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The comment period closes April 4, 2016.

The comment period is extended until March 14, 2016.

Comments are due 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.

DOE will hold a public meeting on April 4, 2016, in Washington, DC.

DOE is establishing a procedure through which an interested party can, within a 30-day period after DOE posts a rule establishing or amending an energy conservation standard, identify a possible error in such a rule and request that DOE correct the error before the rule is published in the Federal Register. 

The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association (PHCC) has announced the launch of a state legislative and regulatory tracking service that allows PHCC members and state and local leaders to monitor active bills and regulations affecting their state or geographic region.

ASHRAE has announced a newly published user’s manual that clarifies the intent and implementation of the ASHRAE/USGBC/IES green building standard by explaining its requirements and providing example applications.

ASHRAE has announced a new web application that automates the calculations needed to show a building project’s compliance with Standard 90.1-2010. The 90.1 ECB web application is a tool for modeling compliance using the Energy Cost Budget (ECB) method in the standard.