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The Home Energy Rating is an American estimated measurement of a home's energy efficiency based on normalized modified end-use loads (nMEULs). [1] In the United States, the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) is responsible for creation and maintenance of the RESNET Mortgage Industry National Home Energy Rating Standards (MINHERS), a proprietary system of standards, [2] which includes ...
Energy Star (trademarked ENERGY STAR) is an energy-efficiency program administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). [2] [3] [4] The EPA establishes energy efficiency specifications, and those that meet these specifications are eligible to display the ENERGY STAR logo. [5]
The goal of all certification rating systems is to provide tools and methods to assess the environmental and resource-efficient performance of a building. [3] The main objectives of such tools are: [1] [3] [4] optimize building performance and minimize environmental impacts; provide a way to quantify a building's environmental effects
The analysis, often called an ESA, typically addresses both the underlying land as well as physical improvements to the property. A proportion of contaminated sites are " brownfield sites ." In severe cases, brownfield sites may be added to the National Priorities List where they will be subject to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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 ...
Better residential, general commercial, industrial workspaces 9–12 3.0–1.0 μm ("E2") Legionella, humidifier dust, lead dust, milled flour, auto emission particulates, nebulizer droplets Superior residential, better commercial, hospital laboratories 13–16 1.0–0.3 μm ("E1")
ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1: Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard published by ASHRAE and jointly sponsored by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) that provides minimum requirements for energy efficient designs for buildings except for low-rise residential buildings (i.e. single-family homes ...
To meet Tier 1 or Tier 2, designers, builders, or property owners must increase the number of green building measures and further reduce percentages of water and energy use and waste to landfills in order to meet the threshold levels for each tier (these measures are listed in Section A4.601.4.2 (Tier 1) and Section A4.601.5.2 (Tier 2)). [21 ...