Technical and Legislative Background Relating to Efficiency and Emissions of Gas Heating Appliances. Topical Report, December 1991-July 1992.

摘要

The report describes the history behind the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act. The origins of energy conservation legislation are discussed as are the milestones that led up to NAECA. Since NAECA was enacted in 1987, there has been some time for its influence to spread to various energy agencies. The impetus for the report was the planned 1992 reevaluation by the Department of Energy of the minimum efficiency standards for furnaces and boilers. An important element of the rulemaking process is the test procedure by which the efficiency of those devices is established. A historical perspective of these efficiencies and future potential options are described in the report. Finally, although emissions are not a major element of NAECA (energy conservation is), there are state and regional efforts under way regarding the regulation of emissions from furnaces and boilers. Since emission descriptors often interact with efficiency descriptors, a brief description of current emission regulations, and their influence on emissions, is provided.