Building energy performance assessment: Comparison between ASHRAE standard 90.1 and Brazilian regulation

Energy and atmosphere standards for sustainable design and construction in different countries

“…[53,54]. Melo et al [55] claim that many countries attempt to develop their own building energy efficiency standards based on the approach taken by ASHRAE Standard 90.1. For example, concerning climate implications, similar to ASHRAE Standard 90.1's eight climate zones, the Energy Conservation Building Code in India defines five climate zones [28].…”

“…For example, in order to balance environmental and economic concerns, LEED promotes an energy cost budget, which converts energy use into energy cost for different kinds of fuels [19]. Since, LEED refers to ASHRAE Standard 90.1 Appendix G for sustaining energy efficiency, the standards in various countries refer to this ASHRAE standard or to a locally developed standard that may or may not have used energy cost budgeting [20].…”

Evaluation of ice thermal energy storage (ITES) for commercial buildings in cities in Brazil

“…The RTQ-C classifies commercial buildings in five levels, from the most to the least efficient (A to E), and can be based on hourly building energy simulations or on the use of a prescriptive method. According to Melo et al (2014)…”

Energy assessment of office buildings in China using China building energy codes and LEED 2.2

“…despite the differences between the two schemes. Similar benchmarking study has also been conducted by Melo et al [14]. In the study, a Brazilian regulation on building energy use was benchmarked against ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 (ASHRAE 90.1) [15] where LEED is based upon (discussed in a later section).…”