Cost-effectiveness of home energy retrofits in pre-code vintage homes in the United States / prepared for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ; prepared by Philip Fairey and Danny Parker, BA-PIRC/Florida Solar Energy Center.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Fairey, Philip W.

Contributor:

Parker, Danny S.

Rothgeb, Stacey

Florida Solar Energy Center

Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

Building America (Program : U.S.)

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Building Technologies Program (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and energy conservation--Economic aspects.

Architecture and energy conservation.

Dwellings--Energy conservation--Measurement.

Dwellings.

Dwellings--Energy consumption--Measurement.

CostOpt (Computer program).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 98, [1] pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy, Building Technologies Program, [2012]

Summary:

This analytical study examines the opportunities for cost-effective energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofits in residential archetypes constructed prior to 1980 (Pre-Code) in fourteen U.S. cities. These fourteen cities are representative of each of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) climate zones in the contiguous U.S. The analysis is conducted using an in-house version of EnergyGauge USA v.2.8.05 named CostOpt that has been programmed to perform iterative, incremental economic optimization on a large list of residential energy efficiency and renewable energy retrofit measures. The principle objectives of the study are as follows: to determine the opportunities for cost effective source energy reductions in this large cohort of existing residential building stock as a function of local climate and energy costs; and to examine how retrofit financing alternatives impact the source energy reductions that are cost effectively achievable.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 15, 2013).

"October 2012."

"November 2012"--Page [i].

"NREL Technical Monitor: Stacey Rothgeb."

"DOE/GO-102012-3786"--Page [99].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).

OCLC:

827796967