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Energy Evaluation of a New Construction Pilot Community: Fresno, California

TO2 4.2.2: NC Pilot Community in Fresno, CA TO3 4.1.3: Pilot Community Evaluation in Fresno To evaluate the success of implementing energy efficiency upgrades at the community scale using a whole-house systems integrated measures package (SIMP), IBACOS developed a field test plan...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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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
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Ground Source Heat Pump Sub-Slab Heat Exchange Loop Performance in a Cold Climate

TO3 2.1.2: Sub-Slab Heat Exchanger This report presents a cold-climate project that examines an alternative approach to ground source heat pump (GSHP) ground loop design. The innovative ground loop design is an attempt to reduce the installed cost of the ground loop heat exchange...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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Commercial and Residential Hourly Load Profiles for all TMY3 Locations in the United States

Note: This dataset has been superseded by the dataset found at "End-Use Load Profiles for the U.S. Building Stock" (submission 4520; linked in the submission resources), which is a comprehensive and validated representation of hourly load profiles in the U.S. commercial and reside...
Ong, S. and Clark, N. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Nov 25, 2014
22 Resources
0 Stars
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The Van Geet Off-Grid Home: An Integrated Approach to Energy Savings Denver, CO

The Van Geet home near Denver, Colorado, demonstrates the successful integration of energy conservation measures and renewable energy supply in a beautiful, comfortable, energy efficient, 295-m2 (3,176-ft2) off-grid home in a cold, sunny climate. Features include a tight envelope,...
Barley, D. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sep 22, 2016
9 Resources
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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
2 Resources
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Cooling and Heating Season Impacts of Right-Sizing of Fixed and Variable-Capacity Heat Pumps With Attic and Indoor Ductwork

A series of tests were conducted for full variable-capacity air-conditioning (A/C) and heat pump units. The tests evaluated both cooling and heating energy use of these heat pump units under a variety of conditions. Testing with attic ducts and indoor ducts were done for both SEER...
Cummings, J. et al University of Central Florida Florida Solar Energy Center
Aug 15, 2016
2 Resources
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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
8 Resources
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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
2 Resources
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ResStock: Annual Baseline Results with Component Loads

The ResStock Analysis Tool was developed by NREL with support from the U.S. Department of Energy to provide a new approach to large-scale residential analysis by combining large public and private data sources, statistical sampling, detailed sub hourly building simulations, and hi...
Speake, A. National Renewable Energy Lab
Mar 03, 2023
3 Resources
0 Stars
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Long-Term Results from Evaluation of Advanced New Construction Packages in Test Homes: Lake Elsinore, California

TO2 3.6.2: Eval. of NC Packages Lake Elsinore,CA This report presents the long-term evaluation results from a hot-dry climate project that examines the room-to-room temperature conditions that exist in a high performance envelope, the performance of a simplified air distribution ...
Rapport, A. et al Ibacos Innovation
Apr 27, 2016
1 Resources
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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
3 Resources
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Evaluation of a High Performance Solar Home in Loveland, Colorado

Building America (BA) partner McStain Neighborhoods built the Discovery House in Loveland, Colorado, with an extensive package of energy-efficient features, including a high-performance envelope, efficient mechanical systems, a solar water heater integrated with the space-heating ...
Hendron, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Aug 10, 2016
5 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Boulder County Housing Prototype Homes Energy Performance

In November 2009, The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in cooperation with Boulder County Housing Authority (BCHA) began installing instrumentation in the three prototype homes in order to evaluate the performance of these three homes which incorporate highly insulated ...
Dean, J. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jul 19, 2016
7 Resources
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EcoVillage: A Net Zero Energy Ready Community Ithaca Crawlspace

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America team, Consortium for Residential Buildings (CARB), is working with the EcoVillage cohousing community in Ithaca, New York, on the Third Residential EcoVillage Experience neighborhood. This community-scale project consists of 4...
Arena, L. et al Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
Apr 27, 2016
3 Resources
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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
1 Resources
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Field Test: Aspen, Colorado Burlingame Affordable Housing

Case study of Shaw Construction who worked with Building America research partner Building Science Corporation to design affordable HERS-54 townhouses with central solar radiator space heating, PV, R-28 closed-cell spray foam under slab and R-26 in advanced framed walls, and rigid...
Hendron, R. et al National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jun 22, 2016
14 Resources
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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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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
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