Table 2: Annual Household Energy, GHG, and Cost Savings | |||||||||
V7.0 Efficiency Criteria | |||||||||
Equipment | Climate Zone | Annual
Electrical Savings (kWh) |
Annual
Gas Savings (MMBtu) |
Annual
Savings ($) |
Annual
Emissions Reduction (pounds of CO2) |
% of Shipments by Climate Zone (2020) | |||
Windows | Northern (Market) | 108.70 | 7.85 | $107.39 | 1,085 | 25% | |||
Northern (Code) | 71.94 | 4.86 | $67.15 | 679 | 15% | ||||
North/Central (Market) | 117.29 | 4.54 | $76.47 | 711 | 12% | ||||
North/Central (Code) | 67.47 | 2.24 | $38.98 | 366 | 9% | ||||
South/Central (Market) | 394.23 | 0.67 | $67.17 | 683 | 15% | ||||
South/Central (Code) | 119.02 | 0.16 | $19.78 | 202 | 14% | ||||
Southern (Market)** | 467.86 | -0.25 | $51.26 | 688 | 11% | ||||
Type | Annual
Electrical Savings (kWh) |
Annual
Gas Savings (MMBtu) |
Annual
Savings ($) |
Annual
Emissions Reduction (pounds of CO2) |
% of Shipments by Type (2020) | ||||
Doors | >1/2 Lite | 13 | 0.40 | $3.14 | 66 | 68% | |||
≤1/2 Lite | 5 | 0.35 | $1.22 | 48 | 32% | ||||
Assumptions: (1) Cost of electricity is $0.1350/kWh in the Northern zone, $0.1263/kWh in the North/Central zone, $0.1479/kWh in the South/Central zone, $0.1191/kWh in the Southern zone, and $0.1244/kWh Nationally (2) Elec. Emissions Factor = 1.533 lbs CO2E/kWh, (3) Gas Emissions Factor = 116.98 lbs CO2/MMBtu, (4) Average single family detached house with window surface area of 15%, and (5) Southern market products are equal to or better than the building code for that zone. | |||||||||
Table 3: Lifetime Household Energy, GHG, and Cost Savings | |||||||||
V7.0 Efficiency Criteria | |||||||||
Equipment | Climate Zone | Lifetime
Electrical Savings (kWh) |
Lifetime
Gas Savings (MMBtu) |
Lifetime
Savings ($) |
Lifetime
Emissions Reduction (pounds of CO2) |
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Windows | Northern (Market) | 2,717 | 196.17 | $2,684.82 | 27,114 | ||||
Northern (Code) | 1,799 | 121.52 | $1,678.65 | 16,972 | |||||
North/Central (Market) | 2,932 | 113.51 | $1,911.81 | 17,774 | |||||
North/Central (Code) | 1,687 | 56.08 | $974.61 | 9,146 | |||||
South/Central (Market) | 9,856 | 16.79 | $1,679.34 | 17,073 | |||||
South/Central (Code) | 2,975 | 4.11 | $494.38 | 5,043 | |||||
Southern (Market)** | 11,697 | -6.24 | $1,281.52 | 17,201 | |||||
Type | Lifetime
Electrical Savings (kWh) |
Lifetime
Gas Savings (MMBtu) |
Lifetime
Savings ($) |
Lifetime
Emissions Reduction (pounds of CO2) |
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Doors | >1/2 Lite | 252 | 8.00 | $62.80 | 1,323 | ||||
≤1/2 Lite | 98 | 7.00 | $24.35 | 969 | |||||
Assumptions: (1) An average lifetime of 20 years for doors and 25 years for windows was used, and (2) Southern market products are equal to or better than the building code for that zone. | |||||||||
Table 4: National Annual Savings Potential | |||||||||
V7.0 Efficiency Criteria | |||||||||
Equipment | National Electrical
Savings (GWh) |
Gas
Savings (MMBtu) |
National Cost
Savings (millions of $) |
National CO2
Emissions Reduction (billions of lbs) |
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Windows | 12,655 | $ 233,135,672 | $155,725 | 46.67 | |||||
Doors | 1,181 | $ 44,706,590 | $658 | 7.04 | |||||
Totals | 13,836 | $ 277,842,261 | $156,383 | 53.71 | |||||
Assumptions: Assumes all windows and doors in the U.S. are ENERGY STAR at the Version 7.0 criteria over the 25 year lifetime for windows and 20 year lifetime for doors. Assumes annual shipments of 52 million windows and 12 million doors. | |||||||||