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Depiction of New York World Building fire in New York City in 1882. Building codes in the United States are a collection of regulations and laws adopted by state and local jurisdictions that set “minimum requirements for how structural systems, plumbing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (), natural gas systems and other aspects of residential and commercial buildings should be ...
Compared to 90.1-2010, 90.1-2013 is expected to save approximately 8.7% in energy cost, 8.5% in source energy and 6.7% in site energy. [ 9 ] Updates to the building envelope section of 90.1-2013 include changes to the prescriptive opaque envelope and fenestration performance requirements in several climate zones and modifications to the ...
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP) and Weatherization Assistance Programs (WAP) work together to help low-income individuals and families pay energy bills and reduce energy costs. This article gives of overview of each program and describes how they work together. LIHEAP and WAP literature is also examined.
The House Energy Rating (HER) or House Energy Rating Scheme (HERS) are worldwide standard measures of comparison by which one can evaluate the energy efficiency of a new or an existing building. The comparison is generally done for energy requirements for heating and cooling of indoor space. The energy is the main criterion considered by any ...
Heating degree day (HDD) is a measurement designed to quantify the demand for energy needed to heat a building. HDD is derived from measurements of outside air temperature . The estimated average heating energy requirements for a given building at a specific location are considered to be directly proportional to the number of HDD at that location.
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (NHPUC) is a government agency of the U.S. state of New Hampshire.Headquartered in Concord, it is a public utilities commission with jurisdiction over electric, natural gas, water and sewer utilities as defined by New Hampshire statute for matters such as rates, quality of service, finance, accounting, and safety.
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New Hampshire's major regions are the Great North Woods, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Seacoast, the Merrimack Valley, the Monadnock Region, and the Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee area. New Hampshire has the shortest ocean coastline of any U.S. coastal state, with a length of 18 miles (29 km), [26] sometimes measured as only 13 miles (21 km).