An Effort to Refine Home Energy Assessment Methods in Support of Retrofit Decision Making

Ladipo, Oluwateniola Eniola

An Effort to Refine Home Energy Assessment Methods in Support of Retrofit Decision Making

dc.contributor.author	Ladipo, Oluwateniola Eniola	en
dc.contributor.committeechair	Reichard, Georg	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	McCoy, Andrew P.	en
dc.contributor.committeemember	Pearce, Annie R.	en
dc.contributor.department	Building Construction	en
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-06T08:00:29Z	en
dc.date.available	2013-06-06T08:00:29Z	en
dc.date.issued	2013-06-05	en
dc.description.abstract	This research evaluates current home energy assessment tools and practices and investigates their applicability in terms of relevance supporting retrofit decision making in Southwest Virginia. Home energy assessments and audits are comprised of many different tools, strategies, and practices all with the same goal, to achieve accuracy in assessing performance as well as confidence in achieving energy savings from retrofit recommendations. Differing opinions, training, and standards in energy assessments have led to a reduced confidence and reliance on energy assessments, which can ultimately lead to poor retrofit decisions and undesired outcomes. This research undertook an investigation of current tools and practices as well as modeling studies to reveal insights into strengths and weaknesses, and to refine home energy assessments. The goal was to identify opportunities to increase confidence for stakeholders by analyzing energy assessments in terms of what strategies are most suitable to increase the accuracy of capturing different energy influence parameters, as well as to provide a basis for future research and development in this subject area.	en
dc.description.degree	Master of Science	en
dc.format.medium	ETD	en
dc.identifier.other	vt_gsexam:1049	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23151	en
dc.publisher	Virginia Tech	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	Energy Assessments	en
dc.subject	Energy Modeling	en
dc.subject	Energy Auditor	en
dc.subject	Residential	en
dc.title	An Effort to Refine Home Energy Assessment Methods in Support of Retrofit Decision Making	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Building Construction Science and Management	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	en
thesis.degree.level	masters	en
thesis.degree.name	Master of Science	en