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Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Technical Support

Document

This Technical Support Document provides the technical analyses and results in support of the information presented in the Advance Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps.

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Title Page

Table of Contents

Chapters

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Analytical Framework

Chapter 3. Market and Technology Assessment

Chapter 4. Screening Analysis

Chapter 5. Engineering Analysis

Chapter 6. Building Energy Use and End-Use Load Characterization

Chapter 7. Markups for Equipment Price Determination

Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis

Chapter 9. Shipments Analysis

Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis

Chapter 11. Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup Analysis

Chapter 12. Manufacturer Impact Analysis

Chapter 13. Utility Impact Analysis

Chapter 14. Employment Impact Analysis

Reports

Environmental Assessment

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Appendices

Appendix A Commercial Technologies that are not Considered in the Engineering Analysis

Appendix B Technical Description of the Cost Estimation Methodology

Appendix C Design Option Analysis - Supporting Documentation

Appendix D Parm File Contents

Appendix E Frequency of Occurrence of Buildings Type With Each Aspect Ratio Bin for Each of the 6 PBAS

Appendix F Aspect Ratio Calculations for Buildings with Courtyards

Appendix G Lights, Plug Load, and Occupancy Schedules

Appendix H Number of CBECS Buildings Assigned to Each TMY2 City

Appendix I Typical Meteorological Year Assignments

Appendix J Sample Blast Input File

Appendix K Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups

Appendix L Uncertainty and Variability

Appendix M Sample Utilities

Appendix N Historical and Modeled Data by Subdivision

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Appendix O Modeling TMY Prices

Appendix P User Instructions for LCC and PBP Spreadsheets

Appendix Q Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results

Appendix R User Instructions for NES and NPV Spreadsheet

Appendix S National Equipment and Operating Costs

Appendix T Base Case and Standards Case Efficiency Trends

Appendix U Alternative "Max Tech" Scenario and its Impact on National Energy Savings and Net Present Value

Acronyms and Abbreviations

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