Report Helps Apartments Meet Energy-Efficiency Standards

摘要

In an effort to combat climate change, lawmakers at all levels are increasingly looking to apartment owners and developers to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. A number of proposals introduced in the past year would require apartment properties to exceed existing energy-efficiency requirements (as contained in ASHRAE 90.1) by anywhere from 15 to 50 percent. The Washington, D.C.-based National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) and the National Apartment Association (NAA) have produced a report to help firms identify the most cost-effective ways to meet mandatory and voluntary energy-efficiency goals. The report, Strategies and Costs to Exceed ASHRAE 90.1 -2004 Requirements in a Multifamily Apartment Building, includes information based on extensive energy modeling of a typical apartment property in three U.S. climates to determine what products and practices would be required to exceed existing requirements by 15 percent, 30 percent, and 50 percent, as well as the payback for those investments.