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40% Whole-House Energy Savings in the Marine Climate, Volume 11

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Baechler Michael C,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Report providing builders in marine climates with guidance for building homes that have whole-house energy savings of 40% over the Building America benchmark with no added overall costs for consumers.

Builders Challenge Quality Criteria Support Document

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Baechler Michael C,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory,
PNNL,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
Description
Document providing guidance to U.S. home builders who want to accept the challenge.

Residential Ground Source Heat Pump Systems Utilizing Foundation Heat Exchangers

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Spitler Jeffrey D,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Oklahoma State University,
OSU,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
ORNL
Description
Paper covering a parametric study of foundation heat exchanger-based ground source heat pump systems for several house configurations in a range of European locations, with an emphasis on determining feasible combinations.

WPPI GreenMax-Scheller Residence: Near Zero Energy Monitoring Summary

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings,
Steven Winter Associates
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Organization(s)
CARB,
SWA
Description
Research study describing demonstration homes that provided a wealth of information for the building community in terms of the science, effort, and cost of increasing the energy efficiency of our nation's housing stock.