Models for residential- and commercial-sector energy-conservation analysis: applications, limitations, and future potential. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6609028· OSTI ID:6609028

Cole, Henry E.; Fullen, Robert E.

This report reviews four of the major models used by the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy conservation analyses in the residential- and commercial-building sectors. The objective is to provide a critical analysis of how these models can serve as tools for DOE and its Conservation Policy Office in evaluating and quantifying their policy and program requirements. For this, the study brings together information on the models' analytical structure and their strengths and limitations in policy applications these are then employed to assess the most-effective role for each model in addressing future issues of buildings energy-conservation policy and analysis. The four models covered are: Oak Ridge Residential Energy Model; Micro Analysis of Transfers to Households/Comprehensive Human Resources Data System (MATH/CHRDS) Model; Oak Ridge Commercial Energy Model; and Brookhaven Buildings Energy Conservation Optimization Model (BECOM).

• Research Organization: Hittman Associates, Inc., Columbia, MD (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79PE70044
• OSTI ID: 6609028
• Report Number(s): DOE/PE/70044-T3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY ANALYSIS
ENERGY MODELS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
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ENERGY DEMAND
ENERGY POLICY
MANAGEMENT
ORNL
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