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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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Analysis of Pre-Retrofit Building and Utility Data Southeast United States

TO4 9.1.2: Comm. Scale Military Housing Upgrades This project delves into the workflow and results of regression models on monthly and daily utility data (meter readings of electricity consumption), outlining a process for screening and gathering useful results from inverse model...
Beach, R. and Prahl, D. Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
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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
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Comparative Performance of Four Prototype Mechanical Building Cooling Systems in a Desert Climate

Data and result of approximately fifteen months of monitoring of four houses located in the desert climate of Borrego Springs, California. Four houses were constructed using identical floor plans but differing wall materials, and different cooling systems that were designed to red...
Springer, D. et al Davis Energy
Jul 20, 2016
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LBNL Fault Detection and Diagnostics Datasets

These datasets can be used to evaluate and benchmark the performance accuracy of Fault Detection and Diagnostics (FDD) algorithms or tools. It contains operational data from simulation, laboratory experiments, and field measurements from real buildings for seven HVAC systems/equip...
Granderson, J. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Aug 01, 2022
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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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Transient Cold-Climate Building Foundation Hygrothermal Experimental Data

The data consist of two years of continuous transient experimental measurements on the hygrothermal performance of concrete masonry block walls in a full basement in a cold climate (US DOE climate zone 7). The walls were insulated in compliance with the thermal requirements of the...
Merket, N. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 30, 2015
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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
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DOE Challenge Home Multifamily Development Mixed Climate

The U.S. Department of Energys Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH) recognition program builds upon the building science requirements of ENERGY STAR Certified Homes, Version 3 and best practices tested by the Building America research and demonstration program. Multifamily units (units i...
Dentz, J. and Alaigh, K. The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance
Apr 27, 2016
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Multifamily Programmable Thermostat Data

This data set, compiled by the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems, includes long-term 10-minute temperature and relative humidity data, and HVAC system state data for 79 apartments in a low-income housing complex in Revere, MA. The monitoring period spans two winters...
Urban, B. et al Fraunhofer USA
Jul 27, 2015
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NREL Residential Buildings Group Partners

This spreadsheet contains a list of all the companies with which NREL's Residential Buildings Group has formed a partnership. The two types of partnership included in this spreadsheet are: Incubator and Test & Evaluation. This list was generated in April 7th, 2011. ### License...
Hallett, K. and Laboratory, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
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Annual Federal Government Energy Use and Costs by Agency, 1975 2012

Data set presents historical energy use in native units and billion site-delivered Btu and costs (in 2012 dollars) aggregated at the top-tier Federal agency level for the fiscal years 1975 through 2012. Data is grouped into two main end-use sectors, facility and mobility energy u...
Tremper, C. and (EERE), O. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Nov 25, 2014
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U. S. Department of Energy's Compliance Certification Database

The Certification Database houses certification reports and compliance statements submitted by manufacturers for covered products and equipment subject to Federal conservation standards. The new database offers users an easy-to-use search function for existing records in an easily...
Armstrong, A. and (DOE), U. Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Nov 25, 2014
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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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Mechanical Ventilation and Indoor Air Quality in Recently Constructed U.S. Homes in Marine and Cold-Dry Climates Data from Building America Project

Data were collected to characterize whole-house mechanical ventilation (WHMV) and indoor air quality (IAQ) in 55 homes in the Marine climate of Oregon and Cold-Dry climate of Colorado in the U.S. Sixteen homes were monitored for two weeks, with and without WHMV operating. Ventilat...
Zhao, H. et al Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mar 22, 2023
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Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes

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
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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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Evaluation of the Performance of Houses With and Without Supplemental Dehumidification in a Hot-Humid Climate

Understanding indoor humidity conditions in low energy homes in hot-humid climates is critical to promoting long term occupant comfort, indoor air quality and building durability. The results of this study were expected to inform the residential building community on whether suppl...
Kerrigan, P. and Norton, P. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 27, 2016
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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
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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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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
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1D Heat Loss Models Validation Experiment

Contains data from the model validation in the 1D Heat Loss Models to Predict the Aquifer Temperature Profile during Hot/Cold Water Injection Project. The data include two COMSOL models (2D axisymmetric benchmark model and 2D Vinsome model), one python code (1D Vinsome based FEM n...
Chen, K. et al UC Berkeley
Jan 18, 2022
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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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Evaluating an Exterior Insulation and Finish System for Deep Energy Retrofits

This report provides a case study of a deep energy retrofit using a site-applied exterior insulation and finish system (EIFS). Prefabricated EIFS panels are also discussed as a potential wall insulation retrofit solution. EIFSs are common in new and retrofit commercial constructio...
Dentz, J. and Podorson, D. The Levy Partnership, Inc Systems Building Research Alliance
Apr 27, 2016
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Innovative Technologies to Overcome Interface Challenges for Wall Retrofit Systems

In this project, we will develop a system of computer-assisted, automated workflows to specify, manufacture, and install panelized retrofit systems, focusing particularly on panel joints and interface detailing between the panels and facade openings. The proposed system will subst...
Harris, C. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Dec 13, 2021
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