Performance Results for Massachusetts and Rhode Island Deep Energy Retrofit Pilot Community

Technical Report · Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1221087· OSTI ID:1221087

Gates, C. ^[1]; Neuhauser, K. ^[1]

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1. Building Science Corporation, Somerville, MA (United States)

Between December, 2009 and December, 2012, 42 deep energy retrofit (DER) projects were completed through a pilot program sponsored by National Grid and conducted in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Thirty-seven of these projects were comprehensive retrofits while five were partial DERs, meaning that high performance retrofit was implemented for a single major enclosure component or a limited number of major enclosure components. Building Science Corporation developed a consistent "package" of measures in terms of the performance targeted for major building components. Based on the community experience, this DER package is expected to result in yearly source energy use near 110 MMBtu/year or approximately 40% below the Northeast regional average.

• Research Organization: Building Science Corporation, Somerville, MA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• OSTI ID: 1221087
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102014-4371; 6759
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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