Baseline Studies

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Arkansas: Energy Performance Evaluation of New Homes in Arkansas (PDF 124 KB).
Australia: Impact of Minimum Performance Requirements for Class 1 Buildings in Victoria (PDF 817 KB).
California: California Non-Residential New Construction Baseline Report (PDF 936 KB).
California: California Non-Residential New Construction Baseline Report Appendix (PDF 789 KB).
California: Statewide Measure Performance Study #2: An Assessment of Relative Technical Degradation Rates (PDF 580 KB).
Colorado: Evaluation of New Home Energy Efficiency (PDF 4.7 MB).
Hawaii: Hawaii Code Compliance Study (PDF 180 KB).
Idaho/Montana/Oregon/Washington: Baseline Commercial Construction Practices in the Pacific Northwest (PDF 1.5 MB).
Massachusetts: Impact Analysis of the Massachusetts 1998 Residential Energy Code Revisions (PDF 1.6 MB).
Minnesota: Evaluating Minnesota Homes Final Report (PDF 1.5 MB).
New Hampshire/Rhode Island: 2001 Survey of Knowledge, Practices and Needs of Energy Code Officials in New Hampshire and Rhode Island (PDF 888 KB).
Vermont: Report on the 1995 Vermont Residential New Construction Baseline Data (PDF 321 KB).
Changes in Construction Markets: The Next 15 Years (PDF 1.2 MB).
Data Digest: Are Fans Blowing Your Energy Budget? (PDF 143 KB).
Measures of Residential Energy Consumption and their Relationships to DOE Policy (PDF 1 MB).