https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/nist-takes-on-the-net-zero-energy-home-challenge/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/nist-takes-on-the-net-zero-energy-home-challenge/#comment-5786 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 21:38:28 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=nist-takes-on-the-net-zero-energy-home-challenge#comment-5786 It’s hard to reach zero with
It’s hard to reach zero with a standard that shows EE improvements as a percentage improvement (HERS) against a moving target (2003 and then 2006 IECC). We need to look at actual energy consumption:http://www.earthadvantage.org/programs/energy-efficiency/energy-performance-score/about-eps/ if we really want to take NZ seriously. I’d also like to put a plug in for Earth Advantage’s Net Zero / Net Zero Ready certification program: http://www.earthadvantage.org/programs/homes/earth-advantage-zero/ because I think our guidelines are a lot more straight forward than this 51 page pdf.

]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/nist-takes-on-the-net-zero-energy-home-challenge/#comment-5785 Tue, 28 May 2013 22:17:46 +0000 http://energyvanguard.flywheelsites.com/?blog_post=nist-takes-on-the-net-zero-energy-home-challenge#comment-5785 I agree, it is odd that
I agree, it is odd that RESNET and the HERS Index rating were not mentioned in this.

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