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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Air Leakage and Air Transfer Between Garage and Living Space
This research project focused on evaluation of air transfer between the garage and living space in a single-family detached home constructed by a production homebuilder in compliance with the 2009 International Residential Code and the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code. ...
Rudd, A. and Kerrigan, P. Advanced Building Systems
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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Field Testing of Compartmentalization Methods for Multifamily Construction Washington DC
BSC TO5 Task 2.1 Field Testing of Compartmentalization Methods for Multifamily Construction Capitol Heights, MD 20743
A building comprising five vertical townhome units was built in the Washington, D.C., area; the townhomes were three-story slab-on-grade units (1700-2000 ft2) wit...
Ueno, K. and Lstiburek, J. Building Science Corporation
Apr 27, 2016
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Monitoring of Double-Stud Wall Moisture Conditions in the Northeast
BSC TO5 Task 2.2 Monitoring of Double Stud Wall Moisture Conditions in the Northeast
Field test data available for wood moisture contents, temperature, and relative humidity.
STRUCTURE House Devens, MA 01432
Three double-stud assemblies were compared: 12-in. ocSPF, 12-in. cellulo...
Ueno, K. Building Science Corporation
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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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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Analysis of Joist Masonry Moisture Content Monitoring
BSC TO5 Task 7.2 Analysis of Joist Masonry Moisture Content Monitoring
House Lawrence, MA 01840
This work involved the field monitoring of embedded wood joist ends in a solid brick building in zone 5A that was retrofitted with interior insulation. Eleven joists throughout the bui...
Ueno, K. Building Science Corporation
Apr 27, 2016
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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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LET twin houses
Laboratory of Energy Technologies twin houses are fully instrumented identical all electric-cottages built to study the fundamentals of building energetics, validate building energy models and determine the impact of a technology or a strategy on energy consumption and power deman...
Team, M. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Apr 14, 2016
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Utah FORGE: Milford Gravity Data Shapefile
This is a zipped GIS compatible shapefile of gravity data points used in the Milford, Utah FORGE project as of March 21st, 2016. The shapefile is native to ArcGIS, but can be used with many GIS software packages. Additionally, there is a .dbf (dBase) file that contains the dataset...
Moore, J. Energy and Geoscience Institute at the University of Utah
Mar 13, 2016
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Surface Meteorological Station PNNL 3m Tower, Physics site-7 Reviewed Data
**Overview**
In support of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) deployed surface meteorological stations in Oregon.
**Data Details**
A PNNL computer is used as the base station to download the meteorological data acquired by the...
Berg, L. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
Feb 17, 2016
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Surface Meteorological Station PNNL 3m Tower, Physics site-7 Raw Data
**Overview**
In support of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) deployed surface meteorological stations in Oregon.
**Data Details**
A PNNL computer is used as the base station to download the meteorological data acquired by th...
Morris, V. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
Feb 14, 2016
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Surface Meteorological Station PNNL 3m Tower, Physics site-8 Raw Data
**Overview**
In support of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) deployed surface meteorological stations in Oregon.
**Data Details**
A PNNL computer is used as the base station to download the meteorological data acquired by th...
Morris, V. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
Feb 14, 2016
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Surface Meteorological Station PNNL 3m Tower, Physics site-8 Reviewed Data
**Overview**
In support of the Wind Forecasting Improvement Project, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) deployed surface meteorological stations in Oregon.
**Data Details**
A PNNL computer is used as the base station to download the meteorological data acquired by the...
Berg, L. Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO)
Feb 14, 2016
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Net Shape Fabricated Low Cost MHK Pass-Through the Hub Turbine Blades with Integrated Health Management Technology
The primary objective of this project is to develop a three-blade MHK rotor with low manufacturing and maintenance costs. The proposed program will design, fabricate and test a novel half-scale low cost, net shape fabricated single piece three-blade MHK rotor with integrated healt...
Wess, D. ARL Penn State
Feb 09, 2016
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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
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