Validating Savings Claims of Cold Climate Zero Energy Ready Homes

Technical Report · Fri Jun 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1215268· OSTI ID:1215268

Williamson, J. ^[1]; Puttagunta, S. ^[1]

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1. Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings, Norwalk, CT (United States)

This study was intended to validate actual performance of three ZERHs in the Northeast to energy models created in REM/Rate v14.5 (one of the certified software programs used to generate a HERS Index) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s Building Energy Optimization (BEopt™) v2.3 E+ (a more sophisticated hourly energy simulation software). This report details the validation methods used to analyze energy consumption at each home.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1215268
• Report Number(s): NREL/SR-5500-64258; DOE/GO-102015-4676
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB), Norwalk, Connecticut
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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