November 8, 2006—Published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Retail Buildings is the second in a series of publications that cover various types of building construction. Intended for use by builders, contractors and architects, the guide covers energy-efficient design for retail buildings up to 20,000 square feet.
The guide offers energy efficiency guidance in many areas, including lighting, HVAC efficiencies, windows, skylights and envelope measures. A major difference from Standard 90.1 is that the guide provides equipment efficiencies by climate zone to take into account varying environmental factors, instead of having one number for the entire United States.
The guide resulted from collaboration among ASHRAE, the Department of Energy, USGBC, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The retail industry provided guidance to the guide’s development team to ensure building owner perspectives were considered when forming design recommendations
The guide is part of a series of ASHRAE publications that will progress toward providing net-zero energy designs for buildings of various types. The first publication in the series focused on small office buildings, and the next energy design guide will address K-12 schools.
The cost of the guide is $59 ($49, ASHRAE members). To order, visit the Web site.
