On behalf of Amber Dzikowicz, issue proponent, the ballot for NSF/ANSI 342, issue 2, for sections 6.3.2.1 and 6.3.2.2 have been recommended to be sent to the Joint Committee for consideration. Please review the proposal and return your ballot by the ballot due date of December 24, 2013 via the online workspace (http://standards.nsf.org).
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Purpose:
Sections 6.3.2.1 and 6.3.2.2 currently give manufacturers and distributors two ways to earn credits under these sections, either by an energy reduction or by the conversion of energy inputs from non-renewable sources to renewable alternatives. Points are then awarded based on the percentage threshold in Table 6.1.
Each of the two options for achievement in these credits is preceded by the statement “Reduction shall be calculated from 1990 or later. Impact reduction shall be quantified as follows”, this statement infers that either option should be calculated utilizing a reduction from 1990 or later. This statement is correct when calculating an energy reduction (the first bulleted option). However, when calculating the second bullet, percentage of renewable resources that are utilized, calculations are typically based on the energy utilized in the performance period (the year being evaluated) and the percentage of that energy which is offset by renewable resources or that uses renewable resources to achieve the percent threshold.
The purpose of this ballot is to clarify that a reduction calculation from 1990 or later is only required for bullet one.
Background:
Joint Committee meetings with stakeholders for various interest categories developed this Standard and it was published in August of 2012. This revision ballot incorporates issue papers submitted to propose changes to Section 6.3.2.1 and 6.3.2.2.
Issues:
Changes to the standard for this revision are based on Issue Paper 3.
The Issue Papers for this ballot are available for your review. The sections available for ballot and comment are included in the ballot document. Three vertical dots indicate that section has been excluded from consideration in this ballot because these sections have not had any proposals for change to the language. The proposed additions are shown using grey highlight, and deletions are shown through strikethrough. |
