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Building America Performance Analysis Resources

These performance analysis web resources provide guidelines for energy performance analysis approaches.

Building America Research Benchmark (Updated December 20, 2007) (PDF 1.3 MB) Download Acrobat Reader.

Building America Analysis Spreadsheet (Excel 3.1 MB) (Updated 3/28/08)

Miscellaneous Electric Load (MEL) Analysis Spreadsheets

New Construction (Excel 3.1 MB) (Updated 3/28/08)
Existing Homes (Excel 388 KB) (Updated 5/12/06)

DHW Event Schedules

2 bedroom (Excel 59 MB)
3 bedroom (Excel 59 MB)
4 bedroom (Excel 59 MB)

Benchmark Q&A

Building America House Performance Analysis Procedures (PDF 2.3 MB)

Links Cited in Document

Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manuals
BESTEST - Building Energy Simulation TEST
Building Energy Simulation User News (See Vol. 19 for DOE2 training.)
California Title 24. California Energy Commission. "1998 Alternative Calculation Method Approval Manual", Section 2.4.2.7, "Cooling Efficiency of DOE Covered Air Conditioners."
DOE Building Energy Software Tools
DOE2.1E and 2.2 site
EIA
Energy Plus
HERS - Home Energy Rating System
TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) Data from NREL
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (Updated March 2003b), "Appliances and Commercial Equipment Standards"
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (published November 1999), "1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey"
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (July 2000), "Technical Support Document: Energy Efficiency Standards for Consumer Products: Residential Water Heaters," Appendix D-2
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (May 2002a), "Residential Energy Efficiency and Appliance Standards"
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (March 2003a), Residential Integrated Code Change (RICC) proposal to modify the 2003 International Energy Conservation Code

DOE-2.2 Input Files

NREL Example DOE2 input files:

EnergyGauge Version 2.2 Input Files

End-Use Profiles:

Lighting (Excel 268 KB) (updated 02/04/05)
Occupancy (Excel 124 KB)

Other Files:

ASHRAE 152 Spreadsheets provided by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Excel 147 KB)

Printable Version

U.S. Department of Energy