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NREL/Habitat for Humanity Zero Energy Home

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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 designed with an early version (July 22, 2004) of the BEOpt building optimization software; DOE2 and TRNSYS were used to perform additional analysis. This engineering approach was tempered by regular discussions with Habitat construction staff and volunteers. These discussions weighed the applicability of the optimized solutions to the special needs and economics of a Habitat house, moving the design toward simple, easily maintained mechanical systems and volunteer-friendly construction techniques. A data acquisition system was installed in the completed home to monitor its performance. The home's energy performance was monitored for 10 years. A comprehensive report on the home was done after the first 2 years of monitoring and a follow-up ACEEE paper on the project including 10 years of performance data was presented in 2016.

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paulnorton.net. (2016). NREL/Habitat for Humanity Zero Energy Home [data set]. Retrieved from https://data.openei.org/submissions/5176.
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Norton, Paul, Norton, Paul. NREL/Habitat for Humanity Zero Energy Home. United States: N.p., 21 Jul, 2016. Web. https://data.openei.org/submissions/5176.
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