Benchmarking Residential Energy Use Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Benchmarking Residential Energy Use

Creator

  • Author: MacDonald, J. M.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: US Department of Energy (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Tennessee
    Additional Info: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 2001-01-10

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interest in rating the real-life energy performance of buildings has increased in recent years, and real-life efficiency performance rating of buildings is important for any sustainable energy future. Work on rating commercial buildings energy performance has shown important promise for helping increase commercial sector energy efficiency. Since residential buildings account for over half of all buildings-related energy use in the US, methods to rate residential energy performance should also be important. Initial work on the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey has been conducted to examine issues and approaches for residential energy performance rating tools, and some of these issues and approaches are presented in this paper. A method is presented for developing an energy performance rating or ranking procedure for residences in the US based on regression analyses covering the entire residential sector, which covers mobile homes to apartments in large buildings. The same approach could be applied to subsets, such as single family detached houses. Significant additional work on the best methods to use to rate residential energy performance, causes of high and low performance, and other applications of these methods is needed.
  • Physical Description: 12 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Efficiency
  • Keyword: Energy Consumption
  • Keyword: Residential Buildings
  • STI Subject Categories: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization
  • Keyword: Commercial Sector
  • Keyword: Commercial Buildings
  • Keyword: Energy Efficiency
  • Keyword: Nuclear Power Plants
  • Keyword: Performance
  • Keyword: Residential Sector Nuclear Power Plants

Source

  • Conference: 2000 ACEEE Buildings Summer Study, No conference location provided, No conference dates provided

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: P00-107615
  • Grant Number: AC05-96OR22464
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 774655
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc716015
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