[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR434.101]

[Page 357]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER II--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 434_ENERGY CODE FOR NEW FEDERAL COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY HIGH 
RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A_Administration and Enforcement_General
 
Sec. 434.101  Scope.

    101.1 This part provides design requirements for the building 
envelope, electrical distribution systems and equipment for electric 
power, lighting, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, service water 
heating and energy management. It applies to new Federal multi-family 
high rise residential buildings and new Federal commercial buildings.
    101.1.1 (a) Except as provided by section 101.2, the provisions of 
this part apply if an agency is constructing:
    (1) A building that has never been in service;
    (2) An addition that adds new space with provision for a heating or 
cooling system, or both, or for a hot water system; or
    (3) A substantial renovation of a building, involving replacement of 
a heating or cooling system, or both, or hot water system, that is 
either in service or has been in service.
    101.2 The provisions of this part do not apply to:
    101.2.1 Buildings, or portions thereof separated from the remainder 
of the building, that have a peak energy usage for space conditioning, 
service water heating, and lighting of less than 3.5 Btu/
(hft \2\ of gross floor area.
    101.2.2 Buildings of less than 100 square feet of gross floor area.
    101.2.3 Heating, cooling, ventilating, or service hot water 
requirements for those spaces where processes occur for purposes other 
than occupant comfort and sanitation, and which impose thermal loads in 
excess of 5% of the loads that would otherwise be required for occupant 
comfort and sanitation without the process;
    101.2.4 Envelope requirements for those spaces where heating or 
cooling requirements are excepted in subsection 101.2.3 of this section.
    101.2.5 Lighting for tasks not listed or encompassed by areas or 
activities listed in Tables 401.3.2b, 401.3.2c and 401.3.2d.
    101.2.6 Buildings that are composed entirely of spaces listed in 
subsections 101.2.4 and 101.2.5.
    101.2.7 Individual components of a building under renovation, if the 
building components are not in the scope of a renovation as defined by 
the agency.