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Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes: Results from the Fresno, California, Retrofit Unoccupied Test House

TO3 7.1.2: Whole-House Retrofit Space Conditioning IBACOS anticipates that houses achieving 50% whole-house source energy savings with respect to the Building America 2010 Benchmark (Hendron and Engebrecht 2010) will be "low load." Low load is defined by IBACOS as a house with a ...
Poerschke, A. and Stecher, D. Ibacos Innovation
Aug 10, 2016
5 Resources
0 Stars
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Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes: Results from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, New Construction Unoccupied Test House

TO3 2.1.6: Simplified Space Conditioning IBACOS anticipates that houses achieving 50% whole-house source energy savings with respect to the Building America 2010 Benchmark (Hendron and Engebrecht 2010a) will be considered "low load." Low load is defined by IBACOS as a house with ...
Poerschke, A. and Stecher, D. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Comfort and HVAC Performance for a New Construction Occupied Test House in Roseville, California

TO3 3.1.2: Occupied Test House in Roseville, CA K. Hovnanian Homes constructed a 2,253-ft2 single-story slab-on-grade ranch house for an occupied test house (new construction) in Roseville, California. IBACOS conducted one year of monitoring and analysis that focused on the effec...
Rapport, A. and Burdick, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Mini-Split Heat Pump Evaluation and Zero Energy Ready Home Support

This project was created from a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Building America research team, IBACOS, Inc., and a production builder of high-performance homes called Imagine Homes, which is located in San Antonio, Texas-a hot-humid climate. The primar...
Rapport, A. and Herk, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
5 Resources
0 Stars
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TO2 7.2.2: Test-Out of Hoy-Dry Unocc. Test House`

Rapport, A. and Rapport, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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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
5 Resources
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Long Term Results from Evaluation of Advanced New Construction Packages in Test Homes Marthas Vineyard Massachusetts

TO2 3.7.2: Eval. of NC Packages Martha's Vineyard This report presents a cold climate project that examines the relationships among very energy efficient single-family residential thermal enclosures, room-to-room temperature variations, and simplified space conditioning systems. ...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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Comfort in High-Performance Homes in a Hot-Humid Climate

TO5 2.3.2: Large-Scale Temperature Study Although space-conditioning systems are required to meet standards such as those in the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual RS (Rutkowski 1997) and the ASHRAE Standard 55 (ASHRAE 2013) comfort criteria, little is known ab...
Poerschke, A. and Beach, R. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Performance Analysis of a Modular Small-Diameter Air Distribution System

TO5 2.2.3: Modular Small-Diam. Air Distrib. System Previous work by the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team IBACOS and other Building America teams has shown that for all but the most simple house geometries conditioned air must be supplied to each thermal ...
Poerschke, A. and Rudd, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Commissioning of the Fresno, California, Retrofit Unoccupied Test House

TO2 2.2.2: Hot-Dry Unoccupied Commissioning TO2 7.2.2: Test-Out of Hoy-Dry Unocc. Test House TO3 2.2.2: Case Study Slab Edge Insulation Commissioning of instrumentation and limited short-term testing have been completed on a retrofit unoccupied test house in Fresno, California. T...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Demonstration Site {city}, MA

The PV-GEMS whole building retrofit features a small, grid-independent photovoltaic (PV) system designed to partially power a high efficiency heat pump water heater, which replaces the home’s existing water heater, and a high efficiency minisplit heat pump, acting as an enhancem...
Pilet, T. Building Technologies Office (BTO)
Sep 14, 2022
1 Resources
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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
14 Resources
0 Stars
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Risk Assessment of Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Strategies in Low-Load Homes Orlando, Fresno, Denver

TO5 2.1.3: HVAC Risk Assess. in Low-Load Homes Modern and energy-efficient homes that conform to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) requirements are being constructed at an increasing rate. ZERH requirements closely align with the International ...
Poerschke, A. and Rapport, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Energy Intensity Indicators in the U.S.: Residential Buildings Sector (1978 2004)

Energy intensity data and documentation published by the U.S. DOE's office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Energy intensity is defined as: amount of energy used in producing a given level of output or activity; expressed as energy per unit of output. This is the ...
Hallett, K. and (EERE), O. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Long Term Results New Construction Occupied Test House Urbana Illinois

TO2 3.4.2: Eval. of NC Packages Urbana, IL The Passive House Building Energy Standard is gaining popularity in the United States as a goal for architects and builders to design and construct buildings with very low energy consumption (15 kWh/m2 yr thermal heating or cooling, 120 ...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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TO3 2.2.2: Case Study Slab Edge Insulation

Rapport, A. and Rapport, A. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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Short Term Monitoring Results for Advanced New Construction Test House Roseville California

TO2 3.3.2: Eval. of NC Packages Roseville, CA A test house constructed in Roseville, California, has a modeled energy savings of 60% with respect to the Building America House Simulation Protocols (Hendron and Engebrecht 2010). This prototype is a 2,253-ft2 single-story slab-on-g...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems

Domestic hot water (DHW) is the second-largest energy end use in U.S. buildings; it is exceeded only by space conditioning. In this study, the U.S. Department of Energy's Building America research team Advanced Research Integrated Energy Solutions installed and tested two types o...
Dentz, J. et al The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance
Apr 27, 2016
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Advancing Replicable Solutions for High-Performance Homes in the Southeast JMC Patrick Square

The work presented in this report advances the goals of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America program by improving the energy peformance of affordable and market-rate housing. Southface Energy Institute (Southface), part of the U.S. Department of Energy Building America r...
Sweet, M. et al Southface
Apr 27, 2016
3 Resources
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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
8 Resources
0 Stars
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Imagine Homes New Construction Occupied Test House San Antonio TX

"TO2 3.5.2: Eval. of NC Packages San Antonio, TX This report discusses IBACOS long-term monitoring plan completed to evaluate the performance of an energy-efficient home constructed in San Antonio, Texas, by builder-partner Imagine Homes in 2010. The home achieves a source energy...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
0 Stars
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Using Whole-House Field Tests to Empirically Derive Moisture Buffering Model Inputs

Building energy simulations can be used to predict a building's interior conditions, along with the energy use associated with keeping these conditions comfortable. These models simulate the loads on the building (e.g., internal gains, envelope heat transfer), determine the operat...
Woods, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 21, 2016
7 Resources
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Solar Row Zero Energy Townhomes Boulder, CO

Wonderland Development has constructed a new "near zero energy" row home design in North Boulder consisting of 9 units: one 5-plex and two duplexes. NREL has performed short-term tests and installed long-term monitoring equipment in three of these units. Two of these units used a ...
Norton, P. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 27, 2016
11 Resources
0 Stars
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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 Unvented Roof with Fibrous Insulation and Tiles Winter Park, FL 32789 Field test data available for wood moisture contents, temperature, and relative humidity. Unvented roofs (aka cathedralized attics) are an established presence in Florida re...
Ueno, K. and Lstiburek, J. Building Science Corporation
Apr 27, 2016
2 Resources
0 Stars
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Calculation Tool for Transported Geothermal Energy Using Two-Step Absorption Process

This spreadsheet allows the user to calculate parameters relevant to techno-economic performance of a two-step absorption process to transport low temperature geothermal heat some distance (1-20 miles) for use in building air conditioning. The parameters included are (1) energy de...
Liu, X. et al Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Feb 01, 2016
2 Resources
0 Stars
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