Case Studies

Case study describing a building project in the cold and very-cold climate zones.

Case study describing a multi-family town home project constructed for the City of Aspen, Colorado, with assistance from the U.S. DOE Building America research team Building Science Corporation and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Case study describing a 2014 DOE Building America Top Innovation on development of a standardized testing method for testing the air leakage of HVAC air handlers and furnace cabinets developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Case study describing a 20-unit community of energy-efficient duplexes in Massachusetts incorporating solar water heating and photovoltaics.

Case study describing a DOE Zero Energy Ready Home 2014 Housing Innovation Award winner that scored HERS 69 without PV and -1 with PV.

Case study describing one of three deep energy renovations of occupied affordable homes.

Case study describing a retrofit project in Maryland.

Case study describing a whole-house, deep energy retrofit project in the marine climate.

Case study describing a deep energy renovation of a home in the marine climate.

Case study describing a retrofit project in the hot-dry and mixed-dry climate zones.

Case study describing an energy efficient retrofit project in hot-humid climates.

Case study describing a builder in Georgia that designs energy-efficient homes for a green community, yielding homes with HERS scores as lowas 59 and electric bills as low as $50 a month.

Case study describing a new construction building project of 20 luxury homes in northern New Jersey that were more energy efficient than ENERGY STAR and met the 50% energy savings requirements of the federal tax credit for new homes.

Case study describing two new construction projects in Florida built to be net zero energy homes.

Case study describing the retrofit of a leaky air handler.