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DOE Reviews ASHRAE 90.1 to Evaluate Energy Performance

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Luly Hernandez

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Preliminary Energy Savings Analysis of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, and is currently accepting written comments from interested parties on any subject within the scope of the analysis. According to the Energy Conservation … Continue reading →

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AERC Adds Commercial Products to the List of Certified Window Attachment Products

Posted on March 15, 2021 by News Editor

The Attachments Energy Rating Council (AERC) has certified six new commercial secondary window systems — four interior storm window products from Larson Manufacturing, two interior and two exterior products from Quanta, and two window insert products from Indow Windows. AERC … Continue reading →

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Canada Ponders Stringent Standards for Windows

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Trey Barrineau

“I’m pretty sure we’re not going to make everybody happy.” That’s how Debbie Scharf, Director of the Equipment Division of the Office of Energy Efficiency at Natural Resources Canada, described the government of Canada’s proposals for boosting energy efficiency in … Continue reading →

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2016 Energy Standard Targeting U-Factor Changes

Posted on March 26, 2015 by News Editor

With the next version of the energy standard a year away, work on ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2016 has been ramped up—and the topic of U-factors has been in its crosshairs of late. Earlier this month, code consultant Tom Culp of Birch Point … Continue reading →

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