U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Program – Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards

Residential Furnaces and Boilers NOPR Technical Support Document

This report provides the technical analysis and results in support of the information presented in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for residential furnaces and boilers. This document consists of 14 Chapters, 26 Appendices, the Regulatory Impact Analysis and the Environmental Assessment.

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Title Page (PDF 40 KB)
Document List (PDF 35 KB)
Chapters
Chapter 1. Introduction PDF 55 KB)
Chapter 2. Analytic Framework (PDF 80 KB)
Chapter 3. Market and Technology Assessment (PDF 129 KB)
Chapter 4. Screening Analysis (PDF 91 KB)
Chapter 5. Markups for Equipment Price Determination (PDF 96 KB)
Chapter 6. Engineering Analysis (PDF 178 KB)
Chapter 7. Energy Consumption of Furnaces and Boilers (PDF 596 KB)
Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis (PDF 1 MB)
Chapter 9. Shipments (PDF 100 KB)
Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis (PDF 159 KB)
Chapter 11. Consumer Subgroup Analysis (PDF 55 KB)
Chapter 12. Manufacturer Impact Analysis (PDF 641 KB)
Chapter 13. Utility Impact Analysis (PDF 19 KB)
Chapter 14. Employment Impact Analysis (PDF 44 KB)
Reports
  Environmental Assessment (PDF 106 KB)
  Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 591 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups (PDF 39 KB)
Appendix B Technical Description of the Reverse Engineering Cost Estimation Methodology (PDF 88 KB)
Appendix C Installation Model (PDF 6.7 MB)
Appendix D Determination of Furnace and Boiler Energy Use in the Engineering Analysis (PDF 70 KB)
Appendix E Engineering Analysis Cost and Efficiency Tables (PDF 53 KB)
Appendix F Reduced Set of Furnace Models Database (PDF 81 KB)
Appendix G Decoding of Manufacturer Model Numbers (PDF 41 KB)
Appendix H Determination of Basic Furnace and Boiler Models (PDF 296 KB)
Appendix I Furnace Fan Curves (PDF 97 KB)
Appendix J Furnace Fan Power Curves (PDF 74 KB)
Appendix K Air Moving Efficiency (PDF 63 KB)
Appendix L Determination of Furnace and Boiler Energy Use in the LCC Analysis (PDF 51 KB)
Appendix M Derivation of Heating Load Hours (PDF 88 KB)
Appendix N User Instructions for the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (PDF 24 KB)
Appendix O Glossary of Variables and Their Values from EIA's RECS 2001 (PDF 25 KB)
Appendix P Distribution for Discount Rates (PDF 39 KB)
Appendix Q Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results Using Alternative Energy Price Scenarios (PDF 1.8 MB)
Appendix R National Energy Savings and Net Present Value Using Alternative Energy Price Scenarios (PDF 94 KB)
Appendix S User Instruction for Shipments and National Energy Savings Spreadsheet Model (PDF 20 KB)
Appendix T Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results Using Alternative Material Price Scenarios (PDF 34 KB)
Appendix U Interpolation of Utility and Environmental Results from NEMS-BT Output (PDF 48 KB)
Appendix V NEMS-BT2 Extension Model Beyond 2025 (PDF 29 KB)
Appendix W Emissions Factors for Fuel Combustion from Natural Gas, LPG, and Oil-Fired Residential Furnaces and Boilers (PDF 35 KB)
Appendix X Using Implementation Curves to Estimate Market Penetration of Non-Regulatory Policies (PDF 24 KB)
Appendix Y Government Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 30 KB)
  Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF 32 KB)

Contact Information

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Project Manager
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