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UES Measures Standard protocols list Demand Response Technologies Supporting Documents Propose a measure or standard protocol Proposed measures and status Whole Building Efforts

Subcommittees

  • Agricultural Irrigation
  • Air Source Heat Pumps
  • Commercial HVAC
  • Compressed Air
  • Connected Thermostats
  • Demand Response
  • Ductless Heat Pumps
  • Duct Sealing
  • Guidelines
  • Heat Pump Water Heaters
  • Implementers Group
  • Market Analysis
  • Natural Gas Subcommittee
  • New Homes Standard Protocol
  • Non-Residential Lighting
  • Operations
  • Pump Systems
  • Research and Evaluation
  • Residential Behavior
  • Residential Lighting
  • RTF Policy Advisory Committee
  • Small and Rural Utilities
  • Statistical Methods
  • Whole Building Subcommittee
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Residential Gas Fireplaces

At a Glance

Status 
active
Fuel type 
gas
Sector 
residential
Applications 
HVAC
Sunset date 
Sep 30, 2025

This measure encourages the installation of a more efficient gas fireplace where on was already going to be installed. It does not encourage the installation of gas fireplaces more broadly.

The measure applies to self contained units (zero clearance, insert, and freestanding), vented units, and both decorative and heating certified units. Eligible fireplaces are installed in new or existing Single-family, Multi-family or Manufactured Homes. They are sealed combustion, with a direct or integrated power vent, an intermittent pilot light and an efficiency of greater than or equal to 70 FE. 

This measure has been adopted as planning due to the fact that almost all of the data it's built on is from Energy Trust, and it is uncertain how representative this data is of areas outside of ETOs territory. 

Workbook

Latest Version

Residential Gas Fireplace v1.1

File Residential Gas Fireplace v1.1
Approved at the September 2022 RTF meeting. QC Complete.
Date 
Nov 15, 2022
Version number 
1.1

Past Versions

version date document
1.0
Oct 03, 2022
File Residential Gas Fireplace v1.0
Adopted at the September 2022 RTF meeting. Currently undergoing QC.

Decisions

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Latest decision

Decision details

Decided 
September 20, 2022
RTF Meeting: September 20, 2022

Adopt New Measure

Decision Details

Adopt the Residential Gas Fireplace measure as presented and:

  • Reduce the hours of use in new construction to 5 hrs/week
  • Set the Category to Planning
  • Set the Status to Active
  • Set the sunset date to September 30, 2025

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