Missouri Association of Accredited Energy Professionals

The Missouri Association of Accredited Energy Professionals (MAAEP)
Recommendation for Residential Energy Auditing and Reporting
Revised 7/18/2010

MAAEP is a non-profit association of certified energy auditors, home performance contractors, and related industry professionals and organizations. We promote renewable and green energy solutions for existing homes, buildings, and new construction. Our accredited energy professionals perform energy audits and recommend energy efficiency upgrades to save on energy and utility bills and improve living space health and safety.

Recommend Residential Energy Audit Procedure and Content:

MAAEP endorses the Building Performance Institute (BPI) standard for Home Energy Auditing and recommends that audits performed within the State of Missouri conform to the then current BPI Home Energy Auditing Standard with the additional requirement of a cost-benefit analysis using computer software approved by BPI, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (note: if MDNR recommends a specific software suite, such recommendation shall become the adopted recommendation of MAAEP).

This standard’s goal is to direct the energy auditor to develop a comprehensive list of measures which lead to whole-building, science-based energy improvements to existing low-rise residential buildings (single-family and multifamily). In this standard, these buildings are called “homes.” An energy audit is an evaluation of a home’s existing energy profile and the potential to improve the home’s energy performance, and considers the policies and procedures of applicable residential energy programs.

The current BPI Home Energy Auditing Standard (PBI-101) includes, but is not limited to the following:

Scope The auditor will conduct a building-science-based evaluation of homes (residential low rise buildings) in terms of energy usage, durability, and occupant health/safety and provide a comprehensive written scope of work to improve the home.

This work scope shall be based on an evaluation of the whole house according to the requirements of this standard and the objectives of the customer. The work scope shall not be based primarily on a narrow product line, services of a contractor or convenience. The objective of the work scope is to optimize home performance cost-effectively, while maintaining or improving health and safety, and satisfying customer objectives.

The scope of work shall:

• be based on building-science principles and include the use of appropriate equipment in diagnosing opportunities for improving energy efficiency, and minimizing health and safety hazards

• include a cost-benefit analysis of recommended improvements including consideration of applicable energy programs, incentives, regulations, energy costs, fuel process, and typical local energy-consumption levels. Cost-benefit analysis is to be based on computer analysis using software approved by BPI, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (note: if MDNR recommends a specific software suite, such recommendation shall become the adopted recommendation of MAAEP).

• include a base load energy use analysis and advice to clients on energy use reduction strategies. When energy-consumption records are available, the audit shall include an analysis of energy consumption records (at least 12 months) to justify estimates of energy savings from the recommendations.

• include a recommended work scope that recognizes best-practice installation procedures as well inclusion of a comprehensive set of specific energy efficiency and health/safety measures warranted by the site-specific circumstances

• include pre-work and post-work verification (for example, diagnostic testing)