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Changes to the purpose and scope that reflect advances in green buildings over the last 10 years have been proposed to the green building standard from ASHRAE, the International Code Council (ICC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES).

An ASHRAE draft standard that describes a methodology to apply building energy modeling to the design process is open for industry input. ASHRAE Standard 209P defines minimum requirements for providing energy design assistance using building energy simulation and analysis.

The U.S. Department of Energy is also announcing it will host a public meeting on June 20. 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will also host a public meeting Tuesday, June 14, in Washington, District of Columbia.

DOE has extended the comment period until June 22, 2016. 

The final rule changes will be mandatory for representations of energy use or efficiency on or after 180 days after publication in the Federal Register.

DOE is also announcing it will host a public meeting on June 20, 2016. 

This guidance document represents the Department’s interpretation of its existing regulations and is exempt from the notice and comment requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has published a Federal Register notice of open meetings pertaining to the circulator pumps working group.