The Performance House: A Cold Climate Challenge Home - Old Greenwich
Working with builder partners on test homes allows for vetting of whole-house building strategies to eliminate any potential unintended consequences prior to implementing these solution packages on a production scale. To support this research, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings partnered with Preferred Builders Inc. on a high performance test home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The philosophy and science behind the 2,700 ft2 Performance House were based on the premise that homes should be safe, healthy, comfortable, durable, efficient, and adapt with the homeowners. The technologies and strategies used in the Performance House were not cutting-edge, but simply best practices practiced. The focus was on simplicity in construction, maintenance, and operation. When seeking a 30% source energy savings targets over a comparable 2009 International Energy Conservation Code-built home in the cold climate zone, nearly all components of a home must be optimized. Careful planning and design are critical.
The Performance House demonstrates how a home can be designed and constructed in the cold climate zone to be energy efficient, low maintenance, sustainable, and comfortable. Lower price premiums are still needed for solutions such as ccSPF and light-emitting diodes, but this is anticipated as their market demand increases. For a solution package of this level to become commercially viable, there is still a need to improve the home appraisal process to better value the multiple benefits of a solution package of this type over standard builder practices.
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AB - Working with builder partners on test homes allows for vetting of whole-house building strategies to eliminate any potential unintended consequences prior to implementing these solution packages on a production scale. To support this research, the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings partnered with Preferred Builders Inc. on a high performance test home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. The philosophy and science behind the 2,700 ft2 Performance House were based on the premise that homes should be safe, healthy, comfortable, durable, efficient, and adapt with the homeowners. The technologies and strategies used in the Performance House were not cutting-edge, but simply best practices practiced. The focus was on simplicity in construction, maintenance, and operation. When seeking a 30% source energy savings targets over a comparable 2009 International Energy Conservation Code-built home in the cold climate zone, nearly all components of a home must be optimized. Careful planning and design are critical.
The Performance House demonstrates how a home can be designed and constructed in the cold climate zone to be energy efficient, low maintenance, sustainable, and comfortable. Lower price premiums are still needed for solutions such as ccSPF and light-emitting diodes, but this is anticipated as their market demand increases. For a solution package of this level to become commercially viable, there is still a need to improve the home appraisal process to better value the multiple benefits of a solution package of this type over standard builder practices.
AU - Williamson, Jim
A2 - Puttagunta, Sriknath
A3 - Grab, J
DB - Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
DP - Open EI | National Renewable Energy Laboratory
DO - 10.25984/2204242
KW - building america
KW - Challenge Home
KW - LED Lighting
KW - accessibility
KW - condensing boiler
KW - energy star
KW - hydro-coil heating
KW - residential
KW - watersense indoor airplus
KW - cold
KW - whole-home
KW - exterior insulation
KW - new construction
KW - single family detached
KW - BuildingAmerica
KW - closed-cell spray foam insulation
LA - English
DA - 2016/04/27
PY - 2016
PB - Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
T1 - The Performance House: A Cold Climate Challenge Home - Old Greenwich
UR - https://doi.org/10.25984/2204242
ER -
Williamson, Jim, et al. The Performance House: A Cold Climate Challenge Home - Old Greenwich. Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings, 27 April, 2016, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/2204242.
Williamson, J., Puttagunta, S., & Grab, J. (2016). The Performance House: A Cold Climate Challenge Home - Old Greenwich. [Data set]. Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings. https://doi.org/10.25984/2204242
Williamson, Jim, Sriknath Puttagunta, and J Grab. The Performance House: A Cold Climate Challenge Home - Old Greenwich. Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings, April, 27, 2016. Distributed by Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI). https://doi.org/10.25984/2204242
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The Performance House demonstrates how a home can be designed and constructed in the cold climate zone to be energy efficient, low maintenance, sustainable, and comfortable. Lower price premiums are still needed for solutions such as ccSPF and light-emitting diodes, but this is anticipated as their market demand increases. For a solution package of this level to become commercially viable, there is still a need to improve the home appraisal process to better value the multiple benefits of a solution package of this type over standard builder practices.},
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Data from Apr 27, 2016
Last updated Nov 1, 2023
Submitted Apr 27, 2016
Organization
Steven Winter Associates of the Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings
Contact
Sriknath Puttagunta
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Research Areas
Keywords
building america, Challenge Home, LED Lighting, accessibility, condensing boiler, energy star, hydro-coil heating, residential, watersense indoor airplus, cold, whole-home, exterior insulation, new construction, single family detached, BuildingAmerica, closed-cell spray foam insulationDOE Project Details
Project Name Building America
Project Number FY14 AOP 1.9.1.19