- The Building Performance Institute has issued the BPI-1100-T-2012 Home Energy Auditing Standard as a level playing field for evaluating energy efficiency in single-family homes.
- In the standard are protocols for evaluating energy usage, determining the building's durability, looking at factors that could impact the health and safety of residents, coming up with a scope of work for what improvements could be made, and calculating a cost-benefit analysis.
- Having a comprehensive standard should benefit remodelers.
From the article:
The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI) announced Monday that BPI-1100-T-2012 Home Energy Auditing Standard has been published as a BPI standard. The home performance industry has been calling for a resource the energy auditor can use to ensure that energy audits are conducted in alignment with current industry practices. ...
