Evaluation Procedure for Building Energy Performance Prediction Tools: Accuracy and Home Energy Rating Systems-Issues and Recommendations.

摘要

This three section report explores the accuracy issues which affect Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS), briefly defined as procedures which rate the energy efficiency of single-family houses. The first section of this report reviews the problems of determining accuracy in HERS, concluding that acceptable accuracy varies with the audience and is greatly dependent upon the specific application. Section two examines the previous approaches to the determination of accuracy/validity of HERS which have predominantly relied upon primary and secondary testing methods. The final section investigates several different approaches to certify the accuracy of HERS, with the conclusion that field tests similar to those carried out in a Massachusetts HERS program be used to verify accuracy. 54 refs.