Energy Efficiency Guide

for

Existing Commercial Buildings:

Technical Implementation
Executive Summary Briefing
December 12, 2011
Bert Etheredge, ASHRAE
Lilas K. Pratt, ASHRAE
Dennis Landsberg, Lead Author

Acknowledgements
Support from DOE is greatly
appreciated
EEG-EB:
Technical Implementation
George Jackins, Chair
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Development
Steering Committee with 4 Partner

Organizations
PMC also includes BOMA and GSA
Cooperation with & Funding from DOE
Through Contract with PNNL
Oversight by Project Monitoring Committee
One Peer Review

Educational Guidance

not a Standard

Project Monitoring Committee

George Jackins(PNNL), Chair
Tom Watson, ASHRAE Representative
Ron Burton, BOMA Representative
Kinga Porst, GSA Representative
Rita Harrold, IES Representative
Brendan Owens, USGBC Representative
Adrienne Tholme, TC 7.6 Representative

Harry Misuriello, TC 7.6 Representative

Gordon Holness, Member at Large
Jim Bochat, Member at Large
Bruce Hunn, Member at Large
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EEG-EB

Target Audience
Target market is building engineers and

facility managers with a working

knowledge of building systems.
Assumes higher level of technical
expertise than first guide.

Scope
Achieve at least 30% savings using multiple

targets.
Includes commercial, high-rise, residential
buildings of any age or condition
Provide how to approaches that result in
efficient and high quality spaces.
Provide technical guidance for upgrades, retrofits
and renovations.
Provide methods of determining payback energy
efficient measures including Life-cycle costing.

Chapter Organization
Introduction
General Considerations
Measuring Energy Performance and

Setting Goals
Understanding Energy Use and EndUse/System Energy
Selecting Energy Efficiency Measures
Refining Financial Analysis and Setting
Priorities
Putting the Process Together
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1 Introduction
Energy Efficiency Process

2 General Considerations
Leveraging building systems life cycle
Conservation potential
Property ownership types
Utility rate structures pricing signals
Utility/government incentives
Small vs large buildings
Outside resources vs in-house staff

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3 Measuring Energy
Performance and Setting Goals

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3 Measuring Energy
Performance and Setting Goals

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3 Measuring Energy
Performance and Setting Goals
Improve building EUI by a percentage
Improve building EUI with respect to peer

buildings
Meet current energy efficiency codes
Exceed current energy efficiency codes by
a percentage
Non-energy goals such as reduced carbon
footprint

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4 Understanding Energy Use

and End-Use/System Energy

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4 Understanding Energy Use

and End-Use/System Energy
Value of end-use data in evaluating system

efficiency and targeting EEMs

Discussion of CBECS data
End-use measurement procedures
Measurement complexity vs cost

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4 Understanding Energy Use

and End-Use/System Energy

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4 Understanding Energy Use

and End-Use/System Energy

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5 Selecting Energy Efficiency

Measures

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5 Selecting Energy Efficiency

Measures
Considerations include:
Utility/fuel supply
Operations
Building envelope
HVAC Equipment
HVAC Distribution
Water Heating

Lighting
Motors
Controls
Overall

Performance

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6 Refining Financial Analysis

and Setting Priorities
Topics:
Simple payback period
Life cycle costing
Internal rate of return vs Minimum acceptable

rate of return
Cost of conserved energy
Life expectancy of measures
Maintenance costs
Measure prioritization
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7 Putting the Process Together

Topics:
Full renovation decision
Managing process steps
Financing strategies
Factors influencing implementation

timing
Defining and reporting success

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Distribution/Promotion
Distribution
Print 1,041
Digital 248

Promotion
Advertising on ASHRAE Website
News Release
Informative Bulletin to purchasers of related
material.

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Availability
Both Guides Available on the ASHRAE

Website
http://www.ashrae.org/publications/page/eeg2

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Questions & Answers

Bert Etheredge: betheredge@ashrae.org

Lilas Pratt: lpratt@ashrae.com
Dennis Landsberg: dlandsberg@ls-energy.com
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