Appliances & Commercial Equipment Standards: Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Technical Support Document

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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 (PDF 68 KB)

Table of Contents (PDF 140 KB)

Chapters

Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF 121 KB)

Chapter 2. Analytical Framework (PDF 242 KB)

Chapter 3. Market and Technology Assessment (PDF 501 KB)

Chapter 4. Screening Analysis (PDF 175 KB)

Chapter 5. Engineering Analysis (PDF 276 KB)

Chapter 6. Building Energy Use and End-Use Load 

Characterization

(PDF 404 KB)

Chapter 7. Markups for Equipment Price Determination (PDF 250 KB)

Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis (PDF 691 KB)

Chapter 9. Shipments Analysis (PDF 263 KB)

Chapter 

10.

National Impact Analysis (PDF 323 KB)

Chapter 

11.

Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup Analysis (PDF 59 KB)

Chapter 

12.

Manufacturer Impact Analysis (PDF 95 KB)

Chapter 

13.

Utility Impact Analysis (PDF 86 KB)

Chapter 

14.

Employment Impact Analysis (PDF 82 KB)

Reports

Environmental Assessment (PDF 102 KB)

Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 87 KB)

Appendices

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Appendix 

A

Commercial Technologies that are not 

Considered in the Engineering Analysis

(PDF 127 KB)

Appendix 

B

Technical Description of the Cost 

Estimation Methodology

(PDF 343 KB)

Appendix 

C

Design Option Analysis - Supporting 

Documentation

(PDF 415 KB)

Appendix 

D

Parm File Contents (PDF 371 KB)

Appendix 

E

Frequency of Occurrence of Buildings Type 

With Each Aspect Ratio Bin for Each of the 

6 PBAS

(PDF 54 KB)

Appendix F Aspect Ratio Calculations for Buildings with 

Courtyards

(PDF 42 KB)

Appendix 

G

Lights, Plug Load, and Occupancy Schedules (PDF 101 KB)

Appendix 

H

Number of CBECS Buildings Assigned to 

Each TMY2 City

(PDF 52 KB)

Appendix I Typical Meteorological Year Assignments (PDF 189 KB)

Appendix J Sample Blast Input File (PDF 173 KB)

Appendix 

K

Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups (PDF 94 KB)

Appendix L Uncertainty and Variability (PDF 82 KB)

Appendix 

M

Sample Utilities (PDF 60 KB)

Appendix 

N

Historical and Modeled Data by Subdivision (PDF 4.2 MB)

Appendix 

O

Modeling TMY Prices (PDF 536 KB)

Appendix P User Instructions for LCC and PBP 

Spreadsheets

(PDF 73 KB)

Appendix 

Q

Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results (PDF 3.6 MB)

Appendix 

R

User Instructions for NES and NPV 

Spreadsheet

(PDF 52 KB)

Appendix 

S

National Equipment and Operating Costs (PDF 87 KB)

Appendix 

T

Base Case and Standards Case Efficiency 

Trends

(PDF 55 KB)

Appendix 

U

Alternative "Max Tech" Scenario and its 

Impact on National Energy Savings and Net 

Present Value

(PDF 123 KB)

Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF 73 KB)

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