Source: Department of Energy EERE News
As part of the Energy Department’s efforts to help American homes and businesses save money by saving energy, the Department is developing new voluntary procedures, or protocols, that will help standardize how state and local governments, industry, and energy efficiency organizations estimate energy savings. The protocols are being developed by technical experts through collaboration with energy efficiency program administrators, industry stakeholders, and home energy assessors—including major firms that perform up to 70% of the home energy efficiency assessments in the United States. The Energy Department invites stakeholders from the public sector, industry, and academia to participate in an online public review of these new protocols for estimating energy savings from energy efficiency programs.