As a part of the Engineering Science and Technology Division's (ESTD) Buildings Technology Center (BTC), our activities include evaluations of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (SEP), technical support for the Weatherization Assistant energy audit tool (NEAT and MHEA), and research into the impacts of utility restructuring and resource leveraging.

Our mission, in support of DOE's Office of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Program (OWIP) is "to work with federal, state and local partners to promote the adoption of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and practices -- thereby helping the nation realize a stronger economy, a cleaner environment, and safer, more affordable energy services for all its citizens."

New Publications:

McCold, Lance, Richard Goeltz, Mark Ternes, Linda Berry, Texas Field Experiment: Performance of the Weatherization Assistance Program in Hot-Climate, Low-Income Homes ORNL/CON-499, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April - 2008.

Eisenberg, Joel F., Short and Long-Term Perspectives: The Impact on Low-Income Consumers of Forecasted Energy Price Increases in 2008 and a Cap-and-Trade Carbon Policy in 2030 ORNL/CON-503, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, December - 2007, and January MIDWINTER UPDATE.

Ternes, Mark P., Validation of the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA) ORNL/CON-501, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, November - 2007.