Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes: A Framework for Future Guidelines Workshop Summary Report

Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to all who participated in the workshop on Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes. The presentations and discussions that took place at the workshop provided the foundation for this report. Special thanks are extended to plenary speakers, listed below, and to the many expert participants, shown on the next page. Nancy McNabb and members of the Energy and Environment Division within the Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) made significant contributions to the planning and execution of the workshop and editing of this report; other technical staff from the NIST Engineering Laboratory also contributed. Thanks are also due to the Energetics Incorporated team that provided support for workshop planning, facilitation, and preparation of the final report. This includes Hard copies of this report can be obtained by contacting Nancy McNabb at nancy.mcnabb@nist.gov. Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. The Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility under construction at NIST will provide a platform to investigate effective monitoring techniques through the collection of comprehensive, highly accurate performance measurements of the energy flows within the house.