Energy Use Evaluation Law and Legal Definition
According to 10 CFR 455.2 [Title 10 Energy; Chapter II Department of Energy; Subchapter D Energy Conservation; Part 455 -- Grant Programs for Schools and Hospitals and Buildings Owned by Units of Local Government and Public Care Institutions; Subpart A General Provisions], the term energy use evaluation means “a determination of:
(1) Whether the building is a school facility, hospital facility, or a building owned and primarily occupied and used throughout the year by a unit of local government or by a public care institution.
(2) The name and address of the owner of record, indicating whether owned by a public institution, private nonprofit institution, or an Indian tribe;
(3) The building's potential suitability for renewable resource applications;
(4) Major changes in functional use or mode of operation planned in the next 15 years, such as demolition, disposal, rehabilitation, or conversion from office to warehouse;
(5) Appropriate energy conservation maintenance and operating procedures which have been implemented for the building;
(6) The need, if any, for the acquisition and installation of energy conservation measures including an assessment of the estimated costs and energy and cost savings likely to result from the purchase and installation of one or more energy conservation measures and an evaluation of the need and potential for retrofit based on consideration of one or more of the following:
(i) An energy use index or indices, for example, Btu's per gross square foot per year;
(ii) An energy cost index or indices, for example, annual energy costs per gross square foot; or
(iii) The physical characteristics of the building envelope and major energy-using systems; and
(7) Such other information as the State has determined useful or necessary, in accordance with § 455.20(k).
Legal Definition list
- Energy Use Avoidance
- Energy Usage Display Meter
- Energy Unit Savings
- Energy Survey
- ENERGY STAR Qualified Product
- Energy Use Evaluation
- Energy-Efficient Product
- Energy-Efficient Standby Power Devices
- Energy-Savings Performance Contract
- Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities [EEB/ESC] [Department of State]
- Enfeoffment
