Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST), Vol. 1: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests User's Manual and Vol. 2: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests Reference Results

Ron Judkoff; Joel Neymark

doi:10.2172/162497

Home Energy Rating System Building Energy Simulation Test (HERS BESTEST), Vol. 1: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests User's Manual and Vol. 2: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests Reference Results

Ron Judkoff, Joel Neymark

Building Technologies and Science Center

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

VOLUME 1: The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Building Energy Simulation Test (BESTEST) is a method for evaluating the credibility of software used by HERS to model energy use in buildings. The method provides the technical foundation for ``certification of the technical accuracy of building energy analysis tools used to determine energy efficiency ratings,`` as called for in the Energy PolicyAct of 1992 (Title I, subtitle A,l Section 102, Title II, Part 6, Section 271). Certification is accomplished with a uniform set of test cases that facilitate the comparison of a software tool with several of the best public-domain, state-of-the-art building energy simulation programs available in the United States. This set of test cases represents the Tier 1 and Tier 2 Tests for Certificationof Rating Tools as described in DOE 10 CFR Part 437 and the HERS Council Guidelines for Uniformity (HERS Council). A third Tier of tests not included in this document is also planned.; VOLUME 2: The Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Building Energy Simulation Test (BESTEST) is a method for evaluating the credibility of software used by HERS to model energy use in buildings. The method providesthe technical foundation for ``certification of the technical accuracy of building energy analysis tools used to determine energy efficiency ratings,`` as called for in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Title I, Subtitle A, Section 102, Title II, Part 6, Section 271). Certification is accomplished with a uniform set of test cases that Facilitate the comparison of a software tool with several of thebest public-domain, state-of-the-art building energy simulation programs available in the United States. The HERS BESTEST work is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 contains the test case specifications and is a user`s manual for anyone wishing to test a computer program. Volume 2 contains the reference results and suggestions for accrediting agencies on how to use and interpret the results.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	205
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/162497
State	Published - 1995

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Volume II: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/legosti/fy96/7332b.pdf; Includes 2 diskettes

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-472-7332

Keywords

bestest-ex self-testing procedure
building energy analysis tools
building energy simulation test for existing homes (BESTEST-EX)
certification of rating tools
Energy Policy Act
evaluation methods
HERS
home energy rating systems (HERS)

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