<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sang Hoon Lee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tianzhen Hong</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mary Ann Piette</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah C. Taylor-Lange</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy retrofit analysis toolkit for commercial buildings: A review</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Building energy retroﬁt</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy conservation measures</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy efﬁciency</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Energy simulation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Retroﬁt analysis tools</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Web-based applications</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">09/2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elsevier Ltd.</style></publisher><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">89</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1087-1100</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Retrofit analysis toolkits can be used to optimize energy or cost savings from retrofit strategies, accelerating the adoption of ECMs (energy conservation measures) in buildings. This paper provides an up-todate review of the features and capabilities of 18 energy retrofit toolkits, including ECMs and the calculation engines. The fidelity of the calculation techniques, a driving component of retrofit toolkits, were evaluated. An evaluation of the issues that hinder effective retrofit analysis in terms of accessibility, usability, data requirement, and the application of efficiency measures, provides valuable insights into advancing the field forward. Following this review the general concepts were determined: (1) toolkits developed primarily in the private sector use empirically data-driven methods or benchmarking to provide ease of use, (2) almost all of the toolkits which used EnergyPlus or DOE-2 were freely accessible, but suffered from complexity, longer data input and simulation run time, (3) in general, there appeared to be a fine line between having too much detail resulting in a long analysis time or too little detail which sacrificed modeling fidelity. These insights provide an opportunity to enhance the design and development of existing and new retrofit toolkits in the future.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LBNL-1004503</style></custom2><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1087</style></section></record></records></xml>