Comparing Apples, Oranges and Grapefruits: An Analysis of Current Building Energy Analysis Standards for Building America, Home Energy Ratings and the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Philip W. Fairey, Florida Solar Energy CenterFollow

Secondary Author(s)

Colon, Carlos; Martin, Eric; Chandra, Subrato

Report Number

FSEC-CR-1650-06

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-1650-06.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Building energy analysis; Energy efficiency standards; Home Energy Ratings; Climate zones; Energy policy

Abstract

The purpose of this work is to determine the relationship between the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America (BA) Benchmarking Analysis methods and the energy-efficiency analysis methods used by the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) and the Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) industry for similar purposes. Analysis for three different home sizes conducted in seven different climate zones revealed no correlation between the analysis methods. Pros and cons are presented for different policy options for maintaining or changing the BA benchmark.

Date Published

8-23-2006

Identifiers

486

Subjects

Buildings--Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Building laws; Climatic changes; Energy policy

Local Subjects

Buildings

Type

Text; Document

Creator (Linked Data)

Fairey, Philip W. [LC]

Collection

FSEC Energy Research Center® Collection

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Fairey, Philip W., "Comparing Apples, Oranges and Grapefruits: An Analysis of Current Building Energy Analysis Standards for Building America, Home Energy Ratings and the 2006 International Energy Conservation Code" (2006). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 486.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/486