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Get Sust! Issue 30
ASHRAE standard redefines energy-efficient homes
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published a new 2007 residential energy efficiency standard - ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 90.2-2007, Energy-Efficient Design of Low-Rise Residential Buildings - which sets out minimum requirements for the energy-efficient design of residential buildings.
In particular, the Standard has been modified to reach beyond its natural territory of the United States and Canada - including climate data for China, Taiwan, Malaysia and Mexico. Perhaps most significant, however, the Standard now gives a clearer definition of ‘conditioned space’, which will help in assessing when and how such spaces should be classified.
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• | Full details are at www.ashrae.org. |
| © Melanie Thompson 2007 |  |
