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Measuring progress toward achieving net zero energy buildings can be difficult. Performance metrics such as energy use index and energy rating index will provide misleading information if they are insensitive to the impact of parameters such as size, process loads, and occupant behavior. This seminar highlights challenges facing popular performance metrics targeted toward net zero buildings. Options for addressing some of these challenges will be described, including lessons learned from an extensive evaluation of airport terminals, and technical approaches such as O&M Index and Index Adjustment Factors to address disparities in ratings caused by geometry and operating assumptions.

• An O&M Index Can Help Address EUI Limitations
  David Goldstein, Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA

• Developing EUI Adjustment Factors for Benchmarking Airport Terminal Buildings
  Juan-Carlos Baltazar, Ph.D., P.E., BEMP, Member, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

• ERI Adjustments for Standard 90.2 and Other Residential Applications
  Philip Fairey, Member, Florida Solar Energy Center, Cocoa, FL

Run Time: 90 mins.