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Energy codes are designed to set minimum standards for design and construction and can significantly reduce building system life-cycle costs. ASHRAE/IES 90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, developed in the 1 970s in response to that era's energy crisis, is the basis for building codes and the standard for building design and construction throughout the United States today. The code influences building designs worldwide.
ASHRAE/IES 90.1-1999, with its tough lighting requirements, is set to become the standard energy code nationwide for all new construction within the next two years. This new standard, however, establishes new ...