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ASHRAE is offering free downloads of its flagship energy-efficiency standard, 90.1, for a limited time, as a result of a funding contract with the U.S. Department of Energy.
“In order to move the industry forward toward more energy-efficient design, ASHRAE is making it easier than ever before” to access ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2007, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, the organization said.
Copies of the I-P edition of the standard are being offered as a free downloadable PDF at www.ashrae.org/standard901-2007-free.
“Standard 90.1-2007 is widely used throughout the design community, and the download version makes it available to users at their own computers for ready and easy access,” ASHRAE President Lynn G. Bellenger said. “Making the standard available for free ensures that it penetrates the marketplace and reaches owners, contractors and design teams.
“We appreciate the support of the Department of Energy in reaching a wider audience and extending access to our flagship energy conservation standard.”
Since being developed in response to the energy crisis in the 1970s, Standard 90.1 has become the basis for building codes and the standard for building design and construction throughout the U.S., ASHRAE said. As buildings consume approximately 40% of the primary energy in the United States, the standard “is an indispensible reference for engineers and other professionals involved in the design of buildings and building systems,” the organization said.
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