2 (6) WHEN ALL SPACE COOLING IS ACCOMPLISHED BY A
3 CIRCULATING LIQUID WHICH TRANSFERS SPACE HEAT DIRECTLY OR
4 INDIRECTLY TO A HEAT REJECTION DEVICE SUCH AS A COOLING TOWER
5 WITHOUT THE USE OF A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM.
6 SECTION 212. MECHANICAL VENTILATION.
7 EACH MECHANICAL VENTILATION SYSTEM SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A
8 READILY ACCESSIBLE MEANS FOR EITHER SHUT-OFF OR VOLUME REDUCTION
9 AND SHUT-OFF WHEN VENTILATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
10 SECTION 213. SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING.
11 SYSTEMS THAT EMPLOY BOTH HEATING AND COOLING SIMULTANEOUSLY
12 IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE COMFORT CONDITIONS WITHIN A SPACE SHALL BE
13 LIMITED TO THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE MORE EFFICIENT METHODS OF
14 HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CANNOT BE EFFECTIVELY UTILIZED TO
15 MEET SYSTEM OBJECTIVES. SIMULTANEOUS HEATING AND COOLING BY
16 REHEATING OR RECOOLING SUPPLY AIR OR BY CONCURRENT OPERATION OR
17 INDEPENDENT HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS SERVING A COMMON ZONE
18 SHALL BE RESTRICTED AS SPECIFIED HEREIN.
19 SECTION 214. RECOVERED ENERGY.
20 RECOVERED ENERGY, PROVIDED THE NEW ENERGY EXPENDED IN THE
21 RECOVERY PROCESS IS LESS THAN THE AMOUNT RECOVERED, MAY BE USED
22 FOR CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. NEW ENERGY IS DEFINED
23 AS ENERGY, OTHER THAN RECOVERED, UTILIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF
24 HEATING OR COOLING.
25 SECTION 215. NEW ENERGY.
26 (A) PREVENTION OF EXCESS HUMIDITY.--NEW ENERGY MAY BE USED,
27 WHEN NECESSARY, TO PREVENT RELATIVE HUMIDITY FROM RISING ABOVE
28 60% FOR COMFORT CONTROL OR TO PREVENT CONDENSATION ON TERMINAL
29 UNITS OR OUTLETS.
30 (B) CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE.--NEW ENERGY MAY BE USED FOR
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1 CONTROL OF TEMPERATURE IF MINIMIZED AS SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 216
2 THROUGH 220.
3 SECTION 216. REHEAT SYSTEMS.
4 SYSTEMS EMPLOYING REHEAT AND SERVING MULTIPLE ZONES, OTHER
5 THAN THOSE EMPLOYING VARIABLE AIR VOLUME FOR TEMPERATURE
6 CONTROL, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CONTROL THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY
7 RESET THE SYSTEM COLD AIR SUPPLY TO THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
8 LEVEL THAT WILL SATISFY THE ZONE REQUIRING THE COOLEST AIR.
9 SINGLE ZONE REHEAT SYSTEMS SHALL BE CONTROLLED TO SEQUENCE
10 REHEAT AND COOLING.
11 SECTION 217. DUAL DUCT AND MULTIZONE SYSTEMS.
12 THESE SYSTEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH CONTROL THAT WILL
13 AUTOMATICALLY RESET THE COLD DECK AIR SUPPLY TO THE HIGHEST
14 TEMPERATURE THAT WILL SATISFY THE ZONE REQUIRING THE COOLEST AIR
15 AND THE HOT DECK AIR SUPPLY TO THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE THAT WILL
16 SATISFY THE ZONE REQUIRING THE WARMEST AIR.
17 SECTION 218. RECOOLING SYSTEMS.
18 SYSTEMS IN WHICH HEATED AIR IS RECOOLED DIRECTLY OR
19 INDIRECTLY, TO MAINTAIN SPACE TEMPERATURE, SHALL BE PROVIDED
20 WITH CONTROL THAT WILL AUTOMATICALLY RESET THE TEMPERATURE TO
21 WHICH THE SUPPLY AIR IS HEATED TO THE LOWEST LEVEL THAT WILL
22 SATISFY THE ZONE REQUIRING THE WARMEST AIR.
23 SECTION 219. MULTIPLE ZONES.
24 FOR SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE ZONES, ONE OR MORE ZONES MAY BE
25 CHOSEN TO REPRESENT A NUMBER OF ZONES WITH SIMILAR HEATING OR
26 COOLING CHARACTERISTICS. A MULTIPLE ZONE HEATING, VENTILATING
27 AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT EMPLOYS REHEATING OR RECOOLING
28 FOR CONTROL OF NOT MORE THAN 5,000 CFM OR 20% OF THE TOTAL
29 SUPPLY AIR OF THE SYSTEM, WHICHEVER IS LESS, SHALL BE EXEMPT
30 FROM THE SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE RESET REQUIREMENTS OF SECTIONS
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1 216 THROUGH 218.
2 SECTION 220. CONCURRENT OPERATION.
3 CONCURRENT OPERATION OF INDEPENDENT HEATING AND COOLING
4 SYSTEMS SERVING COMMON SPACES, AND REQUIRING THE USE OF NEW
5 ENERGY FOR HEATING OR COOLING SHALL BE MINIMIZED BY ONE OR BOTH
6 OF THE FOLLOWING:
7 (1) BY PROVIDING SEQUENTIAL TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF BOTH
8 HEATING AND COOLING CAPACITY IN EACH ZONE.
9 (2) BY LIMITING THE HEATING ENERGY INPUT, THROUGH
10 AUTOMATIC RESET CONTROL OF THE HEATING MEDIUM TEMPERATURE (OR
11 ENERGY INPUT RATE), TO ONLY THAT NECESSARY TO OFFSET HEAT
12 LOSS DUE TO TRANSMISSION AND INFILTRATION AND, WHERE
13 APPLICABLE, TO HEAT THE VENTILATION AIR SUPPLY TO THE SPACE.
14 SECTION 221. EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.
15 (A) APPLICATION.--THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO
16 EQUIPMENT AND COMPONENT PERFORMANCE FOR HEATING, VENTILATING AND
17 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS. WHERE EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY LEVELS ARE
18 SPECIFIED, DATA FURNISHED BY THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER OR CERTIFIED
19 UNDER A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM OR RATING
20 PROCEDURE SHALL BE USED TO SATISFY THESE REQUIREMENTS.
21 (B) SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT - ELECTRICAL.--HEATING VENTILATING AND
22 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT WHOSE ENERGY INPUT IN THE
23 COOLING MODE IS ENTIRELY ELECTRIC SHALL SHOW A COEFFICIENT OF
24 PERFORMANCE (COP) AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO (EER) NOT LESS
25 THAN THE VALUES SPECIFIED IN TABLE 6. THESE REQUIREMENTS APPLY
26 TO, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, UNITARY COOLING EQUIPMENT (AIR AND
27 WATER SOURCE); PACKAGED AIR CONDITIONERS; AND ROOM AIR
28 CONDITIONERS. THESE REQUIREMENTS DO NOT APPLY TO EQUIPMENT USED
29 IN AREAS HAVING OPEN REFRIGERATED FOOD DISPLAY CASES. FOR
30 DETERMINING COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP), THE RATE OF NET
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1 HEAT REMOVAL SHALL BE DEFINED AS THE CHANGE IN THE TOTAL HEAT
2 CONTENTS OF THE AIR ENTERING AND LEAVING THE EQUIPMENT (WITHOUT
3 REHEAT). TOTAL ENERGY INPUT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMBINING THE
4 ENERGY INPUTS TO ALL ELEMENTS OF THE EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING BUT
5 NOT LIMITED TO, COMPRESSORS, PUMPS, SUPPLY-AIR FANS, COOLING
6 TOWER FANS AND THE SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CONTROL CIRCUIT.
7 TABLE 6
8 MINIMUM EER AND COP FOR ELECTRIC HEATING, VENTILATING
9 AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM EQUIPMENT
10 STANDARD RATING CAPACITY EER COP
11 UNDER 65,000 BTU/HR (19,050 WATTS) 6.1 1.8
12 65,000 BTU/HR (19,050 WATTS) AND OVER 6.8 2.0
13 (C) OTHER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT.--HEAT OPERATED COOLING EQUIPMENT
14 SHALL SHOW A COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP) IN THE COOLING
15 MODE NOT LESS THAN THE VALUES SPECIFIED IN TABLE 7. THESE
16 REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, ABSORPTION,
17 ENGINE-DRIVEN AND TURBINE-DRIVEN EQUIPMENT. THE COEFFICIENT OF
18 PERFORMANCE (COP) IS DETERMINED EXCLUDING THE ELECTRICAL
19 AUXILIARY INPUTS.
20 TABLE 7
21 MINIMUM COP FOR HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
22 SYSTEM HEAT OPERATED COOLING EQUIPMENT
23 HEAT SOURCE MINIMUM COP
24 DIRECT FIRED (GAS, OIL) 0.40
25 INDIRECT FIRED (STEAM, HOT WATER) 0.65
26 (D) SYSTEM COMPONENTS.--HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
27 CONDITIONING SYSTEM COMPONENTS WHOSE ENERGY INPUT IN THE COOLING
28 MODE IS ENTIRELY ELECTRIC SHALL SHOW A COEFFICIENT OF
29 PERFORMANCE (COP) AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY RATIO (EER) NOT LESS
30 THAN THE VALUES SPECIFIED IN TABLE 8. FOR DETERMINING
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1 COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP), THE RATE OF HEAT REMOVAL IS
2 DEFINED AS THE DIFFERENCE IN TOTAL HEAT CONTENTS OF THE WATER OR
3 REFRIGERANT ENTERING OR LEAVING THE COMPONENT. TOTAL ENERGY
4 INPUT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY COMBINING THE ENERGY INPUTS TO ALL
5 ELEMENTS AND ACCESSORIES OF THE COMPONENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT
6 LIMITED TO, COMPRESSORS, INTERNAL CIRCULATING PUMPS, CONDENSER-
7 AIR FANS, EVAPORATIVE-CONDENSER COOLING HEATER PUMPS, PURGE, AND
8 THE COMPONENT CONTROL CIRCUIT.
9 TABLE 8
10 MINIMUM COP FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN HEATING, VENTILATING
11 AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM COMPONENTS
12 COMPONENT CONDENSING MEANS AIR WATER EVAPORATION
13 ERR COP EER COP EER COP
14 SELF-CONTAINED CENTRIFUGAL 7.5 2.2 12.9 3.8
15 WATER CHILLERS
16 POSITIVE
17 DISPLACEMENT 7.2 2.1 10.9 3.2
18 CONDENSERLESS POSITIVE
19 WATER CHILLERS DISPLACEMENT 8.9 2.6 10.9 3.2
20 COMPRESSOR AND
21 CONDENSER UNITS POSITIVE
22 65,000 BTU/HR. DISPLACEMENT 7.8 2.3 11.3 3.3 11.3 3.3
23 (19,050 WATTS)
24 AND OVER
25 (E) HEAT PUMPS.--HEAT PUMPS WHOSE ENERGY INPUT IS ENTIRELY
26 ELECTRIC SHALL SHOW A COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE (COP), HEATING,
27 NOT LESS THAN THE VALUES SPECIFIED IN TABLE 9.
28 TABLE 9
29 MINIMUM COP FOR HEAT PUMPS, HEATING MODE
30 SOURCE AND OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE (DEGREE F.) MINIMUM COP
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1 AIR SOURCE--47 DB/43 WB 2.2
2 AIR SOURCE--17 DB/15 WB 1.2
3 WATER SOURCE--60 ENTERING 2.2
4 (F) SUPPLEMENTARY HEATER.--THE HEAT PUMP SHALL BE INSTALLED
5 WITH A CONTROL TO PREVENT SUPPLEMENTARY HEATER OPERATION WHEN
6 THE HEATING LOAD CAN BE MET BY THE HEAT PUMP ALONE.
7 SUPPLEMENTARY HEATER OPERATION IS PERMITTED DURING TRANSIENT
8 PERIODS, SUCH AS START-UPS, FOLLOWING ROOM THERMOSTAT SETPOINT
9 ADVANCE, AND DURING DEFROST. A TWO-STAGE ROOM THERMOSTAT, WHICH
10 CONTROLS THE SUPPLEMENTARY HEAT ON ITS SECOND STAGE, SHALL BE
11 ACCEPTED AS MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT. THE CUT-ON TEMPERATURE FOR
12 THE COMPRESSION HEATING SHALL BE HIGHER THAN THE CUT-ON
13 TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY HEAT, AND THE CUT-OFF
14 TEMPERATURE FOR THE COMPRESSION HEATING SHALL BE HIGHER THAN THE
15 CUT-OFF TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUPPLEMENTARY HEAT. SUPPLEMENTARY
16 HEAT MAY BE DERIVED FROM ANY SOURCE OF ELECTRIC RESISTANCE
17 HEATING OR COMBUSTION HEATING.
18 (G) COMBUSTION HEATING EQUIPMENT.--ALL GAS AND OILFIRED
19 COMFORT HEATING EQUIPMENT SHALL SHOW A MINIMUM COMBUSTION
20 EFFICIENCY OF 75% AT MAXIMUM RATED OUTPUT. COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY
21 SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASHRAE STANDARD 90.
22 SECTION 222. DUCT INSULATION.
23 (A) INSULATION.--ALL DUCT SYSTEMS, OR PORTIONS THEREOF,
24 EXPOSED TO NONCONDITIONED SPACES SHALL BE INSULATED TO PROVIDE A
25 THERMAL RESISTANCE, EXCLUDING FILM RESISTANCE, OF
26 TI - TO
27 R = --------(HR) (SQ.FT) (F)/BTU
28 15
29 WHERE TI-TO IS THE DESIGN TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL (ABSOLUTE
30 VALUE) BETWEEN THE AIR IN THE DUCT AND THE SURROUNDING AIR WITH
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1 THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS. DUCT INSULATION, EXCEPT WHEN NEEDED TO
2 PREVENT CONDENSATION, IS NOT REQUIRED IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
3 CASES:
4 (1) WHERE TI-TO IS 25 DEGREES F. OR LESS.
5 (2) WHEN THE HEAT GAIN OR LOSS OF THE DUCTS, WITHOUT
6 INSULATION, WILL NOT INCREASE THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF THE
7 BUILDING.
8 (3) EXHAUST AIR DUCTS.
9 (4) SUPPLY OR RETURN AIR DUCTS INSTALLED IN CRAWL SPACES
10 WITH INSULATED WALLS, BASEMENTS OR CELLARS IN ONE AND TWO-
11 FAMILY DWELLINGS.
12 (B) VAPOR BARRIERS.--WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT CONDENSATION,
13 INSULATION WITH VAPOR BARRIERS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ADDITION TO
14 INSULATION REQUIRED ABOVE.
15 SECTION 223. SYSTEM CONTROLS.
16 (A) APPLICATION.--ALL HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
17 CONDITIONING SYSTEMS SHALL BE PROVIDED CONTROLS AS SPECIFIED
18 HEREIN.
19 (B) TEMPERATURE.--EACH HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
20 CONDITIONING SYSTEM SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE
21 THERMOSTAT FOR THE REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE. EACH THERMOSTAT
22 SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING SET FROM 55 DEGREES F. TO 75 DEGREES
23 F. WHERE USED TO CONTROL HEATING ONLY AND FROM 70 DEGREES F. TO
24 85 DEGREES F. WHERE USED TO CONTROL COOLING ONLY. WHERE USED TO
25 CONTROL BOTH HEATING AND COOLING IT SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING
26 SET FROM 55 DEGREES F. TO 85 DEGREES F. AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF
27 OPERATING THE SYSTEM HEATING AND COOLING IN SEQUENCE. IT SHALL
28 BE ADJUSTABLE TO PROVIDE A TEMPERATURE RANGE OF UP TO 10 DEGREES
29 F. BETWEEN FULL HEATING AND FULL COOLING, EXCEPT AS ALLOWED IN
30 SECTION 220.
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1 (C) HUMIDITY.--IF A HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
2 CONDITIONING SYSTEM IS EQUIPPED WITH A MEANS FOR ADDING MOISTURE
3 TO MAINTAIN SPECIFIC SELECTED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN SPACES OR
4 ZONES, A HUMIDISTAT SHALL BE PROVIDED. THIS DEVICE SHALL BE
5 CAPABLE OF BEING SET TO PREVENT NEW ENERGY FROM BEING USED TO
6 PRODUCE SPACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY ABOVE 30% R.H. WHERE A
7 HUMIDISTAT IS USED IN A HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
8 CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOISTURE REMOVAL TO MAINTAIN
9 SPECIFIC SELECTED RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN SPACES OR ZONES, IT
10 SHALL BE CAPABLE OF BEING SET TO PREVENT NEW ENERGY FROM BEING
11 USED TO PRODUCE A SPACE RELATIVE HUMIDITY BELOW 60%.
12 (D) TEMPERATURE ZONING.--
13 (1) IN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF USE GROUP R-3, AT
14 LEAST ONE THERMOSTAT FOR REGULATION OF SPACE TEMPERATURE
15 SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH SEPARATE HEATING, VENTILATING AND
16 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, A READILY ACCESSIBLE
17 MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC MEANS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO PARTIALLY
18 RESTRICT OR SHUT-OFF THE HEATING OR COOLING INPUT TO EACH
19 ZONE OR FLOOR, EXCLUDING UNHEATED OR UNCOOLED BASEMENTS AND
20 GARAGES.
21 (2) IN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF USE GROUP R-2,
22 EACH INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT SHALL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
23 AND SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR ONE AND TWO-FAMILY
24 DWELLINGS ABOVE.
25 (3) IN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OTHER THAN USE GROUP
26 R-3 AND IN SPACES OTHER THAN DWELLING UNITS IN USE GROUP R-2,
27 AT LEAST ONE THERMOSTAT FOR REGULATION OF SPACE TEMPERATURE
28 SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH SEPARATE HEATING, VENTILATING AND
29 AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND FOR EACH FLOOR OF THE BUILDING.
30 (E) SET-BACK AND SHUT-OFF.--
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1 (1) IN ALL BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS THEREOF
2 OF USE GROUP R-3, THE THERMOSTAT, OR AN ALTERNATE MEANS SUCH
3 AS A SWITCH OR A CLOCK, SHALL PROVIDE A READILY ACCESSIBLE,
4 MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC MEANS FOR REDUCING THE ENERGY REQUIRED
5 FOR HEATING AND COOLING DURING PERIODS OF NONUSE OR REDUCED
6 NEED.
7 (2) IN ALL OTHER BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, OR PORTIONS
8 THEREOF EACH HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
9 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH A READILY ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF REDUCING
10 THE ENERGY USED FOR HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING
11 DURING PERIODS OF NONUSE OR ALTERNATE USES OF THE BUILDING
12 SPACES OR ZONES SERVED BY THE SYSTEM, SUCH AS WITH MANUALLY
13 ADJUSTABLE AUTOMATIC TIMING DEVICES, MANUAL DEVICES FOR USE
14 BY OPERATING PERSONNEL, OR AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS.
15 (3) LOWERING THERMOSTAT SET POINTS TO REDUCE ENERGY
16 CONSUMPTION OF HEATING SYSTEMS SHALL NOT CAUSE ENERGY TO BE
17 EXPENDED TO REACH THE REDUCED SETTING.
18 SECTION 224. STEAM AND HOT WATER HEATING PIPING.
19 (A) PIPING INSULATION.--ALL PIPING SERVING AS PART OF A
20 HEATING OR COOLING SYSTEM INSTALLED TO SERVE BUILDINGS AND
21 WITHIN BUILDINGS SHALL BE THERMALLY INSULATED AS SHOWN IN TABLE
22 10.
23 TABLE 10
24 MINIMUM PIPE INSULATION
25 INSULATION THICKNESS IN INCHES
26 FLUID FOR PIPE SIZES
27 PIPING TEMPERATURE
28 SYSTEM RANGE, RUNOUTS 1" AND 1 1/4- 2 1/2- 5& 8" AND
29 TYPES F. UP TO 2" LESS 2 4 6 LARGER
30 HEATING SYSTEMS
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1 STEAM &
2 HOT WATER
3 HIGH PRESSURE/
4 TEMP 306-450 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 1/2 3 1/2
5 MED. PRESSURE/
6 TEMP 251-305 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 2 1/2 3 3
7 LOW PRESSURE/
8 TEMP 201-250 1 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 2 2
9 LOW TEM-
10 PERATURE 120-200 1/2 3/4 1 1 1 1 1/2
11 STEAM CON-
12 DENSATE ANY 1 1 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 2
13 (FOR FEED
14 WATER)
15 COOLING SYSTEMS
16 CHILLED
17 WATER, 40-55 1/2 1/2 3/4 1 1 1
18 REFRIGERANT,
19 OR BRINE BELOW 40 1 1 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2 1 1/2
20 INSULATION THICKNESSES ARE BASED ON INSULATION HAVING THERMAL
21 RESISTANCES IN THE RANGE OF 4.0 TO 4.6 PER INCH OF THICKNESS ON
22 A FLAT SURFACE AT A MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 75 DEGREES F. MINIMUM
23 INSULATION THICKNESS SHALL BE INCREASED FOR MATERIALS HAVING R
24 VALUES LESS THAN 4.0 OR MAY BE REDUCED FOR MATERIALS HAVING R
25 VALUES GREATER THAN 4.6 PER INCH OF THICKNESS AS FOLLOWS:
26 (B) HIGH THERMAL RESISTANCE.--FOR MATERIALS WITH THERMAL
27 RESISTANCE GREATER THAN R=4.6, THE MINIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS
28 MAY BE REDUCED AS FOLLOWS:
29 4.6 X TABLE 10 THICKNESS = NEW MINIMUM THICKNESS
30 ACTUAL R
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1 (C) LOW THERMAL RESISTANCE.--FOR MATERIALS WITH THERMAL
2 RESISTANCE LESS THAN R=4.0 THE MINIMUM INSULATION THICKNESS
3 SHALL BE INCREASED AS FOLLOWS:
4 4.0 X TABLE 10 THICKNESS = NEW MINIMUM THICKNESS
5 ACTUAL R
6 PIPING INSULATION, EXCEPT WHEN NEEDED TO PREVENT CONDENSATION,
7 IS NOT REQUIRED IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CASES:
8 (1) PIPING INSTALLED WITHIN HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR
9 CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT.
10 (2) PIPING AT TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 55 DEGREES F. AND 120
11 DEGREES F.
12 (3) WHEN THE HEAT LOSS OR HEAT GAIN OF THE PIPING,
13 WITHOUT INSULATION, DOES NOT INCREASE THE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
14 OF THE BUILDING.
15 (4) PIPING INSTALLED IN BASEMENTS OR CELLARS IN ONE AND
16 TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS.
17 (D) VAPOR BARRIERS.--WHERE REQUIRED TO PREVENT CONDENSATION,
18 INSULATION WITH VAPOR BARRIERS SHALL BE INSTALLED IN ADDITION TO
19 INSULATION REQUIRED ABOVE.
20 SUBCHAPTER F
21 PLUMBING SYSTEMS
22 SECTION 225. PURPOSE.
23 THIS SUBCHAPTER SETS FORTH PROVISIONS FOR DESIGN AND
24 EQUIPMENT SELECTION FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION IN SERVICE WATER
25 HEATING SYSTEMS.
26 SECTION 226. FIXTURES.
27 (A) LAVATORIES.--LAVATORIES IN RESTROOMS OF PUBLIC
28 FACILITIES SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH SELF-CLOSING OUTLET DEVICES
29 WHICH LIMIT THE FLOW OF HOT WATER TO A MAXIMUM OF 0.5 GPM,
30 DEVICES WHICH LIMIT THE OUTLET TEMPERATURE TO A MAXIMUM OF 110
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1 DEGREES F. AND SELFCLOSING VALVES WHICH LIMIT THE QUANTITY OF
2 HOT WATER TO A MAXIMUM OF 0.25 GALLONS.
3 (B) SHOWERS.--SHOWERS USED FOR OTHER THAN SAFETY REASONS
4 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH FLOW CONTROL DEVICES TO LIMIT TOTAL FLOW
5 TO A MAXIMUM OF 3 GPM PER SHOWER HEAD.
6 SECTION 227. INSULATION.
7 (A) PIPING INSULATION.--PIPING IN REQUIRED RETURN
8 CIRCULATION SYSTEMS SHALL BE INSULATED SO THAT HEAT LOSS IS
9 LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 25 BTUH PER SQUARE FOOT OF EXTERNAL PIPE
10 SURFACE FOR ABOVE GROUND PIPING AND A MAXIMUM OF 35 BTUH PER
11 SQUARE FOOT OF EXTERNAL PIPE SURFACE FOR UNDERGROUND PIPING.
12 MAXIMUM HEAT LOSS SHALL BE DETERMINED AT A TEMPERATURE
13 DIFFERENTIAL EQUAL TO THE MAXIMUM WATER TEMPERATURE MINUS A
14 DESIGN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE NO HIGHER THAN 65 DEGREES F. EXCEPT
15 THAT CONFORMANCE WITH TABLE 10 FOR "LOW TEMPERATURE PIPING
16 SYSTEM" SHALL BE DEEMED AS COMPLYING WITH THIS SECTION.
17 (B) TANKS.--UNFIRED HOT WATER STORAGE TANKS SHALL BE
18 INSULATED SO THAT HEAT LOSS IS LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 15 BTUH
19 PER SQUARE FOOT OF EXTERNAL TANK SURFACE AREA. FOR PURPOSES OF
20 DETERMINING THIS HEAT LOSS, THE DESIGN AMBIENT TEMPERATURE SHALL
21 BE NO HIGHER THAN 65 DEGREES F.
22 SECTION 228. EQUIPMENT.
23 (A) PUMP OPERATION.--CIRCULATING HOT WATER SYSTEMS SHALL BE
24 ARRANGED SO THAT THE CIRCULATING PUMP CAN BE CONVENIENTLY TURNED
25 OFF EITHER AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY WHEN THE HOT WATER SYSTEM
26 IS NOT IN OPERATION.
27 (B) ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS.--ALL AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC STORAGE
28 WATER HEATERS SHALL HAVE A STAND-BY LOSS NOT EXCEEDING 4 WATTS
29 PER SQUARE FOOT OF TANK SURFACE AREA. THE METHOD OF TEST OF
30 STAND-BY LOSS SHALL BE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 4.3.1 OF ANSI
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1 C72.1 HOUSEHOLD AUTOMATIC ELECTRICAL STORAGE-TYPE WATER HEATERS.
2 (C) GAS AND OIL-FIRED WATER HEATERS.--ALL GAS AND OIL-FIRED
3 AUTOMATIC STORAGE HEATERS SHALL HAVE A RECOVERY EFFICIENCY, ER,
4 NOT LESS THAN 75% AND A STAND-BY LOSS PERCENTAGE S, NOT
5 EXCEEDING S=2.3+67/V WHERE V=RATED VOLUME IN GALLONS. THE METHOD
6 OF TEST OF ER AND S SHALL BE AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 2.7 OF ANSI
7 Z21.10.3 CIRCULATING TANK, INSTANTANEOUS AND LARGE AUTOMATIC
8 STORAGE TYPE WATER HEATERS, APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GAS WATER
9 HEATERS.
10 SECTION 229. CONTROLS.
11 (A) TEMPERATURE CONTROLS.--ALL HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
12 SHALL BE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC TEMPERATURE CONTROLS CAPABLE OF
13 ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE LOWEST TO THE HIGHEST ACCEPTABLE
14 TEMPERATURE SETTINGS FOR THE INTENDED USE.
15 (B) SHUT DOWN.--A SEPARATE SWITCH SHALL BE PROVIDED TO
16 TERMINATE THE ENERGY SUPPLIED TO ELECTRIC HOT WATER SUPPLY
17 SYSTEMS. A SEPARATE VALVE SHALL BE PROVIDED TO TURN OFF THE
18 ENERGY SUPPLIED TO THE MAIN BURNER OF ALL OTHER TYPES OF HOT
19 WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS.
20 SUBCHAPTER G
21 ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS
22 SECTION 230. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.
23 (A) POWER FACTOR.--THE POWER FACTOR OF THE OVERALL
24 ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN A BUILDING SHALL BE NOT LESS
25 THAN 90% UNDER RATED DESIGN INSTALLED LOAD OF THE BUILDING,
26 EITHER BY UTILIZATION EQUIPMENT DESIGN OR BY THE USE OF POWER
27 FACTOR CORRECTIVE DEVICES. THE POWER FACTOR CORRECTIVE DEVICES
28 MAY BE INSTALLED ON INDIVIDUAL EQUIPMENT, RATED GREATER THAN
29 1,000 WATTS AND SWITCHED THEREWITH, REGIONALLY GROUPED, LOCATED
30 AT THE SERVICE EQUIPMENT OR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION ACHIEVED BY
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1 OTHER EQUIVALENT MEANS. THE CHOICE AMONG THESE CORRECTIVE
2 METHODS SHOULD BE MADE BASED UPON AN ENGINEERING EVALUATION OF
3 EACH DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
4 (B) SERVICE VOLTAGE.--WHERE A CHOICE OF SERVICE VOLTAGE IS
5 AVAILABLE, THE VOLTAGE RESULTING IN THE LEAST ENERGY LOSS SHALL
6 BE USED.
7 (C) VOLTAGE DROP.--IN ANY BUILDING, THE MAXIMUM TOTAL
8 VOLTAGE DROP SHALL NOT EXCEED 3% IN BRANCH CIRCUITS OR FEEDERS,
9 FOR A TOTAL OF 5% TO THE FARTHEST OUTLET BASED ON STEADY STATE
10 DESIGN LOAD CONDITIONS.
11 (D) LIGHTING SWITCHING.--SWITCHING SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR
12 EACH LIGHTING CIRCUIT, OR FOR PORTIONS OF EACH CIRCUIT, SO THAT
13 THE PARTIAL LIGHTING REQUIRED FOR CUSTODIAL OR FOR EFFECTIVE
14 COMPLEMENTARY USE WITH NATURAL LIGHTING MAY BE OPERATED
15 SELECTIVELY.
16 (E) SEPARATE METERING.--IN ALL MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS
17 PROVISIONS SHALL BE MADE TO DETERMINE THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY
18 CONSUMED BY EACH TENANT.
19 SUBCHAPTER H
20 LIGHTING
21 SECTION 231. LIGHT POWER BUDGET.
22 A LIGHTING POWER BUDGET IS THE UPPER LIMIT OF THE POWER TO BE
23 AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE THE LIGHTING NEEDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
24 GIVEN SET OF CRITERIA AND GIVEN CALCULATION PROCEDURE.
25 SECTION 232. CALCULATION METHODS.
26 THE CRITERIA SPECIFIED BELOW SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR
27 COMPUTATION OF THE LIGHTING POWER BUDGET. ALL CALCULATIONS SHALL
28 BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACCEPTED ENGINEERING PRACTICE. WHEN
29 INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION IS KNOWN ABOUT THE SPECIFIC USE OF THE
30 BUILDING SPACE (E.G., NUMBER OF OCCUPANTS, SPACE FUNCTION,
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1 LOCATION OF PARTITIONS), THE BUDGET SHALL BE BASED ON THE
2 APPARENT INTENDED USE OF THE BUILDING SPACE.
3 SECTION 233. BUILDING INTERIORS.
4 (A) PROCEDURE.--THE ALLOWABLE ELECTRIC POWER FOR LIGHTING
5 SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BY USING THE CRITERIA AND THE CALCULATION
6 PROCEDURES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 236. THE VALUE SHALL BE BASED ON
7 THE USE FOR WHICH THE SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING IS INTENDED AND
8 ON EFFICIENT ENERGY UTILIZATION.
9 (B) ILLUMINATION LEVEL CRITERIA.--FOR THE PURPOSE OF
10 ESTABLISHING A BUDGET, LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION SHALL BE THOSE
11 LISTED IN FIG. 9-80 OF THE IES LIGHTING HANDBOOK, AND THOSE
12 LEVELS SHALL BE USED AS FOLLOWS:
13 (1) FOR TASK LIGHTING, THE LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION LISTED
14 ARE FOR SPECIFIC TASKS. THESE LEVELS ARE FOR THE TASK AREAS
15 DEFINED IN THE IES LIGHTING HANDBOOK OR, WHERE NOT DEFINED,
16 AT ALL USABLE PORTIONS OF TASK SURFACES. IN SOME CASES, THE
17 LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION ARE LISTED FOR LOCATIONS (E.G.,
18 AUDITORIUMS). THESE LEVELS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED AS AVERAGE
19 LEVELS.
20 (2) FOR GENERAL LIGHTING, IN AREAS SURROUNDING TASK
21 LOCATIONS, THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF GENERAL LIGHTING, FOR BUDGET
22 PURPOSES ONLY, SHALL BE ONE-THIRD THE LEVEL FOR THE TASKS
23 PERFORMED IN THE AREA BUT IN NO CASE LESS THAN 20-FOOT
24 CANDLES. WHERE MORE THAN ONE TASK LEVEL OCCURS IN A SPACE,
25 THE GENERAL LEVEL SHALL BE ONE-THIRD THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF
26 THE SPECIFIC TASK LEVELS.
27 (3) FOR NONCRITICAL LIGHTING, IN CIRCULATION AND SEATING
28 AREAS, WHERE NO SPECIFIC VISUAL TASKS OCCUR, THE AVERAGE
29 LEVEL OF ILLUMINATION SHALL BE ONE-THIRD OF THE AVERAGE
30 GENERAL LIGHTING IN THE ADJACENT TASK SPACES BUT IN NO CASE
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1 LESS THAN TEN-FOOT CANDLES.
2 (4) FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A POWER BUDGET, ONLY
3 LAMP EFFICACIES AND COEFFICIENTS OF UTILIZATION (CU)
4 SPECIFIED IN TABLE 11, SHALL BE ASSUMED.
5 SECTION 234. BUILDING EXTERIORS.
6 (A) BASIS ON USE.--IN EXTERIOR SPACES, THE LIGHTING POWER
7 BUDGET SHALL BE BASED ON THE USE OF WHICH THE SPACE IS INTENDED
8 (FOR TASK PERFORMANCE, SAFETY, OR SECURITY) AND ON EFFICIENT
9 ENERGY UTILIZATION.
10 (B) CRITERIA.--THE SAME CRITERIA AS THOSE FOR INTERIOR
11 SPACES APPLY FOR ILLUMINATION LEVELS AND LIGHTING SYSTEMS WITH
12 THE ADDITION OF LUMINAIRES FOR FLOOD LIGHTING. FOR POWER BUDGET
13 PURPOSES FLOODLIGHTING SHALL BE SELECTED WITH LUMINAIRES HAVING
14 A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THEIR BEAM LUMENS RESTRICTED TO THE AREA
15 TO BE LIGHTED. SUCH LUMINAIRES ARE DEFINED AS THOSE WITH AT
16 LEAST THE MINIMUM EFFICIENCIES LISTED IN THE IES LIGHTING
17 HANDBOOK.
18 (C) FACADE LIGHTING.--FACADE LIGHTING FOR BUDGET PURPOSES
19 SHALL BE NO GREATER THAN 2% OF THE TOTAL INTERIOR LOAD OF THE
20 BUILDING.
21 (D) CALCULATION PROCEDURE.--IN ESTABLISHING A LIGHTING POWER
22 BUDGET THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES SHALL BE USED:
23 (1) FOR OVERHEAD LIGHTING THE PROCEDURE SPECIFIED IN
24 SECTION 236 SHALL BE FOLLOWED, BUT USING REFLECTANCES AS
25 FOUND.
26 (2) FOR FLOOD LIGHTING THE BEAM LUMEN METHOD, AS SHOWN
27 IN THE IES LIGHTING HANDBOOK AND A COEFFICIENT OF BEAM
28 UTILIZATION (CBU) OF 0.75 SHALL BE USED FOR FLOODLIGHTING
29 CALCULATIONS.
30 SECTION 235. EXCEPTIONS TO CRITERIA.
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1 (A) INTERIORS.--THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 233 SHALL NOT APPLY
2 TO THE FOLLOWING AREAS WHEN CALCULATING THE LOAD:
3 (1) PORTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL OCCUPANCIES EXCEPT FOR
4 KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, AND LAUNDRY AREAS AND PUBLIC SPACES
5 INCLUDING LOBBIES, HALLS, STAIRWAYS, BASEMENT AREAS, AND
6 UTILITY ROOMS.
7 (2) RESIDENTIAL TYPE SPACES SIMILAR TO THOSE STATED IN
8 PARAGRAPH (1) IN INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS HOSPITALS, HOTELS,
9 FUNERAL HOMES, CHURCHES, MUSEUMS, ETC.
10 (3) THEATER AUDITORIUMS, ENTERTAINMENT AND AUDIOVISUAL
11 PRESENTATIONS WHERE THE LIGHTING IS AN ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL
12 ELEMENT FOR THE FUNCTION PERFORMED.
13 (B) EXTERIORS.--THE CRITERIA OF SECTION 234 SHALL NOT APPLY
14 TO THE FOLLOWING LAMPS AND LUMINARIES; HOWEVER, THEIR USE SHALL
15 BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE CALCULATION OF TASK LIGHTING LOADS FOR
16 SPECIFIC TASKS. THE ALLOWABLE LOAD SHALL BE BASED ON THE
17 LUMINARY WATTAGE TO ACHIEVE THE LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION AS
18 COVERED IN SECTION 233 USING A POINT CALCULATION METHOD GIVEN IN
19 THE IES LIGHTING HANDBOOK. THE EXCEPTED LAMPS AND LUMINAIRES ARE
20 AS FOLLOWS:
21 (1) LUMINAIRES FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL PURPOSES.
22 (2) LUMINAIRES FOR HIGHLIGHTING APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS
23 SCULPTURE EXHIBITS, ART EXHIBITS, AND INDIVIDUAL ITEMS OF
24 DISPLAY MERCHANDISE.
25 (3) LUMINAIRES FOR SPECIALIZED LIGHTING APPLICATIONS
26 (COLOR MATCHING, WHERE ELECTRICAL INTERFERENCE CANNOT BE
27 TOLERATED, ETC.).
28 (C) CONTROL OF REFLECTANCES.--THE CRITERIA OF TABLE 11 SHALL
29 NOT APPLY IN SPACES WHERE IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO CONTROL
30 REFLECTANCES AND WHERE A DIRTY ATMOSPHERE CANNOT BE AVOIDED.
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1 WHERE THIS CONDITION EXISTS, THE VALUES FOR REFLECTANCES AND
2 LIGHT LOSS FACTORS SHALL BE THOSE EXPECTED TO BE FOUND AND SHALL
3 BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT. THE CALCULATION SHALL MAKE A NOTE
4 OF THIS DEVIATION.
5 SECTION 236. CALCULATION PROCEDURE.
6 (A) ILLUMINATION LEVELS AND AREAS.--TO ESTABLISH
7 ILLUMINATION LEVELS AND AREAS, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE SHALL BE
8 USED:
9 (1) DETERMINE THE VISUAL TASKS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO BE
10 PERFORMED IN EACH SPACE AND THE NUMBER OF PLANNED WORK
11 LOCATIONS WHERE TASKS WILL BE PERFORMED. IF ASSUMPTIONS ARE
12 MADE, THEIR BASES SHALL BE INDICATED.
13 (2) SELECT THE ILLUMINATION LEVEL, IN FOOT-CANDLES FOR
14 THOSE EXPECTED TASKS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 233(B)(1).
15 (3) CALCULATE TOTAL TASK AREAS TO BE ILLUMINATED TO THE
16 SAME LEVEL BY MULTIPLYING THE NUMBER OF WORK LOCATIONS BY 50
17 SQUARE FEET PER WORK LOCATION. (TOTAL TASK AREAS SHALL NOT
18 EXCEED ACTUAL TOTAL SPACE AREA). IF ACTUAL TASK AREA IS
19 GREATER THAN 50 SQUARE FEET THE ACTUAL AREA SHALL BE USED. IF
20 SPECIAL TASK LIGHTING OR LOCALIZED LIGHTING IS TO BE
21 EMPLOYED, USE THE ACTUAL TASK AREAS AND POINT CALCULATION
22 PROCEDURES.
23 (4) CALCULATE THE LEVEL OF GENERAL LIGHTING BY
24 MULTIPLYING THE TASK LIGHTING LEVEL BY ONE-THIRD, WHERE THERE
25 IS ONLY ONE TASK LEVEL, OR BY TAKING ONE-THIRD OF THE SUM OF
26 THE PRODUCTS OF THE TASK LEVELS AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH
27 (2) AND THEIR AREAS AS PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH (3) DIVIDED
28 BY THE TOTAL TASK AREAS.
29 (5) CALCULATE THE LEVEL OF NONCRITICAL LIGHTING.
30 (B) LIGHTING SYSTEM DATA.--TO ESTABLISH LIGHTING SYSTEM
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1 DATA, THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE USED:
2 (1) LIGHT SOURCE AND LUMINAIRE TYPES TO USE.
3 (2) LAMP LUMENS PER WATT AND LUMINAIRE COEFFICIENTS OF
4 UTILIZATION FOR ROOM AND LUMINAIRE MOUNTING HEIGHT
5 DIMENSIONS. LUMINAIRE CUS SHALL BE SELECTED FROM THE IES
6 LIGHTING HANDBOOK. IN ALL CASES, NO LUMINAIRE SHALL HAVE A CU
7 FOR RCR = 1 OF LESS THAN THAT GIVEN IN TABLE 11 LAMP
8 EFFICACIES FOR THE APPROPRIATE SPACE.
9 (C) ALLOWABLE WATTAGE.--TO ESTABLISH ALLOWABLE WATTAGE, THE
10 FOLLOWING SHALL BE USED:
11 (1) USING DATA FROM SUBSECTION (B), THE ILLUMINATION
12 LEVELS AND AREAS DETERMINED IN SUBSECTION (A), AND THE
13 CRITERIA OF TABLE 11 ON REFLECTANCE, CALCULATE THE ALLOWABLE
14 WATTAGES USING THE LUMEN METHOD.
15 (2) CALCULATE THE TOTAL SPACE WATTAGE BY ADDING THE
16 TASK, GENERAL AND NONCRITICAL LIGHTING LOADS.
17 (3) ADD THE WATTAGE OF LUMINAIRES ALLOWED IN SECTION
18 235(B).
19 TABLE 11
20 (A) LAMP EFFICACIES.--THE FOLLOWING ARE INITIAL LUMEN OUTPUT
21 PER WATT INPUT, INCLUDING BALLAST LOSSES:
22 APPLICATION LUMENS
23 PER WATT
24 WHERE MODERATE COLOR RENDITION IS APPROPRIATE 55
25 WHERE GOOD COLOR RENDITION IS APPROPRIATE 40
26 WHERE HIGH COLOR RENDITION IS APPROPRIATE,
27 SPACES ARE LESS THAN 50 SQUARE FEET OR WHERE
28 USE OF LOW WATTAGE HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE
29 (HID) LAMPS UNDER 250 W OR FLUORESCENT
30 LAMPS UNDER 40 W IS APPROPRIATE 25
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1 (B) LUMINARY COEFFICIENTS OF UTILIZATION (CU).--COEFFICIENTS
2 OF UTILIZATION (CUS) ARE TO BE FOR LUMINAIRES FOR USE IN THE
3 TYPES OF SPACES LISTED BELOW, AND THOSE LUMINAIRES SHALL HAVE A
4 CU OF NO LESS THAN THAT LISTED BELOW (FOR EACH TYPE SPACE) FOR A
5 ROOM CAVITY RATIO (RCR) OF 1 AND REFLECTANCES AS IN (C).
6 SPACE USE MINIMUM CU
7 (AT RCR = 1)
8 FOR SPACES WITH TASKS SUBJECTED TO VEILING
9 REFLECTIONS WHERE DESIGN LEVELS OF
10 ILLUMINATION ARE LISTED IN TERMS OF
11 EQUIVALENT SPHERE ILLUMINATION (ESI) AND
12 WHERE VISUAL COMFORT IS IMPORTANT. 0.55
13 FOR SPACES WITHOUT TASKS, OR WITH TASKS
14 NOT SUBJECTED TO VEILING REFLECTIONS, BUT
15 WHERE VISUAL COMFORT IS IMPORTANT. 0.63
16 FOR SPACES WITHOUT TASKS AND WHERE VISUAL
17 COMFORT IS NOT A CRITERION 0.70
18 (C) OTHER CRITERIA; REFLECTANCES.--FOR INTERIOR SPACES, THE
19 FOLLOWING INITIAL CAVITY AND SURFACE REFLECTANCES SHALL BE
20 ASSUMED:
21 CEILING CAVITY REFLECTANCE 80%
22 WALL REFLECTANCE 50%
23 FLOOR CAVITY REFLECTANCE 20%
24 LIGHT LOSS FACTOR. A LIGHT LOSS FACTOR (LLF) OF 0.70 SHALL BE
25 USED.
26 SUBCHAPTER I
27 ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
28 SECTION 237. PERFORMANCE ALTERNATIVE.
29 ALTERNATIVE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN MAY BE
30 APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY CAN BE SHOWN TO HAVE ENERGY
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1 CONSUMPTION NOT GREATER THAN THAT OF A SIMILAR BUILDING WITH
2 SIMILAR FORMS OF ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE
3 WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT OR WHEN THEY CAN BE SHOWN TO
4 HAVE ENERGY CONSUMPTION NOT GREATER THAN THAT WHICH SHALL BE
5 ESTABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING
6 ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
7 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT FOR ALL BUILDINGS CLASSIFIED AS USE
8 GROUP R-3 ALTERNATE BUILDING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT DESIGN WHICH
9 SATISFY THE CRITERIA OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT REQUIRE THE
10 APPROVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT BUT THE USE OF SUCH AN ALTERNATE
11 BUILDING SYSTEM OR EQUIPMENT DESIGN SHALL BE INDICATED IN THE
12 WARRANTY PROVIDED IN SECTION 306.
13 SECTION 238. NONDEPLETABLE SOURCES.
14 WHEN SUCH ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS UTILIZE SOLAR, GEOTHERMAL, WIND
15 OR OTHER NONDEPLETABLE ENERGY SOURCES FOR ALL OR PART OF THEIR
16 ENERGY SOURCES, SUCH NONDEPLETABLE ENERGY SUPPLIED TO THE
17 BUILDING SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE TOTAL ENERGY CHARGEABLE TO
18 THE PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE DESIGN.
19 SECTION 239. DOCUMENTATION.
20 PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT AS
21 REQUESTS FOR EXCEPTION TO THE STANDARD DESIGN CRITERIA, MUST BE
22 ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENERGY ANALYSIS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
23 THE ASHRAE STANDARD 90-75.
24 SUBCHAPTER J
25 USE GROUP R-3 PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS
26 SECTION 240. MINIMUM INSULATION REQUIREMENTS FOR USE GROUP R-3.
27 USE GROUP R-3 BUILDINGS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED UTILIZING THE
28 FOLLOWING MINIMUM INSULATION STANDARDS:
29 CEILINGS R - 19
30 EXTERIOR WALLS R - 13
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1 FLOORS OVER UNHEATED BASEMENTS
2 AND CRAWL SPACES * R - 11
3 * BASEMENTS CONTAINING A FURNACE
4 AND/OR HOT WATER HEATER MAY BE
5 CONSIDERED HEATED
6 EDGE INSULATION FOR:
7 HEATED SLABS R - 6.3
8 UNHEATED SLABS R - 4.2
9 WINDOWS MULTIGLAZING
10 ENTRANCE DOORS R - 2.5
11 SLIDING GLASS DOORS (IF APPLICABLE) MULTIGLAZING
12 DUCTS IN UNHEATED AREAS R - 3
13 CHAPTER 3
14 APPLICATION OF STANDARDS: ESTABLISHMENT
15 OF COMMITTEE AND PENALTIES
16 SECTION 301. MODIFICATION OF STANDARDS; CRITERIA.
17 THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING ENERGY
18 CONSERVATION COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 304,
19 AFTER ONE OR MORE PUBLIC HEARINGS, MAY RECOMMEND TO THE GENERAL
20 ASSEMBLY MODIFICATIONS TO THE ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS
21 CONTAINED IN CHAPTER 2 HEREOF. ANY RECOMMENDED MODIFICATION TO
22 THE ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING
23 CRITERIA:
24 (1) IT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LATEST AND MOST
25 EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
26 (2) IT SHALL NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH EXISTING SAFEGUARDS
27 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
28 (3) IT SHALL BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AS DETERMINED BY
29 LIFE-CYCLE-COST PROCEDURES.
30 (4) IT SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY STRINGENT TO EFFECT A
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1 SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF ENERGY RESOURCES.
2 (5) IT SHALL BE A PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR THE DESIGN OF
3 BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS WITHIN BUILDINGS TO ASSURE MAXIMUM
4 PRACTICAL CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.
5 (6) CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO BUILDING AND ENERGY
6 STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY NATIONAL AND OTHER STATE
7 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY OTHER
8 AVAILABLE ENERGY DATA, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL ENERGY ALLOCATION
9 APPROACH.
10 SECTION 302. APPLICATION OF ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS.
11 THE ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS CONTAINED HEREIN OR AS
12 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING
13 ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE SHALL APPLY TO NEW BUILDINGS OR TO
14 RENOVATIONS ON WHICH ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION AND/OR DESIGN HAS NOT
15 COMMENCED PRIOR TO THEIR EFFECTIVE DATES. NO DEPARTMENT, BOARD,
16 AGENCY OR COMMISSION OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED HEREIN, SHALL
17 PROMULGATE OR ADOPT ANY RULES OR REGULATIONS WHICH DEAL WITH ANY
18 SUBJECT MATTER CONTAINED IN THIS ACT.
19 SECTION 303. ENERGY CONSERVATION MANUAL FOR BUILDINGS.
20 (A) PRODUCTION OF MANUAL.--CONCURRENT WITH THE ADOPTION OF
21 THE ENERGY CONSERVATION CODES REQUIRED BY THIS ACT, THE
22 DEPARTMENT SHALL PRODUCE AN ENERGY CONSERVATION MANUAL FOR USE
23 BY DESIGNERS, BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS OF RESIDENTIAL AND
24 NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE
25 COMMONWEALTH. THIS MANUAL SHALL CONTAIN THE ESTABLISHED
26 STANDARDS AND ACCEPTED PRACTICES. THE MANUAL SHALL FURTHER
27 CONTAIN PRESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS WHICH, IF COMPLIED WITH, WILL
28 RESULT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS CONTAINED
29 HEREIN OR AS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SHALL BE WRITTEN
30 IN SUCH MANNER AS TO BE EASILY UNDERSTOOD BY PERSONS POSSESSING
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1 A MINIMAL TECHNICAL BACKGROUND. THE MANUAL SHALL BE FURNISHED
2 UPON REQUEST TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT A PRICE SUFFICIENT TO
3 COVER THE COST OF PRINTING.
4 (B) REVIEW OF MANUAL.--THE MANUAL SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE
5 DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE AT
6 LEAST ANNUALLY AND SHALL BE UPDATED AS SIGNIFICANT NEW ENERGY
7 CONSERVATION INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
8 (C) EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.--THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE
9 SEMINARS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE
10 COMMONWEALTH TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND COUNSELING TO BUILDERS,
11 ARCHITECTS, OTHER LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LOCAL BUILDING
12 OFFICIALS AND OTHER PERSONS AFFECTED BY THIS ACT ON THE
13 STANDARDS CONTAINED HEREIN OR AS PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
14 SECTION 304. BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.
15 (A) COMPOSITION OF COMMITTEE.--IN ORDER TO FURTHER THE
16 COORDINATED AND EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS ACT, THERE IS
17 HEREBY ESTABLISHED A BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. IT
18 SHALL CONSIST OF AT LEAST 30 MEMBERS AND NO MORE THAN 40
19 MEMBERS, THE MEMBERSHIP OF WHICH SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE
20 GOVERNOR AND SHALL INCLUDE A REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH OF THE
21 FOLLOWING ENTITIES OR THEIR SUCCESSORS:
22 (1) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
23 (2) GOVERNOR'S ENERGY COUNCIL.
24 (3) DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES.
25 (4) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
26 (5) DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS.
27 (6) PENNSYLVANIA BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
28 (7) PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS,
29 INC.
30 (8) PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING OFFICIALS CONFERENCE.
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1 (9) MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.
2 (10) PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
3 (11) GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.
4 (12) PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS.
5 (13) PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS.
6 (14) AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEATING, REFRIGERATING AND AIR
7 CONDITIONING ENGINEERS, INC..
8 (15) PENNSYLVANIA GAS ASSOCIATION.
9 (16) PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION.
10 (17) INDUSTRIALIZED HOUSING MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
11 (18) THERMAL INSULATION MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
12 (19) PENNSYLVANIA BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL.
13 (20) CONSULTING ENGINEERS COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA.
14 (21) PENNSYLVANIA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
15 (22) PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS.
16 (23) PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIP
17 COMMISSIONERS.
18 (24) PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF TOWNSHIP
19 SUPERVISORS.
20 (25) PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION.
21 (26) NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIAL AND OFFICE
22 PARKS.
23 (27) PENNSYLVANIA UTILITIES, RAILROAD AND AREA
24 DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION.
25 (28) REPRESENTATIVES OF SUCH OTHER AGENCIES AND
26 ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS AS THE GOVERNOR MAY FIND ARE
27 NECESSARY AND PROPER TO CARRY OUT THE PURPOSES OF THE
28 COMMITTEE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LABOR ORGANIZATIONS,
29 FINANCIAL AND LENDING INSTITUTIONS, AND CONSUMER GROUPS.
30 (B) POWERS AND DUTIES.--IN ADDITION TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES
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1 ENUMERATED IN THIS ACT, THE BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION
2 COMMITTEE SHALL:
3 (1) BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REGULAR EXCHANGE OF
4 INFORMATION AND PLANS REGARDING BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION,
5 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF PROPOSED AND
6 EXISTING STANDARDS, GUIDELINES, REGULATIONS, AND MANUALS.
7 (2) ELECT FROM ITS MEMBERS A BOARD ON VARIANCES.
8 (C) EXPENSES.--THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SHALL NOT
9 RECEIVE ANY COMPENSATION FOR THEIR SERVICES BUT SHALL BE
10 REIMBURSED FOR THEIR ACTUAL AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED IN
11 THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, WHEN ACTING
12 ON MATTERS CONCERNING VARIANCES MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON
13 VARIANCES SHALL RECEIVE $50 PER DAY PLUS THEIR ACTUAL AND
14 NECESSARY EXPENSES.
15 SECTION 305. CERTIFICATION.
16 (A) APPLICABILITY.--THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
17 APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS SUBJECT TO THIS ACT EXCEPT THOSE
18 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3.
19 (B) COMPLIANCE WITH ACT.--IT SHALL BE THE DUTY OF THE
20 LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
21 DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING TO CERTIFY THE DRAWINGS,
22 SPECIFICATIONS AND OTHER DATA SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH THE
23 PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E). IF
24 THE BUILDING IS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF APRIL
25 27, 1927 (P.L.465, NO.299), REFERRED TO AS THE FIRE AND PANIC
26 ACT, THE CERTIFICATION REQUIRED HEREUNDER SHALL BE SUBMITTED ON
27 A FORM WITH THE APPLICATION FOR PLAN APPROVAL UNDER THE SAID
28 FIRE AND PANIC ACT.
29 (C) INSPECTION.--EACH LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL RETAINED
30 BY THE OWNER OR HIS DESIGNEE, WHERE ANY OF SUCH ARE RETAINED
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1 DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING, SHALL MAKE PERIODIC
2 INSPECTIONS OF THE BUILDING PROGRESSION TO INSURE COMPLIANCE
3 WITH THIS ACT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E).
4 (D) FINAL CERTIFICATION.--EACH LICENSED DESIGN PROFESSIONAL
5 RETAINED BY THE OWNER SHALL MAKE A FINAL CERTIFICATION OF EVERY
6 COMPLETED BUILDING SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
7 THIS ACT, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (E).
8 (E) CERTIFICATION BY BUILDER.--IF A LICENSED DESIGN
9 PROFESSIONAL IS NOT RETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DESIGN AND
10 CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILDING, IT SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
11 THE BUILDER OR OWNER, IF HE IS THE BUILDER, TO PERFORM THE
12 INSPECTIONS AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION.
13 SECTION 306. USE GROUP R-3; NOTICE; WARRANTY.
14 (A) NOTICE.--PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OF ANY BUILDING
15 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3, THE BUILDER SHALL NOTIFY THE
16 DEPARTMENT BY CERTIFIED MAIL OF HIS INTENT TO BEGIN
17 CONSTRUCTION. SUCH NOTICE SHALL CONTAIN THE NAME OF THE OWNER OF
18 THE BUILDING AND ITS LOCATION.
19 (B) WARRANTY.--AT THE TIME A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
20 OF ANY BUILDING CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3 IS ENTERED INTO, THE
21 BUILDER SHALL WARRANT TO THE OWNER IN WRITING THAT THE BUILDING
22 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
23 ACT. SUCH WARRANTY SHALL BE A DOCUMENT SEPARATE FROM THE
24 CONTRACT AND SHALL BE IN THE FOLLOWING FORM:
25 I, (BUILDER) , HEREBY WARRANT TO (OWNER) THAT THE
26 PREMISES KNOWN AS (DESCRIPTION)
27 SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE
28 ACT OF __________, 19__, NO.____, KNOWN AS THE "BUILDING ENERGY
29 CONSERVATION ACT." THIS LAW PROVIDES BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT
30 STANDARDS TO MAKE YOUR HOME ENERGY EFFICIENT AND ALSO PROVIDES
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1 YOU WITH LEGAL REMEDIES IF YOUR HOME IS NOT BUILT ACCORDING TO
2 THE STATE STANDARDS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE STATE TO DO AN
3 ENERGY AUDIT OF YOUR HOME TO DETERMINE IF IT CONFORMS TO STATE
4 STANDARDS, YOU MAY CALL THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF
5 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AT (TELEPHONE) , AND THEY WILL PERFORM AN
6 INSPECTION OF YOUR HOME FOR A FEE OF $25.
7 INDICATE IF ALTERNATE BUILDING SYSTEM OR EQUIPMENT DESIGN IS
8 BEING EMPLOYED.
9 (C) IF THE BUILDER IS ALSO THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AT THE
10 TIME OF CONSTRUCTION, HE SHALL PROVIDE THE WARRANTY REQUIRED BY
11 SUBSECTION (B) AT THE TIME OF ITS INITIAL SALE TO A NEW OWNER.
12 SUCH WARRANTY SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME FORM AS
13 PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (B).
14 (D) FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE.--THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
15 AFFAIRS, AFTER HEARING, MAY ASSESS A CIVIL PENALTY PAYABLE TO
16 THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA NOT TO EXCEED $100 UPON ANY
17 BUILDER WHO FAILS TO GIVE THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (A).
18 IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE CIVIL PENALTY, THE DEPARTMENT
19 OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS SHALL CONSIDER THE WILLFULNESS OF THE
20 VIOLATION AND THE COST INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN DISCOVERING
21 THE VIOLATION.
22 (E) FAILURE TO PROVIDE WARRANTY.--WHENEVER A BUILDER FAILS
23 TO PROVIDE THE WARRANTY REQUIRED BY SUBSECTIONS (B) OR (C) SUCH
24 REQUIRED WARRANTY SHALL CONSTITUTE AN IMPLIED WARRANTY AND THE
25 OWNER'S RIGHT TO PROCEED UNDER SECTION 315(A) SHALL NOT BE
26 AFFECTED. IF IT IS ESTABLISHED BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE
27 EVIDENCE THAT THE BUILDER'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE THE WARRANTY WAS
28 WILLFUL, THEN DAMAGES IN TWICE THE AMOUNT PROVIDED IN SECTION
29 315 MAY BE AWARDED.
30 SECTION 307. VARIANCES.
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1 (A) REQUESTS.--ANY REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE ENERGY
2 CONSERVATION STANDARDS CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE MADE TO THE
3 BOARD ON VARIANCES OF THE BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
4 AND A DECISION ON SUCH REQUEST SHALL BE MADE WITHIN 30 DAYS OF
5 ITS FILING.
6 (B) CRITERIA.--A VARIANCE SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY IF IT IS
7 FOUND THAT:
8 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WOULD
9 RESULT IN EXTREME HARDSHIP TO THE OWNER; AND
10 (2) THE GRANTING OF SUCH VARIANCE WOULD NOT RESULT IN A
11 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE ENERGY USAGE OF THE BUILDING.
12 SECTION 308. BUILDING PERMITS.
13 ANY BUILDING PERMIT ISSUED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OR ANY OF ITS
14 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS SHALL HAVE PRINTED UPON ITS FACE NOTICE
15 THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH.
16 SECTION 309. PERMITS FOR USE OR OCCUPANCY.
17 BEFORE ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE HEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED, OTHER
18 THAN A BUILDING CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3, SHALL BE USED OR
19 OPENED FOR OCCUPANCY, THE OWNER THEREOF SHALL NOTIFY THE
20 DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE PURPOSES OF
21 THIS ACT AND SUBMIT THE NECESSARY CERTIFICATION THEREWITH:
22 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY ELECTS TO ADMINISTER
23 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT UNDER CHAPTER 5 SUCH NOTICE AND
24 CERTIFICATION SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE MUNICIPALITY WHICH SHALL
25 FORWARD A COPY OF THE NOTICE TO THE DEPARTMENT. NO PERMIT FOR
26 USE OR OCCUPANCY SHALL BE GRANTED UNTIL SUCH SUBMISSION HAS BEEN
27 MADE. NO BUILDING OFFICIAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OR ANY OF ITS
28 POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT UNTIL HE HAS
29 RECEIVED PROOF OF SUCH COMPLIANCE. WHERE THE CERTIFICATE HAS
30 BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, PRESENTATION TO THE BUILDING
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1 OFFICIAL OF THE MAILING RECEIPT TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF THE
2 CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 305 SHALL ESTABLISH PROOF OF
3 COMPLIANCE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION. UPON SUCH
4 PRESENTATION ANY BUILDING OFFICIAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OR ANY OF
5 ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS SHALL ISSUE A PERMIT FOR USE OR
6 OCCUPANCY, PROVIDED ALL OTHER CRITERIA FOR SUCH A PERMIT HAVE
7 BEEN SATISFIED AND SAID BUILDING OFFICIAL SHALL NOTIFY THE
8 DEPARTMENT THAT HE HAS ISSUED THE SAME.
9 SECTION 310. FAILURE TO SUBMIT CERTIFICATION.
10 WHENEVER THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING, OTHER THAN A BUILDING
11 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3, SHALL FAIL TO GIVE THE NOTICE AND
12 SUBMIT THE NECESSARY CERTIFICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
13 309 AND SHALL NEVERTHELESS PROCEED WITH THE USE OR OCCUPANCY OF
14 THE BUILDING, THE DEPARTMENT OR THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL SERVE
15 NOTICE ON THE SAID OWNER THAT HE IS IN VIOLATION OF THIS ACT AND
16 ORDER HIM TO COMPLY THEREWITH.
17 SECTION 311. INSPECTIONS.
18 THE DEPARTMENT MAY PERFORM A NONDESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION WITHIN
19 TWO YEARS OF THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION OF ANY
20 BUILDING CONSTRUCTED AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT TO
21 DETERMINE COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, PROVIDED
22 AT LEAST 30 DAYS NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE OWNER. THE
23 DEPARTMENT MAY ALSO PERFORM SUCH INSPECTIONS AT THE REQUEST OF
24 THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING SUBJECT TO THIS ACT FOR A FEE OF $25.
25 SECTION 312. APPEALS.
26 REVIEW OF ANY DECISIONS RENDERED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
27 ACT SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF THE COUNTY
28 WHEREIN THE BUILDING IS SITUATED. SUCH REVIEW SHALL BE LIMITED
29 TO DETERMINING WHETHER ANY SUCH DECISION WAS ARBITRARY AND
30 CAPRICIOUS.
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1 SECTION 313. PENALTIES.
2 (A) APPLICABILITY.--THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL
3 APPLY TO ALL BUILDINGS SUBJECT TO THIS ACT EXCEPT THOSE
4 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3.
5 (B) VIOLATIONS OF ACT.--ANY PERSON WHO SHALL WILLFULLY OR
6 NEGLIGENTLY VIOLATE ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, OR THE
7 RULES AND REGULATIONS OR THE ORDERS FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE
8 SAID PROVISIONS OR RULES AND REGULATIONS ISSUED BY DULY
9 AUTHORIZED OFFICERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OR WHO SHALL HINDER, DELAY
10 OR INTERFERE WITH ANY OFFICER CHARGED WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF
11 THIS ACT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY, SHALL, UPON CONVICTION
12 THEREOF, BE PUNISHED BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $300 AND COSTS.
13 IN THE EVENT OF VIOLATION OF MORE THAN ONE PROVISION OF THIS
14 ACT, THE VIOLATION OF EACH PROVISION SHALL BE DEEMED A SEPARATE
15 AND DISTINCT OFFENSE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.
16 (C) INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS.--PROSECUTIONS FOR VIOLATIONS
17 OF THIS ACT OR THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY
18 BE INSTITUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY OR UNDER
19 HIS DIRECTIONS BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
20 DEPARTMENT. UPON CONVICTION AFTER A HEARING IN A COURT OF
21 COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THE SENTENCES PROVIDED IN THIS ACT SHALL
22 BE IMPOSED AND SHALL BE FINAL UNLESS AN APPEAL BE TAKEN IN THE
23 MANNER PRESCRIBED BY LAW.
24 (D) DISPOSITION OF FINES.--ALL FINES COLLECTED UNDER THIS
25 ACT SHALL BE FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT WHO SHALL PAY THE SAME
26 INTO THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE USE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
27 (E) FALSE CERTIFICATION.--ANY ARCHITECT OR OTHER LICENSED
28 DESIGN PROFESSIONAL WHO WILLFULLY PROVIDES A FALSE CERTIFICATION
29 FOR ANY BUILDING SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL BE
30 SUBJECT TO THE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF HIS LICENSE BY THE
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1 STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF ARCHITECTS OR OTHER APPLICABLE STATE
2 LICENSING BOARD.
3 SECTION 314. ENFORCEMENT.
4 (A) APPLICABILITY.--THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL APPLY
5 TO EVERY BUILDING ENUMERATED IN THIS ACT, INCLUDING BUILDINGS
6 OWNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE COMMONWEALTH OR ANY POLITICAL
7 SUBDIVISION THEREOF, AND FOR ALL BUILDINGS, OTHER THAN THOSE
8 CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3 SHALL BE ENFORCED BY THE SECRETARY
9 OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, BY AND THROUGH HIS AUTHORIZED
10 REPRESENTATIVES.
11 (B) POWERS OF OFFICERS.--FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCING THE
12 PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT, ALL THE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH ITS
13 ENFORCEMENT SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO ENTER ANY OF THE BUILDINGS
14 ENUMERATED IN THIS ACT, AND NO PERSON SHALL HINDER OR DELAY, OR
15 INTERFERE WITH ANY OF THE SAID OFFICERS IN THE PERFORMANCE OF
16 HIS DUTY, NOR REFUSE ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION NECESSARY TO
17 DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT AND THE RULES AND
18 REGULATIONS HEREIN PROVIDED FOR, ARE OR WILL BE COMPLIED WITH.
19 SECTION 315. CIVIL ACTION.
20 (A) USE GROUP R-3.--THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING SUBJECT TO THE
21 REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 306 WHO IS AGGRIEVED AS THE RESULT OF
22 SUCH BUILDING NOT BEING PROPERLY DESIGNED OR CONSTRUCTED IN
23 CONFORMANCE WITH THIS ACT SHALL HAVE A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR
24 BREACH OF WARRANTY. REMEDIES MAY INCLUDE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR
25 AN AWARD OF DAMAGES IN AN AMOUNT NOT LESS THAN $300. ATTORNEY'S
26 FEES SHALL BE RECOVERABLE IN ANY ACTION IN WHICH THE OWNER
27 PREVAILS. ANY SUCH AWARD SHALL FURTHER PROVIDE FOR PAYMENT OF
28 THE ACTUAL COSTS IN EXCESS OF $25 INCURRED BY THE DEPARTMENT IF
29 IT INSPECTED THE BUILDING FOR THE OWNER AND THE OWNER SHALL
30 REMIT SUCH AMOUNT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
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1 (B) OTHER BUILDINGS.--THE OWNER OF ANY BUILDING, OTHER THAN
2 A BUILDING CLASSIFIED AS USE GROUP R-3, AT THE TIME OF ITS
3 DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT WHO IS
4 AGGRIEVED AS THE RESULT OF SUCH BUILDING NOT BEING PROPERLY
5 DESIGNED OR CONSTRUCTED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THIS ACT SHALL HAVE
6 A RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT
7 THE CERTIFICATE REQUIRED BY SECTION 305.
8 (C) LIMITATION OF ACTION.--NO ACTION BROUGHT UNDER THIS
9 SECTION SHALL BE MAINTAINED UNLESS BROUGHT WITHIN THREE YEARS
10 FROM THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF THE BUILDING.
11 CHAPTER 4
12 ADOPTION OF FUTURE STANDARDS
13 SECTION 401. ADOPTION AND PROMULGATION OF STANDARDS.
14 THE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING ENERGY
15 CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, SHALL, AFTER ONE OR MORE PUBLIC
16 HEARINGS, ADOPT AND PUBLISH ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS FOR
17 ALL BUILDINGS COVERED BY THIS ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
18 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF JULY 31, 1968 (P.L.769, NO.240), KNOWN
19 AS THE "COMMONWEALTH DOCUMENTS LAW." THE PURPOSE OF SUCH
20 STANDARDS IS TO REDUCE WASTEFUL OR UNECONOMIC CONSUMPTION OF
21 ENERGY BY BALANCING THE COST OF ENERGY PROCUREMENT AGAINST THE
22 COST OF ENERGY-CONSERVING BUILDING PRACTICES. THE ENERGY
23 CONSERVATION STANDARDS SHALL MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
24 (1) THEY SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LATEST AND MOST
25 EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
26 (2) THEY SHALL NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH EXISTING
27 SAFEGUARDS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
28 (3) THEY SHALL BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AS DETERMINED BY
29 LIFE-CYCLE-COST PROCEDURES.
30 (4) THEY SHALL BE SUFFICIENTLY STRINGENT TO EFFECT A
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1 SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS OF ENERGY RESOURCES.
2 (5) THEY SHALL BE A PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR THE DESIGN
3 OF BUILDINGS AND SYSTEMS WITHIN BUILDINGS TO ASSURE MAXIMUM
4 PRACTICAL CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.
5 (6) CONSIDERATION SHALL BE GIVEN TO BUILDING AND ENERGY
6 STANDARDS PROMULGATED BY NATIONAL AND OTHER STATE
7 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY OTHER
8 AVAILABLE ENERGY DATA, AS WELL AS THE TOTAL ENERGY ALLOCATION
9 APPROACH.
10 CHAPTER 5
11 LOCAL ELECTION
12 SECTION 501. ELECTION; USE GROUP R-3.
13 ANY MUNICIPALITY OF THIS COMMONWEALTH MAY ELECT TO ADMINISTER
14 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT RELATING TO USE GROUP R-3 BUILDINGS,
15 AS DEFINED IN SECTION 103, EXCEPT FOR UNITS SUBJECT TO THE ACT
16 OF MAY 11, 1972 (P.L.286, NO.70), KNOWN AS THE "INDUSTRIALIZED
17 HOUSING ACT" AND THE ACT OF MAY 11, 1972 (P.L.281, NO.69), KNOWN
18 AS THE "UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE FOR MOBILE HOMES." SUCH ELECTION
19 SHALL BE MADE BY RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH
20 MUNICIPALITY WHICH SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:
21 THE (CITY, BOROUGH, TOWN, OR TOWNSHIP) OF____________________
22 HEREBY ELECTS TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT
23 OF____________, 1978, NO._______ KNOWN AS THE "BUILDING ENERGY
24 CONSERVATION ACT" FOR USE GROUP R-3 BUILDINGS AS DEFINED
25 THEREIN.
26 SECTION 502. ELECTION; CITIES OF THE FIRST, SECOND AND SECOND
27 CLASS A.
28 ANY CITY OF THE FIRST CLASS, SECOND CLASS AND SECOND CLASS A
29 MAY ELECT TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT FOR ALL
30 BUILDINGS SUBJECT HERETO, EXCEPT FOR UNITS SUBJECT TO THE ACT OF
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1 MAY 11, 1972 (P.L.286, NO.70), KNOWN AS THE "INDUSTRIALIZED
2 HOUSING ACT" AND THE ACT OF MAY 11, 1972 (P.L.281, NO.69), KNOWN
3 AS THE "UNIFORM STANDARDS CODE FOR MOBILE HOMES." SUCH ELECTION
4 SHALL BE MADE BY RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH CITY
5 WHICH SHALL BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM:
6 THE CITY OF________________HEREBY ELECTS TO ADMINISTER THE
7 PROVISIONS OF THE ACT OF _________, 1978, NO._______ KNOWN AS
8 THE "BUILDING ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT."
9 SECTION 503. POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES.
10 ANY MUNICIPALITY ELECTING TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF
11 THIS ACT UNDER SECTION 501 OR 502 SHALL EXERCISE THE SAME POWERS
12 CONFERRED UPON THE DEPARTMENT BY THIS ACT, INCLUDING THE POWER
13 TO INSTITUTE PROCEEDINGS FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE ACT, WITH THE
14 EXCEPTION OF THOSE POWERS SPECIFIED IN SECTIONS 301, 303 AND IN
15 CHAPTER 4. IN ADDITION, ANY SUCH MUNICIPALITY MAY EXERCISE SUCH
16 OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES AS IT SHALL DEEM
17 NECESSARY TO EFFECT THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT INCLUDING, BUT NOT
18 LIMITED TO, PRIOR PLAN APPROVAL, BUILDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS,
19 USE OR OCCUPANCY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS AND INSPECTIONS DURING THE
20 COURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.
21 SECTION 504. VARIANCES.
22 ANY MUNICIPALITY ELECTING TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF
23 THIS ACT UNDER SECTION 501 OR 502 SHALL ESTABLISH A BOARD ON
24 VARIANCES TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS ON REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FROM
25 THE ENERGY CONSERVATION STANDARDS CONTAINED HEREIN OR AS
26 PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE BUILDING
27 ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, AND IS AUTHORIZED EXCLUSIVE
28 JURISDICTION TO GRANT SUCH VARIANCES, SECTION 307(A)
29 NOTWITHSTANDING. A VARIANCE SHALL ONLY BE GRANTED IF THE
30 CRITERIA OF SECTION 307(B) HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
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1 SECTION 505. DISPOSITION OF FINES.
2 ANY FINES COLLECTED UNDER THIS ACT BY ANY MUNICIPALITY
3 ELECTING TO ADMINISTER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT UNDER SECTION
4 501 OR 502 SHALL BE RETAINED BY THE MUNICIPALITY, SECTION 313(C)
5 NOTWITHSTANDING.
6 CHAPTER 6
7 REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
8 SECTION 601. REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
9 THIRTY MONTHS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT, THE
10 DEPARTMENT SHALL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THE RESULTS OF
11 THE INSPECTIONS IT HAS PERFORMED UNDER THIS ACT TOGETHER WITH A
12 REPORT ON PUBLIC COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT.
13 SECTION 602. EFFECTIVE DATE.
14 THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT AS FOLLOWS:
15 (1) CHAPTER 2 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN SIX MONTHS JANUARY 1, <--
16 1980 AND SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FOR A PERIOD
17 OF ONE YEAR AFTER WHICH TIME THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 2
18 SHALL HAVE NO LEGAL EFFECT.
19 (2) SECTION 301 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY JULY 1, <--
20 1979 AND ITS PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT
21 FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS AFTER WHICH TIME SAID PROVISIONS
22 SHALL HAVE NO LEGAL EFFECT.
23 (3) CHAPTER 4 SHALL TAKE EFFECT IN 18 MONTHS JANUARY 1, <--
24 1981.
25 (4) ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT SHALL TAKE EFFECT
26 IMMEDIATELY JULY 1, 1979. <--
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