New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 21 - Miscellaneous › Chapter XI - New York State Energy Research And Development Authority › Part 510 - Evaluation Criteria for Determining the Cost Effectiveness of Proposed Changes to the Energy Conservation Construction Code of New York State › Section 510.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
Whenever used in this Part, unless otherwise expressly
				  stated, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below.
(a)
Commercial Building
.
				Commercial building shall have the same meaning as set forth in 19 NYCRR
				section 1240.2.
(b)
Code Council
. Code
				Council means the State Fire Prevention and Building Code Council, as
				established by section
				374 of the
				Executive Law and enacted by the New York State Fire Prevention and Building
				Code Act, chapter 707 of the Laws of 1981.
(c)
DOE
. DOE means the
				United States Department of Energy.
(d)
DOE Commercial
				Methodology.
The DOE Commercial Methodology means the U.S.Department
				of Energy's Methodology for Evaluating Cost-effectiveness of Commercial Energy
				Code Changes.
(e)
DOE
				Residential Methodology
. The DOE Residential Methodology means the
				U.S. Department of Energy's Methodology for Evaluating Cost-Effectiveness of
				Residential Energy Code Changes.
(f)
Energy Code
. Energy Code
				means Part 1240 of Title 19 of the Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and
				Regulations of the State of New York.
(g)
Energy Code update
.
				Energy Code update means an amendment to the Energy Code, which may include the
				adoption of a new Energy Code by the Code Council.
(h)
Effective Useful Life
.
				Effective useful life means the estimated, median length of time in years that
				an energy system, energy conservation measure, or piece of equipment is
				functional, prior to replacement.
(i)
Emissions Factors
.
				Emissions factors mean the amount of GHGs emitted per unit of electricity or
				fuel used.
(j)
Energy
				Price
. Energy price means the average annual retail price of
				electricity or fuel.
(k)
Energy Price Escalation Rate
. Energy price escalation rate
				means the projected change in energy prices over time.
(l)
Fuel
. Fuel means natural
				gas, propane, kerosene, diesel, or oil.
(m)
Life-cycle Cost
.
				Life-cycle cost shall have the same meaning set forth in as section 11-102 of
				theEnergy Law.
(n)
NYSERDA
. NYSERDA means the New York State Energy Research and
				Development Authority.
(o)
Prototype Building Model
. Prototype building model means the
				whole building energy simulations developed by U.S. Department of Energy for a
				series of commercial and residential building configurations, which models may
				be used for evaluating or comparing current Energy Code to a proposed Energy
				Code update.
(p)
Residential Building
. Residential building shall have the same
				meaning as set forth in 19 NYCRR section
				1240.2.
(q)
Study Period
. Study
				period means the number of years into the future that costs and revenues are
				considered in this Part. The study year period as used in this Part is 30
				years.
(r)
TRM
.
				TRM (Technical Resource Manual) means the New York Standard Approach for
				Estimating Energy Savings from Energy Efficiency Programs - Residential,
				Multi-Family, and Commercial/Industrial.