Table : Residential New Construction – References Component Unit Value Sources Heating kWhbase, Annual heating energy kWh Software Calculated 1 consumption of the baseline home, from software. Heating kWhq, Annual heating energy consumption Software Calculated 2 kWh of the qualifying home, from software. Cooling kWhbase, Annual cooling energy kWh Software Calculated 1 consumption of the baseline home, from software. Cooling kWhq, Annual cooling energy consumption kWh Software Calculated 2 of the qualifying home, from software. PLbase, Estimated peak cooling load of the Software Calculated 3 kBtu/hr baseline home, from software. EERbase. Energy Efficiency Ratio of the baseline EDC Data Gathering or 4 unit. SEERb * BLEER EERq, Energy Efficiency Ratio of the qualifying EDC Data Gathering or 4 unit. SEERq * BLEER 13 SEERbase, Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio of 5 the baseline unit. 14 (ASHP) BLEER, Factor to convert baseline SEERb to 0.87 6 EERb. Estimated peak cooling load for the qualifying PLq, kBtu/hr Software Calculated 7 home constructed, from software. SEERq, SEER associated with the HVAC system EDC Data Gathering 8 in the qualifying home. CF , Demand Coincidence Factor (See Section Decimal 0.647 9 1.5) The following table lists the building envelope characteristics of the baseline reference home based on IRC 2009 for the three climate zones in Pennsylvania. Table : Baseline Insulation and Fenestration Requirements by Component (Equivalent U-Factors) Crawl Frame Mass Basement Slab Space Climate Fenestration Skylight Ceiling Wall Wall Floor Wall R-Value Wall Zone U-Factor U-Factor U-Factor U-Factor &Depth 10, 2 ft 4A 0.35 0.60 0.030 0.082 0.141 0.047 0.059 0.065 10, 2 ft 5A 0.35 0.60 0.030 0.060 0.082 0.033 0.059 0.065 10, 4 ft 6A 0.35 0.60 0.026 0.060 0.060 0.033 0.059 0.065 Table : Energy Star Homes - User Defined Reference Home Data Point Value Source
Table : Residential New Construction – References Component Unit Value Sources Heating kWhbase, Annual heating energy consumption of the baseline home, from software. kWh Software Calculated 1 Heating kWhq, Annual heating energy consumption of the qualifying home, from software. kWh Software Calculated 2 Cooling kWhbase, Annual cooling energy consumption of the baseline home, from software. kWh Software Calculated 1 Cooling kWhq, Annual cooling energy consumption of the qualifying home, from software. kWh Software Calculated 2 PLbase, Estimated peak cooling load of the baseline home, from software. kBtu/hr Software Calculated 3 EERbase. Energy Efficiency Ratio of the baseline unit. EDC Data Gathering or SEERb * BLEER 4 EERq, Energy Efficiency Ratio of the qualifying unit. EDC Data Gathering or SEERq * BLEER 4 SEERbase, Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio of the baseline unit. 13 14 (ASHP) 5 BLEER, Factor to convert baseline SEERb to EERb. 0.87 6 PLq, Estimated peak cooling load for the qualifying home constructed, from software. kBtu/hr Software Calculated 7 SEERq, SEER associated with the HVAC system in the qualifying home. EDC Data Gathering 8 CF , Demand Coincidence Factor (See Section 1.5) Decimal 0.647 9 The following table lists the building envelope characteristics of the baseline reference home based on IRC 2009 for the three climate zones in Pennsylvania. Table : Baseline Insulation and Fenestration Requirements by Component (Equivalent U-Factors) Climate Zone Fenestration U-Factor Skylight U-Factor Ceiling Frame Wall Mass Wall Floor U-Factor Basement Wall U-Factor Slab R-Value &Depth Crawl Space Wall 4A 0.35 0.60 0.030 0.082 0.141 0.047 0.059 10, 2 ft 0.065 5A 0.35 0.60 0.030 0.060 0.082 0.033 0.059 10, 2 ft 0.065 6A 0.35 0.60 0.026 0.060 0.060 0.033 0.059 10, 4 ft 0.065 Table : Energy Star Homes - User Defined Reference Home Data Point Value Source
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