Seminar: Using Micro Analysis to Estimate Aggregate Least Cost Curves
September 18, 2006 at 3:30pm
Ren Anderson, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Center for Buildings and Thermal Systems
Joint Global Change Research Institute
8400 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 201
College Park, MD 20740-2496
College Park, MD 20740-2496
Abstract
NREL's residential research team has developed a unique parametric analysis technique to define the least incremental cost required to achieve different levels of source energy savings in new homes. Energy savings are calculated relative to a standard research benchmark that has been calibrated to represent an average 1990's home using the RECS database in combination with other published studies on residential energy use characteristics. Dr. Anderson will provide an overview of the analysis technique and its application to the evaluation of technology pathways leading to homes that use zero net energy on an annual basis.
About the Speaker
Dr. Ren Anderson joined NREL's research staff in 1983 and has worked on a broad range of building research projects including energy transport in passive solar homes, advanced switchable window coatings, residential building energy design tools, advanced desiccant cooling and heat recovery systems, and residential air distribution systems. Working with industry partners and DOE, Ren has helped to plan and carry out the research activities of DOE's Building America Program, now one of the largest research elements in DOE's buildings research portfolio. Ren is currently focusing on developing robust, least cost approaches for the design of net zero energy homes.
