APPENDIX 10A. USER INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHIPMENTS AND NIA 

SPREADSHEETS 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

10A.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 10A-1 

10A.1.1 Dishwashers .......................................................................................................... 10A-1 

10A.1.2 Dehumidifiers ....................................................................................................... 10A-2 

10A.1.3 Cooking Products.................................................................................................. 10A-3

10A.1.3.1 Cooktops and Ovens ........................................................................... 10A-3 

10A.1.3.2 Microwave Ovens ............................................................................... 10A-5 

10A.1.4 Commercial Clothes Washers............................................................................... 10A-6 

10A.2 BASIC INSTRUCTIONS..................................................................................... 10A-7 

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APPENDIX 10A. USER INSTRUCTIONS FOR SHIPMENTS AND NIA 

SPREADSHEETS 

10A.1 INTRODUCTION 

The results obtained for the shipments analysis and the national impact analysis (NIA) 

can be examined and reproduced using the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet available on the U.S. 

Department of Energy Building Technologies website 

at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/. 

There are a total of five NIA spreadsheets, one each for the following products: 

dishwashers, dehumidifiers, cooktops and ovens, microwave ovens, and commercial clothes 

washers. The five spreadsheets posted on the DOE website represent the latest versions and have 

been tested with Microsoft Excel 2000. 

To execute the spreadsheet requires Microsoft Excel 2000 or a later version. The NIA 

spreadsheet performs calculations to forecast the change in national energy use and net present 

value due to an energy efficiency standard. The energy use and associated costs for a given 

standard are determined first by calculating the shipments and then calculating the energy use 

and costs for all equipment shipped under that standard. The differences between the standards 

and base cases can then be compared and the overall energy savings and present values 

determined. 

10A.1.1 Dishwashers 

The dishwasher NIA spreadsheet or workbook consists of the following worksheets: 

Input and Summary Contains user input selections under “User Inputs” and a summary 

table, Cumulative Energy and Water Savings and NPV for the 

selected standard level efficiency distribution. The sheet contains 

the efficiency levels being considered for dishwashers and the 

associated incremental prices. This sheet also contains base and 

standards case efficiency trends for standard dishwashers, and 

efficiency weighted average energy use and equipment price for 

the base and standards cases. 

Historical Shipment Contains data for historical sales of dishwashers. 

Base Case This sheet mainly performs the calculations leading up to the 

estimation of shipments, energy and water consumption and 

operating cost calculations for the base case. The sheet starts with 

the stock accounting of the equipment and uses the survival 

function to calculate the surviving stock. It then performs 

calculations of replacements, and shipments going into new 

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housing. The sheet calculates replacement units, shipments going 

into new units and shipments going to first time owners, separately 

and aggregates them into total shipments. 

Standards Case Contains stock accounting of the equipment that helps calculate 

annual shipments estimates, energy and water savings and 

operating cost savings for the standards case. The energy, water 

and cost savings in a single year are the difference between the 

base case energy use, water use and costs for that year and the 

standard case energy use, water use and costs in the same year. 

Housing Projections Forecast sheet provides projected new housing construction starts 

and total housing stock. 

Fuel and Water Prices This worksheet contains projected average energy and water prices 

for the three economic scenarios. 

Heat Rates The sheet contains the marginal site to source conversion factors 

that are used in the source energy savings calculations, for both 

electricity and gas. 

Lifetime This sheet contains the probability of survival of a dishwasher unit 

at a given age and the average lifetime of a unit. 

10A.1.2 Dehumidifiers 

The dehumidifier NIA spreadsheet or workbook consists of the following worksheets: 

Input and Summary Contains user input selections under “User Inputs” and a summary 

table, Cumulative Energy Savings and NPV for the selected 

standard level efficiency distribution. The sheet contains the 

efficiency levels being considered for dehumidifiers and the 

associated incremental prices. This sheet also contains base and 

standards case efficiency trends for all the product classes, and 

efficiency weighted average energy use and equipment price for 

the base and standards cases for all the product classes. 

Historical Shipment Contains data for historical sales of the equipment. 

Base Case This sheet mainly performs the calculations leading up to the 

estimation of shipments, energy consumption and operating cost 

calculations for the base case. The sheet starts with the stock 

accounting of the equipment and uses the survival function to 

calculate the surviving stock. It then performs calculations of 

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replacements, and shipments going into new housing, thus yielding 

total shipments. 

Standards Case Contains stock accounting of the equipment that helps calculate 

annual shipments estimates, energy savings and operating cost 

savings for the standards case. The energy and cost savings in a 

single year are the difference between the base case energy use and 

costs for that year and the standard case energy use and costs in the 

same year. 

Housing Projections Forecast sheet provides projected new housing construction starts 

and stock. 

Fuel Prices This worksheet contains projected average electricity prices for the 

three economic scenarios. 

Heat Rates The sheet contains the marginal site to source conversion factors 

that are used in the source energy savings calculations. 

Lifetime This sheet contains the probability of survival of a dehumidifier 

unit at a given age of the unit. The sheet also provides the average 

lifetime of a unit. 

10A.1.3 Cooking Products 

10A.1.3.1 Cooktops and Ovens 

The cooktops and oven NIA spreadsheet or workbook consists of the following 

worksheets: 

Summary Contains user input selections under “User Inputs” and summary 

tables, Cumulative Energy Savings and NPV for the all standard 

levels. The “User Inputs” contains two buttons “Recalculate” and 

“Show Charts”, which allow the user to select product category to 

perform the calculations for. Clicking on “Show Charts” allows the 

user to select a product class, and select a standard level for 

cooktops and oven. After the selection, clicking the “Recalculate” 

button will recalculate the results and set the default back on 

standard level 1. 

Cooktop Base Case This sheet mainly performs the energy consumption and operating 

cost calculations for the cooktops base case. The sheet uses 

shipments estimate and UECs to perform the energy consumption 

calculations. 

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Cooktop Stds Case This sheet performs the energy and operating cost savings 

calculations for the cooktops standards case. The energy and cost 

savings in a single year are the difference between the base case 

energy use and costs for that year and the standard case energy use 

and costs in the same year. 

Oven Base Case This sheet mainly performs the energy consumption and operating 

cost calculations for the ovens base case. The sheet uses shipments 

estimate and UECs to perform the energy consumption 

calculations. 

Oven Stds Case This sheet performs the energy and operating cost savings 

calculations for the ovens standards case. The energy and cost 

savings in a single year are the difference between the base case 

energy use and costs for that year and the standard case energy use 

and costs in the same year. 

Efficiency and Price This sheet provides the efficiency and price data for all product 

classes. 

Base Case Shipment Gas 

Cooking 

This sheet contains the main shipments model for gas cooking and 

provides the shipments estimates for gas cooking. The sheet further 

disaggregates the gas cooking shipments into shipments 

attributable to product classes for both cooktops and oven, based 

on their market shares. 

Base Case Shipment Elec 

Cooking 

This sheet contains the main shipments model for electric cooking 

and provides the shipments estimates for gas cooking. The sheet 

further disaggregates shipments for electric cooking into shipments 

attributable to product classes for both cooktops and oven, based 

on their market shares. 

Base Case Ship Charts This sheet provides the details of shipments estimates in the form 

of a chart. 

New Saturation This sheet provides product saturation in new homes. The 

saturations are provided by product class. 

Historical Shipment Contains data for historical sales of the equipment. 

Housing Projections Contains Forecast sheet provides projected new housing 

construction starts and stock. 

Fuel Prices This worksheet contains projected average electricity and gas 

prices for the three economic scenarios. 

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Heat Rates The sheet contains the marginal site to source conversion factors 

that are used in the source energy savings calculations, for both 

electricity and gas. 

Lifetime This sheet contains the probability of survival for a given age of 

the equipment. 

10A.1.3.2 Microwave Ovens 

The microwave oven NIA spreadsheet or workbook consists of the following worksheets: 

Input and Summary Contains user input selections under “User Inputs” and a summary 

table, Cumulative Energy and Water Savings and NPV for the 

selected standard level efficiency distribution. The sheet contains 

the efficiency levels being considered for commercial clothes 

washers and the associated incremental prices. This sheet also 

contains base and standards case efficiency trends, and efficiency 

weighted average energy use and equipment price for the base and 

standards cases. 

Historical Shipment Contains data for historical sales of commercial clothes washers. 

Base Case This sheet mainly performs the calculations leading up to the 

estimation of shipments, energy and water consumption and 

operating cost calculations for the base case. The sheet starts with 

the stock accounting of the equipment and uses the survival 

function to calculate the surviving stock. It then performs 

calculations of replacements, and shipments due to new multifamily housing. The sheet calculates replacement units and 

shipments resulting from new construction separately and 

aggregates them into total shipments. 

Standards Case Contains stock accounting of the equipment that helps calculate 

annual shipments estimates, energy and water savings and 

operating cost savings for the standards case. The energy, water 

and cost savings in a single year are the difference between the 

base case energy use, water use and costs for that year and the 

standard case energy use, water use and costs in the same year. 

Housing Projections Forecast sheet provides projected new housing construction starts 

in multi-family housing. 

Fuel and Water Prices This worksheet contains projected average energy and water prices 

for the three economic scenarios. 

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Heat Rates The sheet contains the marginal site to source conversion factors 

that are used in the source energy savings calculations, for both 

electricity and gas. 

Lifetime This sheet contains the probability of survival of a clothes washer 

unit at a given age and the average lifetime of a unit. 

10A.1.4 Commercial Clothes Washers 

The commercial clothes washer NIA spreadsheet or workbook consists of the following 

worksheets: 

Input and Summary Contains user input selections under “User Inputs” and a summary 

table, Cumulative Energy Savings and NPV for the selected 

standard level efficiency distribution. The sheet contains the 

efficiency levels being considered for microwave ovens and the 

associated incremental prices. This sheet also contains base and 

standards case efficiency trends, and efficiency weighted average 

energy use and equipment price for the base and standards cases 

for all the product classes. 

Historical Shipment Contains data for historical sales of the equipment. 

Base Case This sheet mainly performs the calculations leading up to the 

estimation of shipments, energy consumption and operating cost 

calculations for the base case. The sheet starts with the stock 

accounting of the equipment and uses the survival function to 

calculate the surviving stock. It then performs calculations of 

replacements, and shipments going into new housing, thus yielding 

total shipments. 

Standards Case Contains stock accounting of the equipment that helps calculate 

annual shipments estimates, energy savings and operating cost 

savings for the standards case. The energy and cost savings in a 

single year are the difference between the base case energy use and 

costs for that year and the standard case energy use and costs in the 

same year. 

Housing Projections Forecast sheet provides projected new housing construction starts 

and stock. 

Fuel Prices This worksheet contains projected average electricity prices for the 

three economic scenarios. 

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Heat Rates The sheet contains the marginal site to source conversion factors 

that are used in the source energy savings calculations. 

Lifetime This sheet contains the probability of survival of a microwave oven 

unit at a given age of the unit. The sheet also provides the average 

lifetime of a unit. 

10A.2 BASIC INSTRUCTIONS 

Basic instructions for operating the NIA spreadsheets are as follows: 

1. Once the NIA spreadsheets have been downloaded from the Web, open the file using 

Excel. At the bottom, click on the tab for the worksheet Input and Summary. 

2. Use Excel’s View/Zoom commands at the top menu bar to change the size of the display 

to make it fit your monitor. 

3. The user can change the model parameters listed in the grey box labelled “User Inputs”. 

The parameters are: 

a. Economic Growth: To the change value, use the drop-down arrow and select the 

desired Growth level (Reference, Low, or High). 

b. Discount Rate: To the change value, type in the desired Discount Rate. 

c. Relative Price Elasticity: To change value, use the drop-down arrow and select 

the desired impact (this parameter is not considered in the cooking products 

analysis). 

d. Lifetime: To change value, type in the desired value that lies within the maximum 

lifetime indicated. 

4. Once the parameters have been set, click the “Set base case/Standards Case” button and 

define the efficiency distribution of the market, and the efficiency growth rate for both 

the base case and the standards case. 

5. Once the distribution and the growth rate have been set, click the “update” button to 

make your defined distribution effective. 

6. The results are automatically updated and are reported in the summary table for each 

product class to the right of the “User Inputs” box. 

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