Revised ASHRAE Standard helps compare building energy performance
When it comes to measuring a building’s energy use, there is a lot to take into consideration. Are the measurements of a building’s area to be taken from the exterior dimensions or to the centerline of the wall? Since they are normally unoccupied, are storage spaces to be included or not? A revised standard from ASHRAE is aiming to answer those questions.
The newly revised ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 105-2014, Standard Methods of Determining, Expressing, and Comparing Building Energy Performance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, supports commonality in reporting the energy performance of existing or proposed buildings to provide a consistent method of measuring, expressing, and comparing the energy performance of buildings.