Residential Home Performance Contracting Round Robin Guidelines

Published

April 17, 2014

Author(s)

Michael Lubliner, Rick Kunkle, David Hales, Melinda Spencer

Abstract

These guidelines describe the important considerations for planning, conducting, analyzing, and disseminating the results of a Home Performance Contactor (HPC) round robin study of a specific aspect of the HPC industry services. The round robin study focuses on gathering information needed to provide a better understanding of the variability in any number of performance characteristics of interest to a particular sector of the HPC industry. For example, a round robin can be used to estimate variability in the estimated energy performance of a given home, the necessary sizing of particular equipment, the potential savings from retrofit options, or a ranked list of cost-effective retrofit measures. Ultimately, it is anticipated that such activities will help developers of best practices, guidelines, and standards to improve those products to provide a more reliable prediction for the homeowner and to elicit confidence in those who will pay for enhanced building performance or measures to attain that performance.

Citation

Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR) - 14-976

Report Number

14-976

NIST Pub Series

Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

residential energy, energy audits, round robin, energy ratings

Citation

Lubliner, M. , Kunkle, R. , Hales, D. and Spencer, M. (2014), Residential Home Performance Contracting Round Robin Guidelines, Grant/Contract Reports (NISTGCR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/nist.gcr.14-976 (Accessed May 17, 2026)

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