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
Table of Contents

Chapters
Chapter 1.	Introduction
Chapter 2.	Analytical Framework
Chapter 3.	Market and Technology Assessment
Chapter 4.	Screening Analysis
Chapter 5.	Engineering Analysis
Chapter 6.	Building Energy Use and End-Use Load Characterization
Chapter 7.	Markups for Equipment Price Determination
Chapter 8.	Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis
Chapter 9.	Shipments Analysis
Chapter 10.	National Impact Analysis
Chapter 11.	Life-Cycle Cost Subgroup Analysis
Chapter 12.	Manufacturer Impact Analysis
Chapter 13.	Utility Impact Analysis
Chapter 14.	Employment Impact Analysis

Reports
	Environmental Assessment
	Regulatory Impact Analysis

Appendices
Appendix A	Commercial Technologies that are not Considered in the Engineering Analysis
Appendix B	Technical Description of the Cost Estimation Methodology
Appendix C	Design Option Analysis - Supporting Documentation
Appendix D	Parm File Contents
Appendix E	Frequency of Occurrence of Buildings Type With Each Aspect Ratio Bin for Each of the 6 PBAS
Appendix F	Aspect Ratio Calculations for Buildings with Courtyards
Appendix G	Lights, Plug Load, and Occupancy Schedules
Appendix H	Number of CBECS Buildings Assigned to Each TMY2 City
Appendix I	Typical Meteorological Year Assignments
Appendix J	Sample Blast Input File
Appendix K	Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups
Appendix L	Uncertainty and Variability
Appendix M	Sample Utilities
Appendix N	Historical and Modeled Data by Subdivision
Appendix O	Modeling TMY Prices
Appendix P	User Instructions for LCC and PBP Spreadsheets
Appendix Q	Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results
Appendix R	User Instructions for NES and NPV Spreadsheet
Appendix S	National Equipment and Operating Costs
Appendix T	Base Case and Standards Case Efficiency Trends
Appendix U	Alternative "Max Tech" Scenario and its Impact on National Energy Savings and Net Present Value
	Acronyms and Abbreviations