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This page houses all the supporting resources that are fundamental to or supportive of the RTF work, including measure tools, building simulation models, and results of third-party review of UES measures.

Measure Resources

Measure Tools


ProCost. The RTF and the Council use the ProCost model to characterize the cost and benefits of conservation measures and programs.

ProCost


Standard Information Workbook. RTF’s Standard Information Workbook (SIW) houses assumptions and data that are used across multiple measures. The SIW serves as a starting point for frequently accessed values and ensures consistency across measures that leverage the same data.

SIW


Climate and Weather Information. This page provides details on the methodology and associated resources on the climate zones and weather files that the RTF uses in measure analysis.

Climate Information

Modeling Tools


Residential Energy Efficiency and Demand Response (REEDR) Tool. The REEDR tool is an open-source tool that was designed to ease the process of building, running, and analyzing residential building energy models in EnergyPlus.

REEDR


Commercial Building Simulation Models. The RTF uses the Modelkit framework for modeling commercial buildings in EnergyPlus, which supports measure work including conservation and demand response assessments, HVAC interaction factors, and savings shape development.

Modelkit

RTF Modeling Training


In 2024, the RTF hosted a series of training to support users of its building simulation modeling tools. 
See the RTF Modeling Training Series Vimeo channel, or watch each session:

RTF Measure Reviews

Historically, the RTF has performed third party reviews across all its UES measures to ensure consistency and rigor. The following are recently completed reviews of RTF measures.

UES Measure Cost Review. In 2022, a contractor reviewed all the RTF's UES measure workbooks to assess the rigor of the incremental cost estimates and methodologies, accuracy, and consistency with the RTF Guidelines.

UES Cost Review

Capacity Benefits. In 2016, a contractor reviewed all the RTF's UES measure workbooks to assess the reliability of load shapes selected, provide alternatives where appropriate, and recommendations as to potential next steps for improving reliability.

Capacity Load Shape Recommendation

Archived Resources

The following resources are no longer actively used or maintained by the RTF:

  • Simplified Energy Enthalpy Model. The Simplified Energy Enthalpy Model (SEEM) program was designed to model small scale residential building energy use. This tool has been replaced by the Residential Energy Efficiency and Demand Response (REEDR) modeling tool (see above).
  • Measure Specific Supporting Files Archive. An archive of the workbooks that support archived versions of the RTF measure workbooks.