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NorthernSTAR Project Overcoat: Exterior Insulation Strategies for 1.5-Story Roof Applications in Cold Climates

This is a repository for all NorthernSTAR Overcoat insulation retrofit projects. Both houses received Overcoat insulation retrofit on roof only, performed by Cocoon Insulation. 1 St. Louis Park house St. Louis Park, MN 2 Edina house Edina, MN In this second study, the team wishe...

Jacobson, R. et al University of Minnesota NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership

Apr 27, 2016
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Field Testing of an Unvented Roof with Fibrous Insulation, Tiles, and Vapor Diffusion Venting

BSC TO5 Task 2.5 Field Testing of an Un-vented Roof with Fibrous Insulation and Tiles Winter Park, FL 32789 Field test data available for wood moisture contents, temperature, and relative humidity. Un-vented roofs (aka cathedral-ized attics) are an established presence in Florida...

Ueno, K. and Lstiburek, J. Building Science Corporation

Apr 27, 2016
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Field Testing Unvented Roofs with Asphalt Shingles in Cold and Hot-humid Climates

BSC TO5 Task 7.1 Field Testing Unvented Roofs with Asphalt Shingles in Cold Climates Bolingbrook, IL 60440 BSC TO5 Task 7.1 Field Testing Unvented Roofs with Asphalt Shingles in Hot-Humid Climates Friendswood, TX 77546 To understand the long-term moisture performance of unvented ...

Ueno, K. and Lstiburek, J. Building Science Corporation

Apr 27, 2016
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Moisture Risk in Unvented Attics Due to Air Leakage Paths Minneapolis Minnesota

IBACOS completed an initial analysis of moisture damage potential in an unvented attic insulated with closed-cell spray polyurethane foam. To complete this analysis, the research team collected field data, used computational fluid dynamics to quantify the airflow rates through ind...

Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation

Apr 27, 2016
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PV Rooftop Database for Puerto Rico (PVRDB-PR)

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) PV Rooftop Database for Puerto Rico (PVRDB-PR) is a lidar-derived, geospatially-resolved dataset of suitable roof surfaces and their PV technical potential for virtually all buildings in Puerto Rico. The dataset can be downloaded a...

Mooney, M. and Waechter, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Dec 16, 2020
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PV Rooftop Database

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Photovoltaic (PV) Rooftop Database (PVRDB) is a lidar-derived, geospatially-resolved dataset of suitable roof surfaces and their PV technical potential for 128 metropolitan regions in the United States. The PVRDB data are organized...

Mooney, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Jan 01, 2016
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Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Energy Challenge Home Program Certification of Production Builders Chicago, IL and Devens, MA

TO4 Task 3.1 K Hovnanian Chicago, IL DOE Challenge Home Program Certified Home Constructed and Verified Specifications DOE Challenge Home Building envelope Ceiling R-49 blown fiberglass, Grade I Walls 2x4 framing @ 16 o.c. with R-13 fiberglass batts, Grade I and 1"" R-5 extrude...

Loomis, H. and Kerrigan, P. Building Science Corporation

Apr 27, 2016
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Benchmark Model for Wastewater Treatment Using an Activated Sludge Process

This is benchmark model for wastewater treatment using an activated sludge process. The activated sludge process is a means of treating both municipal and industrial wastewater. The activated sludge process is a multi-chamber reactor unit that uses highly concentrated microorganis...

Byun, J. and Maravelias, C. Princeton University

Jan 21, 2022
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Brookfield Homes Passive House Performance Evaluation

TO4 3.1.3: Brookfield Homes Short-Term Results TO5 3.1.3: Brookfield Passive House Monitoring To further define its market position on high performance homebuilding, Brookfield worked with IBACOS and the Building America program to design and construct a Passive House (PH) certif...

Beach, R. et al Ibacos Innovation

Apr 27, 2016
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Rooftop Photovoltaic Technical Potential in the United States

This data submission contains a workbook with data, and three sets of shapefiles that correspond to that data. Contact: Meghan Mooney, Meghan.Mooney@nrel.gov The workbook contains data that underlies the 2016 technical report Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Technical Potentia...

Gagnon. . et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Nov 05, 2019
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Observations and Lessons Learned in Residential Roofing Integrated Photovoltaics

The data file includes field observations of residential roofing integrated photovoltaics installation that happened between July 2021 and June 2022 in California. There are 21 observations 2 in the re-roofing category and 19 in the new construction category. The file include...

Cook and JenaNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 15, 2023
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Measure Guideline: Deep Energy Enclosure Retrofit for Interior Insulation of Masonry Walls and Flat Roofs

Measure Guideline: Deep Energy Enclosure Retrofit for Zero Energy Ready House Flat Roofs BSC TO5 Task 7.4 Deep Energy Enclosure Retrofit (DEER) for Interior Insulation of Masonry Walls Lawrence, MA 01840 This Measure Guideline describes a deep energy enclosure retrofit solution ...

Musunuru, S. et al Building Science Corporation

Apr 27, 2016
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Performance and Costs of Ductless Heat Pumps in Marine-Climate High-Performance Homes Habitat for Humanity The Woods

The Washington State University (WSU) Energy Program's Building America (BA) team conducted a case study of a high-performance affordable housing community: The Woods (Figure 1). This BA effort is part of a larger-scale study of 30 homes funded from 2013-2016 by Tacoma Public Util...

Lubliner, M. et al Washington State University

Apr 27, 2016
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Conway St Apartments Olive Street Development

In Greenfield, Massachusetts, Olive Street Development transformed an old elementary school building into 12 high-end rental apartments. The developer aimed to get as close to net-zero performance as practical, installing: (1) R-30 high-density spray foam against the brick walls (...

Aldrich, R. and Williamson, J. Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings

Apr 27, 2016
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Tracking the Sun

Berkeley Lab's Tracking the Sun report series is dedicated to summarizing installed prices and other trends among grid-connected, distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in the United States. The present report, the 11th edition in the series, focuses on systems installed thro...

Barbose, G. and Darghouth, N. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

Oct 01, 2019
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NorthernStar Zero Energy Ready Homes

This is a repository for all NorthernSTAR Zero Energy Ready certified homes. Amaris Homes Model Home St. Paul, MN 55110 Description: Model home completed September 2013 The DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study looks to study and eventually design zero net energy homes in cold we...

Huelman, P. University of Minnesota NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership

Apr 27, 2016
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New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Exterior Building Solutions To Insulation

TO4 8.2.2: Space Cond. for Deep Energy Retrofits The purpose of this project for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is to find new or improved strategies for exterior building solutions in regard to insulation that will provide extensive energy...

Beach, R. et al Ibacos Innovation

Apr 27, 2016
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Greenbuilt Construction Energy Efficiency Retrofit House Demonstration Sacramento

One of the homes that was part of Sacramento Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) Energy Efficiency Retrofit Demonstration (EERD) project was a 1980's era home in Fair Oaks, California, referred to as the Greenbuilt house, as Greenbuilt Construction completed the retrofit of the h...

Sparn, B. et al Mountain Energy Partnership

Aug 27, 2018
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Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate

The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction, formerly the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, has worked with several community-scale builders within the hot-humid climate zone to improve performance of production-, or community-scale, h...

Beal, D. et al University of Central Florida Florida Solar Energy Center

Apr 27, 2016
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Modeled Performance of the Hathaway Solar Patriot house Washington D.C

This Dataset contains field research raw data, analysis spreadsheet, photos, and final report from the Hathaway Solar Patriot House Building America Case Study project. This dataset details the monitored and modeled performance of a solar home outside of Washington, D.C. We model...

Norton, P. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 20, 2016
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Aquantis 2.5 MW Ocean Current Generation Device MHK Hydrofoils Design, Wind Tunnel Optimization and CFD Analysis Report

Dataset contains MHK Hydrofoils Design and Optimization and CFD Analysis Report for the Aquantis 2.5 MW Ocean Current Generation Device, as well as MHK Hydrofoils Wind Tunnel Test Plan and Checkout Test Report.

Shiu, H. et al Dehlsen Associates, LLC

Jun 03, 2015
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Thermostatic Radiator Valve Evaluation and Demonstration

A large stock of multifamily buildings in the Northeast and Midwest uses hot water or steam for space heating. Typically, residents do not pay for heat directly (i.e., heating fuel serves a central plant and use is not submetered). Losses from these systems are typically high, and...

Dentz, J. and Ansanelli, E. The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance

Apr 27, 2016
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Evaluation of Early Performance Results for Massachusetts Homes in the National Grid Pilot Deep Energy Retrofit Program

In 2009, National Grid started a DER pilot program that offered technical support and financial incentives to qualified Massachusetts homeowners who planned and successfully completed a retrofit that incorporated the performance requirements and goals of the National Grid DER meas...

Neuhauser, K. and Gates, C. Building Science Corporation

Apr 27, 2016
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Simulated Load Profiles for DOE Commercial Reference Buildings (17 Years Using NSRDB Data)

This data set consists of simulated load profiles (1998-2014, 30 minute profile) for commercial customers using the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory residential prototype building models and the US Department of Energy's (DOE) commercial reference building models made for Ene...

Darghouth, N. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Sep 16, 2016
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Distributed Solar Technoeconomic Agent Characteristics dSTAC

These data files summarize key techno-economic metrics used in the NREL dGen model for modeling adoption of distributed solar by representative residential commercial and industrial entities for each county in the continental United States. As described further below many of the m...

Kwasnik and SigrinNational Renewable Energy Laboratory

Feb 07, 2019
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