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Control Strategies to Reduce the Energy Consumption of Central Domestic Hot Water Systems
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Simplified Space Conditioning in Low-Load Homes
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Lancaster County Career and Technology Center (LCCTC) Green Homes
Department of Energy —
With the support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Building America Program, Home Innovation Research Labs partnered with Lancaster County Career and Technology... -
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Advancing Replicable Solutions for High-Performance Homes in the Southeast - JMC - Patrick Square
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Moisture Risk in Unvented Attics Due to Air Leakage Paths - Minneapolis Minnesota
Department of Energy —
IBACOS completed an initial analysis of moisture damage potential in an unvented attic insulated with closed-cell spray polyurethane foam. To complete this analysis,... -
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New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Exterior Building Solutions To Insulation
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Public Housing: A Tailored Approach to Energy Retrofits - Raleigh
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Excavationless Exterior Foundation Insulation Field Study - Minnesota
Department of Energy —
The NorthernSTAR Building America Partnership team implemented an innovative, minimally invasive foundation insulation upgrade technique on an existing home. The... -
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Brookfield Homes Passive House Performance Evaluation
Department of Energy —
TO4 3.1.3: Brookfield Homes Short-Term Results TO5 3.1.3: Brookfield Passive House Monitoring To further define its market position on high performance homebuilding,... -
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Modular Zero Energy Ready Homes: Bright Built - Maine
Department of Energy —
Kaplan Thompson Architects (KTA) has specialized in sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, and they have designed several custom, zero-energy homes in New England.... -
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EcoVillage: A Net Zero Energy Ready Community - Ithaca Crawlspace
Department of Energy —
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Building America team, Consortium for Residential Buildings (CARB), is working with the EcoVillage cohousing community in... -
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Approaches to 30% Energy Savings at the Community Scale in the Hot-Humid Climate
Department of Energy —
The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction, formerly the Building America Industrialized Housing Partnership, has worked with several... -
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Raleigh Housing Authority Duct Sealing Evaluation
Department of Energy —
In multifamily and attached buildings, manual duct sealing methods are often impractical or very costly and disruptive because of the difficulty in accessing leakage... -
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory/Habitat for Humanity Zero Energy Home: A Cold Climate Case Study for Affordable Zero Energy Homes
Department of Energy —
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,... -
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Community-Scale Attic Retrofit and Home Energy Upgrade Data Mining - Hot Dry Climate
Department of Energy —
Retrofitting is an essential element of any comprehensive strategy for improving residential energy efficiency. The residential retrofit market is still developing,... -
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Achieving Challenge Home in Affordable Housing in the Hot - Humid Climate
Department of Energy —
The Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC), one of the Building America research team leads, has partnered with two builders as... -
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Greenbuilt Construction Energy Efficiency Retrofit House Demonstration - Sacramento
Department of Energy —
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... -
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Field Testing of Compartmentalization Methods for Multifamily Construction - Washington DC
Department of Energy —
BSC TO5 Task 2.1 Field Testing of Compartmentalization Methods for Multifamily Construction - Capitol Heights, MD 20743 A building comprising five vertical townhome...