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Residential Heating Products

Preliminary Technical Support

Document

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

prepared the preliminary technical support

document for the analyses conducted for its

energy conservation standards rulemaking on

residential heating products, including

residential water heaters, direct heating

equipment, and pool heaters.

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Title Page (PDF 66 KB)

Table of Contents (PDF 77 KB)

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

(PDF 114 KB)

Executive Summary (PDF 1.5 MB)

Chapters

Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF 141 KB)

Chapter 2. Analytical Framework,

Comments from Interested Parties, and

DOE Responses (PDF 1.4 MB)

Chapter 3. Market and Technology

Assessment (PDF 996 KB)

Chapter 4. Screening Analysis (PDF 318

KB)

Chapter 5. Engineering Analysis (PDF

1.9 MB)

Chapter 6. Markups for Equipment Price

Determination (PDF 423 KB)

Chapter 7. Energy Use Characterization

(PDF 1.1 MB)

Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback

Period Analyses (PDF 2.5 MB)

Chapter 9. Shipments Analysis (PDF 416

KB)

Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis

(PDF 1.2 MB)

Chapter 11. Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup

Analysis (PDF 38 KB)

Chapter 12. Preliminary Manufacturer

Impact Analysis (PDF 517 KB)

Chapter 13. Utility Impact Analysis (PDF

72 KB)

Chapter 14. Employment Impact

Analysis (PDF 57 KB)

Reports

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Environmental Assessment (PDF 168

KB)

Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 61 KB)

Appendices

Appendix 6-A Detailed data for Product

Price Markups (PDF 103 KB)

Appendix 7-A RECS 2001 Variables and

Values(PDF 285 KB)

Appendix 7-B Hot Water Draw Model

(PDF 116 KB)

Appendix 7-C LCC Energy Use

Calculations (PDF 351 KB)

Appendix 7-D Weather Data and

Temperature Parameters (PDF 952 KB)

Appendix 7-E Derivation of Heating

Load for Pool Heaters and Direct Heating

Equipment (PDF 89 KB)

Appendix 8-A Installation Cost

Determination (PDF 493 KB)

Appendix 8-B Maintenance and Repair

Cost Determination (PDF 596 KB)

Appendix 8-C Lifetime Distributions

(PDF 176 KB)

Appendix 8-D Distributions Used for

Discount Rates (PDF 130 KB)

Appendix 8-E Monthly Energy Price

Factor Calculations for Water Heater

Analysis (PDF 2.3 MB)

Appendix 8-F Rebuttable Payback

Analysis Results (PDF 796 KB)

Appendix 8-G User Instructions for

Rebuttable Payback Analysis

Spreadsheet (PDF 61 KB)

Appendix 8-H User Instructions for the

Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Spreadsheet

(PDF 54 KB)

Appendix 8-I Uncertainty and Variability

(PDF 106 KB)

Appendix 9-A User Instructions for the

Shipments and National Energy Savings

Spreadsheet Model (PDF 78 KB)

Appendix 12-A Preliminary Manufacturer

Interview Guides (PDF 168 KB)

Contact Information

Mohammed Khan

Project Manager for Heating Products

(202) 586-7892

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Content Last Updated: 01/13/2009

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