Cost-Effectiveness of Home Energy Retrofits in Pre-Code Vintage Homes in the United States

Fairey, P. ; Parker, D.

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Energy Retrofits;    Building America Partnership For Improved Residential Construction (Ba-Pirc);    Buildings;    Renewable Energy;    Residential;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1059157
RP-ID  :  DOE/GO-102012-3786
RP-ID  :  AC36-08GO28308
RP-ID  :  1059157

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

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.