Research and Reports
BPA publishes research, policy papers, and fact sheets on residential energy efficiency and home performance.
Making Sense of the Smart Home: Applications of Smart Grid and Smart Home Technologies for the Home Performance Industry
The National Home Performance Council released a report which argues that the smart grid and home performance industries would benefit from a clearer understanding of the connections and points of intersection between whole-house upgrades and detailed information about energy consumption. The paper also identifies four ways that the smart grid and home performance industries could mutually benefit from further integration.
The Role of Home Energy Performance Improvements in Meeting State Requirements in Forthcoming CO2 Emissions Standards for Existing Power Plant: Comments on Clean Air Act Section 111d
The National Home Performance Council (NHPC) with Efficiency First (EF) released comments to the forthcoming CO2 emissions requirements for existing power plants in support of the inclusion of energy efficiency as a compliance mechanism for meeting state requirements for carbon dioxide standards under Clean Air Act Section 111(d).
Recommendations for Reforming Energy Efficiency Cost-Effectiveness Screening in the United States: Using the Resources Value Framework to Identify Those Efficiency Programs that are in the Public Interest
This position paper introduces a new framework efficiency screening designed to address the challenges of current efficiency screening practices and realizing the full potential for cost-effective energy efficiency.
Addendum A: Changes to Standard Vocabulary of Data Elements
A list of recent changes to the BPI-2200-S-2013 Standard for Home Performance-Related Data Collection data sheet.
BPI-2200-S-2013 Standard for Home Performance-Related Data Collection
The data collection standard is designed to facilitate communication and the exchange of information and data among all actors in the home performance industry by providing a standard vocabulary for describing terms related to buildings, energy consumption and energy conservation measures (ECMs).
BPI-2100-S-2013 Standard for Home Performance-Related Data Transfer
BPI-2100 is designed to facilitate communication and the exchange of information and data among all actors in the home performance industry by providing an extensible mark-up language (XML) standard for transferring information related to whole-house energy efficiency upgrades.
New Approaches to Cost-Effectiveness Testing
An overview of a groundbreaking proposal designed to ensure appropriate levels of public investment in energy efficiency programs. Presented by Robin LeBaron at the Oregon Home Performance Guild Second Annual Conference in Portland, OR.
BPI-2101-S-2013 Standard Requirements for a Certificate of Completion for Residential Energy Efficiency Upgrades
This data sheet identifies a standard set of data elements for certificates that document the completion of a whole-house energy upgrade (HEU) or individual energy conservation measures (ECMs) in existing homes.
Introduction to NHPC
An overview of NHPC. Presented by Kara Saul Rinaldi at NASEO conference in Hershey, PA.
Pro Forma: Modeling the Impact of Program Marketing on Contractor Revenues
Robin LeBaron's presentation at the Better Buildings conference. Home Performance Advocacy
Where Does All the Data Go?
Presentation by Robin LeBaron on the new BPI-2100 and BPI-2200 data standards.
Measuring It Right: Advancing Policy-Maker Education on Sound Cost Effectiveness Testing
Presented by Kara Saul Rinaldi at the 2013 ACI conference.