ASHRAE Proposes Standard to Serve as ‘Backbone’ of Building Rating Systems
Aim is to standardize building energy rating programs
ATLANTA — While many building rating programs exist worldwide, there is not anything in the industry that standardizes the contents of those programs, ensuring users are knowledgeable about what impacts their ratings. A proposed standard from ASHRAE, currently open for public comment, would serve as the “backbone” of such rating systems.
ASHRAE Standard 214P, Standard for Determining and Expressing Building Energy Performance in a Rating Program, is being developed to standardize building energy rating programs by requiring the minimum content of any labels associated with rating programs, establishing minimum requirements for rating program documentation, and other essential components in rating programs. The proposed standard is open for public comment until Sept. 28, 2015.