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CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Report about a deep energy retrofit Cool Energy House.
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Journal of Light Construction
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Q&A article discussing how to address moisture issues in an attic in a wet and humid coastal climate.
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BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Report evaluating the renovation of a 5,800-ft2, multiuse facility located in St. Petersburg, on the west coast of central Florida, in the hot-humid climate.
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Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Document about testing of seven water heating systems in the Hot Water Systems laboratory in central Florida.
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Smarter Homes NZ
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Article from Smarter Homes NZ on home building techniques that incorporate passive cooling.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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This document covers a description of the need and applied solutions for supplemental dehumidification in warm-humid climates, especially for energy efficient homes where the sensible cooling load has been dramatically reduced.
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BSC
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Information sheet offering general recommendations on supplemental humidity control and outlines viable system configurations.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Research study that utilizes EnergyPlus equipped with the moisture capacitance model to analyze the indoor relative humidity in three home types.
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Green Building Advisor
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Article from Green Building Advisor on the importance of window selection in hot climates, with an emphasis on window glazing.
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Purdue University
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Article from Purdue University on the potential for white paint technology to lower air conditioning usage requirements.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Document presenting analysis results, focusing on relative humidity (RH) excursions, which are defined as unique events of indoor RH above a threshold.
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FSEC
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Preliminary results of two monitored lab homes constructed to represent the thermal characteristics of typical existing Florida homes are presented.
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Building Science Corporation
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This report describes how twenty homes were tested and monitored in the Zone 2 climate of Houston, Texas, U.S.A., to evaluate the humidity control performance and operating cost of six different integrated dehumidification and ventilation systems that could be applied by production homebuilders.