Validation of the National Energy Audit (NEAT) with data from a gas utility low-income residential weatherization program in New York State

Abstract

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Validation of the Manufactured Home Energy Audit (MHEA)

“…Although there have not been any previous field validations of MHEA, two studies have been performed to validate NEAT (Dalhoff 1996 andGettings et al 1998). Although NEAT and MHEA are two separate programs, there are many similarities between their data inputs and calculation approaches that make this comparison reasonable.…”