This paper is an effort to collect and summarize the most relevant information on regression analyses on prediction of energy consumption in residential buildings with the idea of provides a comprehensive reference for future studies. As a general outline, first a background of regression analysis is given; second, the basics on building energy regression models are treated; then, previous works on whole-building energy consumption prediction with regression analysis are summarized; and finally, a case study is presented to illustrate the application of linear regression analysis.