NREL Publishes Six Case Studies

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has published detailed case studies of the energy performance of six buildings as part of its evaluation for the U.S. Department of Energy. Each case study compares measured energy use to the project’s design goals and identifies successes and lessons learned. The six projects are the Zion National Park Visitor Center, the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, the NREL Thermal Test Facility, the BigHorn Home Improvement Center, the Cambria Office Building at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Philip Merrill Environmental Center. All six reports are online at www.nrel.gov/publications/ (search by project name). Case studies of all six projects are also included in the BuildingGreen Suite.