[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: 10CFR434.502]

[Page 392-393]
 
                            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 E_Building Energy Cost Compliance Alternative
 
Sec. 434.502  Determination of the annual energy cost budget.

    502.1 The annual Energy Cost Budgets shall be determined in 
accordance with the Prototype Building Procedure in Sec. 434.503 and 
Sec. 434.504 or the Reference Building Procedure in Sec. 434.505. Both 
methods calculate an annual Energy

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Cost by summing the 12 monthly Energy Cost Budgets. Each monthly Energy 
Cost Budget is the product of the monthly Building Energy Consumption of 
each type of energy used multiplied by the monthly Energy Cost per unit 
of energy for each type of energy used.
    502.2 The Energy Cost Budget shall be determined in accordance with 
Equation 502.2.a as follows:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR06OC00.025


Based on:
[GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TR06OC00.026

Where:

ECB = The annual Energy Cost Budget
ECBm = The monthly Energy Cost Budget
BECONmi = The monthly Budget Energy Consumption of the 
ith type of energy
ECOSmi = The monthly Energy Cost, per unit of the 
ith type of energy

    502.3 The monthly Energy Cost Budget shall be determined using 
current rate schedules or contract prices available at the building site 
for all types of energy purchased. These costs shall include demand 
charges, rate blocks, time of use rates, interruptible service rates, 
delivery charges, taxes, and all other applicable rates for the type, 
location, operation, and size of the proposed design. The monthly Budget 
Energy Consumption shall be calculated from the first day through the 
last day of each month, inclusive.