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Geothermal Development and the Use of Categorical Exclusions Under NEPA

This study focuses primarily on the Categorial Exclusions (CX) process and its applicability to geothermal exploration. In this paper, we: Provide generalized background information on CXs, including previous NEPA reports addressing CXs, the process for developing CXs, and the ro...

Young, K. and Levine, A. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 30, 2014
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Habitat for Humanity Zero Energy Home: A Cold Climate Case Study for Affordable Zero Energy Homes

The design of this 1,280-square-foot, three-bedroom Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver zero energy home carefully combines envelope efficiency, efficient equipment, appliances and lighting, and passive and active solar features to reach the zero energy goal. The home was designe...

Norton, P. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jul 21, 2016
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Sacramento Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) Home Study

This project was part of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) Project which included several other homes in addition to the the subject of this study. Some of the reports and presentations included in this dataset cover the whole DER project....

Keesee, M. Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Aug 10, 2016
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Achieving Challenge Home in Affordable Housing in the Hot Humid Climate

The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC), one of the Building America research team leads, has partnered with two builders as they work through the Challenge Home certification process in one test home each. The builder partners participatin...

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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Spray Foam Exterior Insulation with Stand-Off Furring New York

IBACOS and Green Homes America 1 (GHA) collaborated with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Advanced Buildings Program to research a variation of a commercial curtain wall assembly for residential construction as part of a comprehensive whole-ho...

Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation

Apr 27, 2016
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Public Housing: A Tailored Approach to Energy Retrofits Raleigh

More than 1 million U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development-supported public housing units provide rental housing for eligible low-income families across the country. These units range from scattered single-family houses to high-rise apartments. In this project, the Advan...

Dentz, J. et al The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance

Apr 27, 2016
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Wind Turbine Gearbox Condition Monitoring Vibration Analysis Benchmarking Datasets

Wind turbine condition monitoring (CM) can potentially help the wind industry reduce turbine downtime and operation and maintenance (O&M) cost. NREL CM research has investigated various condition-monitoring techniques such as acoustic emission (AE specifically stress wave), vibrat...

Sheng, S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Mar 28, 2014
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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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Measured Performance of a Varied Airflow Small-Diameter Duct System

In this study, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America team IBACOS built on research previously done in two new-construction unoccupied test houses-one in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poerschke and Stecher 2014) and one in Fresno, California (Stecher and Poe...

Poerschke, A. Ibacos Innovation

Apr 27, 2016
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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 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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Raleigh Housing Authority Duct Sealing Evaluation

In multifamily and attached buildings, manual duct sealing methods are often impractical or very costly and disruptive because of the difficulty in accessing leakage sites. In this project, two retrofit duct sealing techniques manually applied sealants and injecting a spray sealan...

Dentz, J. et al The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance

Apr 27, 2016
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Water Use in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS): Geology of U.S. Stimulation Projects, Water Costs, and Alternative Water Use Policies

According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), geothermal energy generation in the United States is projected to more than triple by 2040 (EIA 2013). This addition, which translates to more than 5 GW of generation capacity, is anti...

Harto, C. et al Argonne National Laboratory

Dec 16, 2014
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Evaluation of Crawlspace Retrofits in Multifamily Buildings

In 2011 and early 2012, Building Science Corporation (BSC) collaborated with Innova Services Corporation on a multifamily community un-vented crawlspace retrofit project at Oakwood Gardens in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. BSC provided design consulting services and pre and post-retrofit...

Rudd, A. Advanced Building Systems

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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Chlorite Dissolution Kinetics at Variable pH and Temperatures up to 275C

FY13 annual report describing the calculations and results associated with the data and dissolution rate contained in "Chlorite Kinetic Dissolution Data and Rate" (linked below).

Carroll, S. and Smith, M. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Oct 01, 2013
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Core-Shell REE Sorbent Extraction Data

Solution chemical analysis data for magnetic core shell sorbent materials. Deionized water and brine solutions were spiked with five rare earth elements and the solutions analyzed after approximately 5 minutes exposure to the sorbent particles.

Thallapally, P. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Apr 27, 2017
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Geothermal Technologies Program GETEM and LCOE Improvements Review (March 21, 2013)

This file was a report submitted to GTO by Mark Paster, a consultant to the GETEM project, to outline the improvements that were made between summer 2011 and spring 2013. The report focuses on six areas of model improvement: (1) Site Specific Cost Variability; (2) Consistency wi...

Paster, M. Idaho National Laboratory

Mar 21, 2013
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Admiralty Inlet Advanced Turbulence Measurements: June 2014

This data is from measurements at Admiralty Head, in Admiralty Inlet (Puget Sound) in June of 2014. The measurements were made using Inertial Motion Unit (IMU) equipped ADVs mounted on Tidal Turbulence Mooring's (TTMs). The TTM positions the ADV head above the seafloor to make mid...

Kilcher, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Jun 30, 2014
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Exploration Best Practices on OpenEI

This is an electronic database detailing different types of, various phases of, best practices for, and cost and time associated with geothermal exploration techniques. The groups of exploration techniques included in the database are Data and Modeling Techniques, Downhole Techniq...

Young, K. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Sep 20, 2013
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HT Flash and Tantalum Capacitor Report

Pushing the boundaries with geothermal tool development can often necessitate exceeding manufacturer specifications for temperature and pressure of individual circuit components. Detailed here are the efforts surrounding geothermal temperature characterization of commercially avai...

Cashion, A. and Cieslewski, G. Sandia National Laboratories

Oct 28, 2015
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NTB (Non-technical Barriers) Interviews with Geothermal Stakeholders for Geothermal Development in the Salton Sea.

Non-technical barriers to deploying geothermal electricity projects in the United States can create significant delays and other challenges, leading to higher project risk and costs, lost opportunities to access policy incentives, and ultimately decreased competitiveness against o...

Levine, A. and Smith, L. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Oct 01, 2021
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Walker Ranch 3D Seismic Images

Amplitude images (both vertical and depth slices) extracted from 3D seismic reflection survey over area of Walker Ranch area (adjacent to Raft River). Crossline spacing of 660 feet and inline of 165 feet using a Vibroseis source. Processing included depth migration. Micro-earthqua...

J., R. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Mar 01, 2016
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MASK2B Initial Results from Wave Tank Test of Closed-Loop WEC Control

This dataset covers the MASK2B wave tank experiment focused on a more complete study of one degree of freedom (1DOF) control of the WEC was considered, including maximization of electrical power, multi-objective performance mapping, and implementation of a novel predictionless con...

Coe, R. et al Sandia National Laboratories

May 25, 2018
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