Review of Site (Point-of-Use) and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to DOE/EERE Building Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standards: Letter Report

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/12670

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Review of Site (Point-of-Use) and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to DOE/EERE Building Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standards

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Currently, the Department of Energy (DOE) sets appliance efficiency standards using primarily "site" (or point-of-use) measurements, which reflect only the energy consumed to operate the appliance. Site measurements allow consumers to compare energy efficiency among appliances, but offer no information about other energy costs involved. This congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council recommends that DOE consider moving over time to the use of a full-fuel-cycle measure of energy consumption for assessment of national and environmental impacts. Using that metric would provide the public with more comprehensive information about the impacts of energy consumption on the environment, the economy, and other national concerns. This volume discusses these matters and offers several related findings and recommendations together with supporting information.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; Board on Energy and Environmental Systems; Committee on Point-of-Use and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to Energy Efficiency Standards

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National Research Council. 2009. Review of Site (Point-of-Use) and Full-Fuel-Cycle Measurement Approaches to DOE/EERE Building Appliance Energy-Efficiency Standards: Letter Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12670.

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40 pages | 8.5 x 11 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12670

Chapters		skim
Letter Report	1-15
Attachment A Statement of Task	16-16
Attachment B Letter from Senator Gordon H. Smith	17-17
Attachment C Committee Meetings and Presentations Received	18-18
Attachment D Key Findings of 1999 RAND Study and 2005 Gard Analytics Study	19-20
Attachment E Written Material Provided Directly to the Committee	21-26
Attachment F Setting Energy Conservation Standards	27-32
Attachment G Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	33-37
Attachment H Minority Opinion of David H. Archer, Committee Member	38-38
Attachment I Minority Opinion of Ellen Berman, Committee Member	39-40

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