Monitored low-energy houses in North America and Europe: a compilation and economic analysis

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:7098149

Ribot, J C; Rosenfeld, A H

In a continuing compilation, BECA-A (Building Energy-Use Compilation and Analysis, Part A, New Homes), 128 submetered, energy-efficient homes in North America and Europe have been analyzed. Only 59 have acceptable data on additional first cost of conservation measures. Of these, the lowest cost of conserved energy is for the superinsulated category, where the cost of conserved energy is well under the average price of electricity, i.e. 6.2 cents/kWh. Only 37 homes have submetering adequate to permit correcting space heating loads for variations in occupant behavior (thermostat setting and internal gains). For these 37, the mean standardized thermal integrity is 50.3 kJ/m/sup 2/-DD, compared to US 1979 building practice of 100, or US stock of 180.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7098149
• Report Number(s): LBL-14788; CONF-820849-8; ON: DE82021789
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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