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Cooling and Heating Season Impacts of Right-Sizing of Fixed- and Variable-Capacity Heat Pumps With Attic and Indoor Ductwork

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Author(s)
Cummings James B,
Withers Charles R,
Kono Jamie E
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Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE,
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC
Description
Report on experiments comparing the cooling and heating seasonal and peak demand performance of different variable-capacity air conditioning and heat pump units.

Deep Energy Retrofits - Source Energy and Carbon Decisions

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Author(s)
Less Brennan,
Walker Iain S
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Organization(s)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
LBNL
Description
Part of a larger LBNL report (Deep Energy Retrofit Guidance for the Building America Solutions Center), the Source Energy and Carbon Decisions chapter helps users carefully assess the impacts of switching from gas to electricity for heating end-uses, using source energy and/or carbon emissions...

Energy Savings Potential of Radiative Cooling Technologies

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Author(s)
Fernandez Nick,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Technical report evaluating the energy savings potential of radiative cooling technologies, particularly photonic 'selective emittance' materials.

Team Negawatt

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Author(s)
Duarte Carlos,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Center for the Built Environment,
CBE,
University of California Berkeley,
UC Berkeley
Description
Presentation on urban land use and sustainable building design.