Administracja i zamówienia · 13.09.1994

Energy Conservation

Since the mid-1970's, the General Services Administration has imposed rigid building temperature and air circulation standards in the buildings it owns and manages. These standards were established to promote energy conservation without appropriate attention to occupant comfort and productivity. The results of a recent survey of GSA's building occupants showed a low customer satisfaction in the areas of building temperatures and indoor air quality. These results, plus the introduction of new building energy technologies which provide energy conservation without diminution of comfort and service to building occupants, allow GSA to eliminate rigid temperature standards. This proposed rule will eliminate operating standards and allow for building temperatures to be maintained in a manner satisfactory to users and consistent with local commercial practices. In addition, it will delete the minimum ventilation rate and replace it with the ventilation standards specified by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE Standard 62 Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality). This will improve temperature comfort levels, ventilation, and the indoo