Request for Information (RFI) for High-Performance Energy Efficiency Measures in Separate Spaces, 45647-45648 [2015-18868]
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Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Library,
Guam; (6) Nieves M. Flores Memorial
Library, Guam.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Extension of Public Comment Period
for the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement/Overseas Environmental
Impact Statement for Commonwealth
of the Northern Mariana Islands Joint
Military Training
Department of the Navy,
Department of Defense.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
On April 03, 2015, the
Department of Navy (DoN) published a
Notice of Availability and Notice of
Public Meetings for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement for Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military
Training. A notice extending the public
comment period by 60 days was
published on May 14, 2015. The
purpose of this notice is to announce an
additional 14-day extension of the
public comment period to August 17,
2015 Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.)
[August 18, 2015, Chamorro Standard
Time (ChST)]. This extension is made in
recognition of the communications
disruptions in the CNMI caused by the
damage to the undersea cable between
Guam and Saipan.
DATES: The public comment period for
the Draft EIS began on April 03, 2015,
EDT [April 04, 2015, ChST) with the
publication of the Notice of Availability
in the Federal Register by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, and
with this extension, will end on August
17, 2015, EDT [August 18, 2015, ChST]
for a total of 134 days. Mailed comments
should be postmarked no later than
August 17, 2015, EDT [August 18, 2015,
ChST] to ensure they are considered.
ADDRESSES: The public may provide
comments through the project Web site
at www.CNMIJointMilitaryTraining
EIS.com, or by mail at: Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Pacific, Attn:
09PA, Public Affairs Office, 258
Makalapa Drive, Suite 100, JBPHH, HI
96860–3134.
The Draft EIS/OEIS was distributed to
federal and local agencies, elected
officials, and other interested
individuals and organizations. The Draft
EIS/OEIS is available for public review
at www.CNMIJointMilitaryTraining
EIS.com, and at the following libraries:
(1) Joeten Kiyu Public Library, Saipan;
(2) Northern Marianas College Olympio
T. Borja Memorial Library, Saipan; (3)
Tinian Public Library, Tinian; (4)
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On April
03, 2015, the Department of Navy (DoN)
published a Notice of Availability and
Notice of Public Meetings for the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement/
Overseas Environmental Impact
Statement for Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands Joint Military
Training (80 FR 18385, April 03, 2015).
A notice extending the public comment
period by 60 days was published on
May 14, 2015 (80 FR 27678). The
purpose of this notice is to announce an
additional 14-day extension of the
public comment period to August 17,
2015 Eastern Daylight Time (E.D.T.)
[August 18, 2015, Chamorro Standard
Time (ChST)]. This extension is made in
recognition of the communications
disruptions in the CNMI caused by the
damage to the undersea cable between
Guam and Saipan.
The DoN’s proposed action is to
establish live-fire Range Training Areas
(RTAs) within the CNMI to address the
U.S. Pacific Command Service
Components’ unfilled unit level and
combined level training requirements in
the Western Pacific. The DoN recognizes
that public comments are an essential
part of the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) process.
Accordingly, the DoN established a 60day public comment period in lieu of
the minimum 45-day period required by
NEPA implementing regulations. A
notice extending the public comment
period by 60 days was published on
May 14, 2015 (80 FR 27678). Due to a
break in an undersea cable and
associated communications disruptions
in the CNMI, the DoN is further
extending the Draft EIS public comment
period by 14 days to August 17, 2015,
EDT [August 18, 2015, ChST] for a total
of 134 days.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
CNMI Joint Military Training EIS/OEIS
Project Manager by email via the project
Web site (www.CNMIJointMilitary
TrainingEIS.com).
Dated: July 27, 2015.
N.A. Hagerty-Ford,
Commander, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
[Docket Number EERE–2015–BT–BLDG–
0012]
Request for Information (RFI) for HighPerformance Energy Efficiency
Measures in Separate Spaces
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).
AGENCY:
As part of the requirements of
Section 103 of the Energy Efficiency
Improvement Act of 2015, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) is
requesting public comment regarding
effective methods, measures, and
practices for the design and
construction of separate building spaces
(also known as tenant spaces) to create
high-performance, energy efficient
spaces. In preparation for completing a
study required by the Energy Efficiency
Improvement Act of 2015, DOE is
requesting information on the feasibility
of significantly improving energy
efficiency in commercial buildings
through the design and construction, by
owners and tenants, of separate spaces
with high-performance energy efficiency
measures; and encouraging owners and
tenants to implement high-performance
energy efficiency measures in separate
spaces. The term ‘high-performance
energy efficiency measure’ means a
technology, product, or practice that
will result in substantial operational
cost savings by reducing energy
consumption and utility costs while
maintaining indoor air quality,
appropriate light levels and occupant
comfort. DOE will use input from this
Federal Register notice to inform the
study, to be completed by April 30,
2016.
SUMMARY:
Written comments and
information are requested on or before
September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The content that we are
requesting your feedback on is located
at https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2015-BT-BLDG0012. Interested persons are encouraged
to submit comments electronically.
Interested persons may submit
comments, identified by docket number
EERE–2015–BT–BLDG–0012. Your
response should be limited to 8 pages.
Email:
SeparateSpaces2015BLDG0012@
ee.doe.gov. Include EERE–2015–BT–
BLDG–0012 in the subject line of the
message. Submit electronic comments
DATES:
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in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel,
and avoid the use of special characters
or any form of encryption.
Or Mail to: U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Mailstop EE–5B, Washington, DC 20585.
Instructions: All submissions
received must include the agency name
and docket number.
Docket: The docket is available for
review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices,
comments, and other supporting
documents/materials (search EERE–
2015–BT–BLDG–0012). All documents
in the docket are listed in the
www.regulations.gov index.
A link to the docket Web page can be
found at: https://www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2015-BT-BLDG0012. This Web page contains a link to
the docket for this notice on the
www.regulations.gov site. The
www.regulations.gov Web page contains
instructions on how to access all
documents, including public comments,
in the docket. See section II, Public
Participation for further information on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Direct requests for additional
information may be sent to Mr. Jason
Hartke, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Building
Technologies Program, EE–5B, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
Telephone: 202–586–9632.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Discussion
DOE is seeking public input on
questions that will help inform a study
on the feasibility of significantly
improving energy efficiency in
commercial buildings through the
design and construction, by owners and
tenants, of separate tenant spaces using
high-performance energy efficiency
measures; and encouraging owners and
tenants to implement high-performance
energy efficiency measures in separate
spaces.
This request seeks comments related
to the following: (1) High-performance
energy efficiency measures that should
be considered as part of the initial
design and construction of separate
spaces; (2) actual energy savings
measured as a result of implementing
energy efficiency measures in tenant
space design and construction; (3)
processes that owners, tenants,
architects, engineers and other building
experts may replicate when designing
and constructing separate spaces with
high-performance energy efficiency
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measures, and the cost-effectiveness and
scalability of such processes; (4) policies
and best practices to achieve reductions
in energy intensities for lighting, plug
loads, heating, cooling, cooking,
laundry, and other systems that support
the commercial building tenant; (5)
financial metrics like return on
investment and payback analyses of the
incremental cost and projected energy
savings of the proposed set of highperformance energy efficiency
measures, including consideration of
available incentives; (6) models and
simulation methods that predict the
quantity of energy used by separate
spaces with high-performance energy
efficiency measures and that compare
predicted quantity to the quantity of
energy used by separate spaces without
high-performance energy efficiency
measures but that would otherwise
comply with applicable code
requirements; (7) measurement and
verification platforms and methods that
allow measurement of the impact of
high-performance energy efficiency
measures installed in separate spaces,
including metering configurations and
data access; (8) best practices and
existing systems or programs that
encourage an integrated approach to
designing and constructing separate
spaces to perform at optimum energy
efficiency in conjunction with the
central systems of a commercial
building; (9) any impact on employment
and job creation resulting from the
design and construction of separate
spaces using high-performance energy
efficiency measures; (10) case studies or
other analyses or studies that report the
economic and energy savings returns in
the design and construction of separate
spaces with high-performance energy
efficiency measures; (11) best practices
for encouraging owners and tenants to
implement high-performance energy
efficiency measures in separate spaces;
and; (12) prevalence and configuration
of energy sub metering nationwide at
the level of individual tenant spaces in
commercial buildings, including
information about whether critical
consumption activities such as HVAC,
data storage, or lighting are separately
sub metered; (13) identification of data
on key determinants of energy
performance in tenant spaces that could
be used to guide the development of
wider national data collection and most
feasible approaches for collecting such
data; and (14) availability of hourly data
and information on specific energy
management programs in place in
tenant spaces.
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II. Public Participation
All interested parties are invited to
submit in writing by the date specified
in the DATES section of this RFI,
comments and information on all
elements listed in the discussion section
above. Comments may be submitted on
or before September 30, 2015. Please
submit comments only and cite docket
number EERE–2015–BT–BLDG–0012, in
all correspondence related to this case.
All comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal and/or business confidential
information provided. Visit https://
www.doe.gov/cbi for more information.
Please limit comments to no more
than a total of 8 pages.
Issued in Washington, DC, July 27, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
[Docket Number EERE-2015-BT-BLDG-0012]
Request for Information (RFI) for High-Performance Energy
Efficiency Measures in Separate Spaces
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Request for Information (RFI).
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SUMMARY: As part of the requirements of Section 103 of the Energy
Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
is requesting public comment regarding effective methods, measures, and
practices for the design and construction of separate building spaces
(also known as tenant spaces) to create high-performance, energy
efficient spaces. In preparation for completing a study required by the
Energy Efficiency Improvement Act of 2015, DOE is requesting
information on the feasibility of significantly improving energy
efficiency in commercial buildings through the design and construction,
by owners and tenants, of separate spaces with high-performance energy
efficiency measures; and encouraging owners and tenants to implement
high-performance energy efficiency measures in separate spaces. The
term `high-performance energy efficiency measure' means a technology,
product, or practice that will result in substantial operational cost
savings by reducing energy consumption and utility costs while
maintaining indoor air quality, appropriate light levels and occupant
comfort. DOE will use input from this Federal Register notice to inform
the study, to be completed by April 30, 2016.
DATES: Written comments and information are requested on or before
September 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The content that we are requesting your feedback on is
located at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2015-BT-
BLDG-0012. Interested persons are encouraged to submit comments
electronically. Interested persons may submit comments, identified by
docket number EERE-2015-BT-BLDG-0012. Your response should be limited
to 8 pages.
Email: SeparateSpaces2015BLDG0012@ee.doe.gov. Include EERE-2015-BT-
BLDG-0012 in the subject line of the message. Submit electronic
comments
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in Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, and avoid the use of special
characters or any form of encryption.
Or Mail to: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Mailstop EE-5B, Washington, DC 20585.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency
name and docket number.
Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, comments, and other supporting
documents/materials (search EERE-2015-BT-BLDG-0012). All documents in
the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index.
A link to the docket Web page can be found at: https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EERE-2015-BT-BLDG-0012. This Web
page contains a link to the docket for this notice on the
www.regulations.gov site. The www.regulations.gov Web page contains
instructions on how to access all documents, including public comments,
in the docket. See section II, Public Participation for further
information on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct requests for additional
information may be sent to Mr. Jason Hartke, U.S. Department of Energy,
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building Technologies
Program, EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585-
0121. Telephone: 202-586-9632.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Discussion
DOE is seeking public input on questions that will help inform a
study on the feasibility of significantly improving energy efficiency
in commercial buildings through the design and construction, by owners
and tenants, of separate tenant spaces using high-performance energy
efficiency measures; and encouraging owners and tenants to implement
high-performance energy efficiency measures in separate spaces.
This request seeks comments related to the following: (1) High-
performance energy efficiency measures that should be considered as
part of the initial design and construction of separate spaces; (2)
actual energy savings measured as a result of implementing energy
efficiency measures in tenant space design and construction; (3)
processes that owners, tenants, architects, engineers and other
building experts may replicate when designing and constructing separate
spaces with high-performance energy efficiency measures, and the cost-
effectiveness and scalability of such processes; (4) policies and best
practices to achieve reductions in energy intensities for lighting,
plug loads, heating, cooling, cooking, laundry, and other systems that
support the commercial building tenant; (5) financial metrics like
return on investment and payback analyses of the incremental cost and
projected energy savings of the proposed set of high-performance energy
efficiency measures, including consideration of available incentives;
(6) models and simulation methods that predict the quantity of energy
used by separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency
measures and that compare predicted quantity to the quantity of energy
used by separate spaces without high-performance energy efficiency
measures but that would otherwise comply with applicable code
requirements; (7) measurement and verification platforms and methods
that allow measurement of the impact of high-performance energy
efficiency measures installed in separate spaces, including metering
configurations and data access; (8) best practices and existing systems
or programs that encourage an integrated approach to designing and
constructing separate spaces to perform at optimum energy efficiency in
conjunction with the central systems of a commercial building; (9) any
impact on employment and job creation resulting from the design and
construction of separate spaces using high-performance energy
efficiency measures; (10) case studies or other analyses or studies
that report the economic and energy savings returns in the design and
construction of separate spaces with high-performance energy efficiency
measures; (11) best practices for encouraging owners and tenants to
implement high-performance energy efficiency measures in separate
spaces; and; (12) prevalence and configuration of energy sub metering
nationwide at the level of individual tenant spaces in commercial
buildings, including information about whether critical consumption
activities such as HVAC, data storage, or lighting are separately sub
metered; (13) identification of data on key determinants of energy
performance in tenant spaces that could be used to guide the
development of wider national data collection and most feasible
approaches for collecting such data; and (14) availability of hourly
data and information on specific energy management programs in place in
tenant spaces.
II. Public Participation
All interested parties are invited to submit in writing by the date
specified in the DATES section of this RFI, comments and information on
all elements listed in the discussion section above. Comments may be
submitted on or before September 30, 2015. Please submit comments only
and cite docket number EERE-2015-BT-BLDG-0012, in all correspondence
related to this case. All comments received will be posted without
change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal and/or
business confidential information provided. Visit https://www.doe.gov/cbi for more information.
Please limit comments to no more than a total of 8 pages.
Issued in Washington, DC, July 27, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
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