Table : Residential New Construction – References Unit Component Value Sources Heating kWhbase , Annual heating energy consumption of the baseline home in kWh, from kWh Software Calculated 1 software. Heating kWhq , Annual heating energy consumption of the qualifying home in kWh, from kWh Software Calculated 2 software. Cooling kWhbase , Annual cooling energy consumption of the baseline home in kWh, from kWh Software Calculated 1 software. Cooling kWhq , Annual cooling energy consumption of the qualifying home in kWh, from kWh Software Calculated 2 software. PLbase , Estimated peak cooling load of the kBtuh Software Calculated 3 baseline home in kbtuh, from software. . Energy Efficiency Ratio of the baseline EDC Data Gathering or EERbase 4 unit. SEERb * BLEER EERq , Energy Efficiency Ratio of the qualifying EDC Data Gathering or 4 unit. SEERq * BLEER SEERbase , Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio of 13 5 the baseline unit. BLEER , Factor to convert baseline SEERb to 0.87 6 EERb. PLq , Estimated peak cooling loadfor the qualifying kBtuh Software Calculated 7 home constructed, in kbtuh, from software. SEERq , SEER associated with the HVAC system EDC Data Gathering 8 in the qualifying home. CF , Demand Coincidence Factor (See Section % 64.7 % 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) Slab Crawl Frame Mass Basement R-Value Space Climate Skylight Ceiling Wall Wall Floor Wall &Depth Wall Zone U-Factor U-Factor U-Factor 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 in kWh, from software. kWh Software Calculated 1 Heating kWhq , Annual heating energy consumption of the qualifying home in kWh, from software. kWh Software Calculated 2 Cooling kWhbase , Annual cooling energy consumption of the baseline home in kWh, from software. kWh Software Calculated 1 Cooling kWhq , Annual cooling energy consumption of the qualifying home in kWh, from software. kWh Software Calculated 2 PLbase , Estimated peak cooling load of the baseline home in kbtuh, from software. kBtuh 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 5 BLEER , Factor to convert baseline SEERb to EERb. 0.87 6 PLq , Estimated peak cooling loadfor the qualifying home constructed, in kbtuh, from software. kBtuh 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) % 64.7 % 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 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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