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

Building Technologies Program – Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards

Residential Furnaces and Boilers Final Rule Technical Support Document

This report provides the technical analysis and results in support of the information presented in the Final Rule for residential furnaces and boilers. This document consists of 14 Chapters, 25 Appendices, the Environmental Assessment and the Regulatory Impact Analysis and.

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Title Page (PDF 20 KB)
Table of Contents (PDF 12 KB)
Acronyms and Abbreviations (PDF 37 KB)
Chapters
Chapter 1. Introduction (PDF 80 KB)
Chapter 2. Analytic Framework (PDF 126 KB)
Chapter 3. Market and Technology Assessment (PDF 246 KB)
Chapter 4. Screening Analysis (PDF 192 KB)
Chapter 5. Markups for Equipment Price Determination (PDF 249 KB)
Chapter 6. Engineering Analysis (PDF 563 KB)
Chapter 7. Energy Consumption of Furnaces and Boilers (PDF 1.1 MB)
Chapter 8. Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Analysis (PDF 1.6 MB)
Chapter 9. Shipments (PDF 199 KB)
Chapter 10. National Impact Analysis (PDF 558 KB)
Chapter 11. Life-Cycle Costs Consumer Subgroup Analysis (PDF 331 KB)
Chapter 12. Manufacturer Impact Analysis (PDF 1.2 MB)
Chapter 13. Utility Impact Analysis (PDF 1.9 MB)
Chapter 14. Employment Impact Analysis (PDF 79 KB)
Reports
  Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 99 KB)
  Environmental Assessment (PDF 667 KB)
Appendices
Appendix A Detailed Data for Equipment Price Markups (PDF 326 KB)
Appendix B Technical Description of the Reverse Engineering Cost Estimation Methodology (PDF 441 KB)
Appendix C Installation Cost Model (PDF 1.1 MB)
Appendix D Determination of Furnace and Boiler Energy Use in the Engineering Analysis (PDF 552 KB)
Appendix E Engineering Analysis Cost and Efficiency Tables (PDF 912 KB)
Appendix F Reduced Set of Furnace Models Database (PDF 184 KB)
Appendix G Decoding of Manufacturer Model Numbers (PDF 310 KB)
Appendix H Determination of Basic Furnace and Boiler Models (PDF 6.4 MB)
Appendix I Furnace Fan Curves (PDF 131 KB)
Appendix J Furnace Fan Power Curves (PDF 110 KB)
Appendix K Air Moving Efficiency (PDF 63 KB)
Appendix L Determination of Furnace and Boiler Energy Use in the LCC Analysis (PDF 354 KB)
Appendix M Derivation of Heating Load Hours (PDF 432 KB)
Appendix N User Instructions for the Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Spreadsheet (PDF 92 KB)
Appendix O Glossary of Variables and Their Values from EIA's RECS 2001 (PDF 116 KB)
Appendix P Distribution for Discount Rates (PDF 62 KB)
Appendix Q Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results Using Alternative Energy Price Scenarios (PDF 1.3 MB)
Appendix R National Energy Savings and Net Present Value Using Alternative Energy Price Scenarios (PDF 213 KB)
Appendix S User Instruction for Shipments and National Energy Savings Spreadsheet Model (PDF 73 KB)
Appendix T Life-Cycle Cost and Payback Period Results Using Alternative Material Price Scenarios (PDF 405 KB)
Appendix U Interpolation of Utility and Environmental Results from NEMS-BT Output (PDF 64 KB)
Appendix V Assignment of Gas Furnace Efficiency in the Base Case (PDF 96 KB)
Appendix W Emissions Factors for Fuel Combustion from Natural Gas, LPG, and Oil-Fired Residential Furnaces and Boilers (PDF 74 KB)
Appendix X Using Implementation Curves to Estimate Market Penetration of Non-Regulatory Policies (PDF 38 KB)
Appendix Y Government Regulatory Impact Analysis (PDF 216 KB)

Contact Information

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