Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
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Description
Information sheet about insulation retrofits for the hot-dry climate zones.
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Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
Publication Date
Description
Information sheet about exterior insulation in the hot-dry climate zones.
Organization(s)
CARB,
Steven Winter Associates,
SWA
Publication Date
Description
Information sheet about HVAC equipment design to maximize energy efficiency in the hot-dry climate zone.
Organization(s)
BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
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Description
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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Smarter Homes NZ
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Article from Smarter Homes NZ on home building techniques that incorporate passive cooling.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group
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Description
Research study presenting a unique opportunity to both identify and evaluate deep retrofit measures that are practical and potentially cost effective for the retrofit market, as well as review the cost effectiveness of the Passive House design approach for achieving energy savings in deep retrofits.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
Davis Energy Group
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Description
Research project evaluating the pre-and post-retrofit energy consumption of a marine climate retrofit, compare actual energy use to original predictions, and identify opportunities for cost savings in other similar retrofits in this climate.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
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.
Organization(s)
BSC
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Description
Information sheet offering general recommendations on supplemental humidity control and outlines viable system configurations.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Description
Research study that utilizes EnergyPlus equipped with the moisture capacitance model to analyze the indoor relative humidity in three home types.
Organization(s)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL
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Description
Research study exploring retrofit procedures and simulated post-occupancy data for three homes in an effort to determine the effectiveness of retrofit packages.
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Green Building Advisor
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Description
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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Description
Article from Purdue University on the potential for white paint technology to lower air conditioning usage requirements.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Description
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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Description
Preliminary results of two monitored lab homes constructed to represent the thermal characteristics of typical existing Florida homes are presented.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation
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Description
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.