Assessment of progress in energy-efficient buildings

Conference · Wed Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6342220

Wall, L W; Rosenfeld, A H

The need for actual consumption data to track accurately the improving energy efficiency of buildings is being addressed by the Buildings Energy Data (BED) Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. We summarize results to date from our Building Energy Use Compilation and Analysis (BECA) studies, which include time trends in the energy consumption of new commercial and new residential buildings, the measured savings being attained by both commercial and residential retrofits, the cost-effectiveness of buildings energy-conservation measures, and the validation of building-energy computer programs. We also examine recent comparisons of predicted vs actual energy performance, and present the case for building energy-use ratings.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 6342220
• Report Number(s): LBL-15412; CONF-830520-1; ON: DE83005295
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ENERGY CONSUMPTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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RETROFITTING
TESTING
VALIDATION