DOE Publishes Protocols to Determine Energy Efficiency Savings

energymanagertoday.com - by Linda Hardesty
May 17, 2013

The Department of Energy has published a new series of protocols for determining savings from energy efficiency upgrades in homes, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities.

Developed in collaboration with leading technical experts under the Uniform Methods Project (UMP), these protocols offer a straightforward approach for calculating energy savings made possible from common residential and commercial efficiency measures in utility-based energy efficiency programs.

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The Uniform Methods Project: Methods for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings for Specific Measures
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/office_eere/de_ump.html

The Uniform Methods Project: Methods for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings for Specific Measures (381 page .PDF file)
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy13osti/53827.pdf