Commercial Building Energy Asset Score Program Overview and Technical Protocol (Version 1.1)

Technical Report · Fri Aug 09 04:00:00 EDT 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1108158· OSTI ID:1108158

Wang, Na ^[1]; Goel, Supriya ^[1]; Makhmalbaf, Atefe ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is developing a voluntary national scoring system for commercial buildings to help building owners and managers assess a building’s energy-related systems independent of operations. The goal of the score is to facilitate cost-effective investment in energy efficiency improvements of commercial buildings. The system, known as the Commercial Building Energy Asset Score, will allow building owners and managers to compare their building infrastructure against peers and track building upgrades over time. The system will also help other building stakeholders (e.g., building investors, tenants, financiers, and appraisers) understand the relative efficiency of different buildings in a way that is independent from operations and occupancy. This report outlines the technical protocol used to generate the energy asset score, explains the scoring methodology, and provides additional details regarding the energy asset scoring tool. The alternative methods that were considered prior to developing the current approach are described in the Program Overview and Technical Protocol Version 1.0.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1108158
• Report Number(s): PNNL--22045 Rev-1.1; BT0201000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Building Energy Use
Commercial Buildings
Energy Asset Score
Energy Simulation