Addendum to the Building America House Simulation Protocols

Technical Report · Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1219870· OSTI ID:1219870

Engebrecht, C. Metzger ^[1]; Wilson, E. ^[1]; Horowitz, S. ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

As DOE's Building America program has grown to include a large and diverse cross-section of the home building and retrofit industries, it has become more important to develop accurate, consistent analysis techniques to measure progress towards the program’s goals. The House Simulation Protocols (HSP) provide guidance to program partners and managers so that energy savings for new construction and retrofit projects can be compared alongside each other. The HSP provides the program with analysis methods that are proven to be effective and reliable in investigating the energy use of advanced energy systems and of entire houses.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1219870
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102012-3855; 6055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

NREL
housing simulation protocols
new construction
existing homes
standard operating conditions
Building America Program
National Renewable Energy Laboratory