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Energy Savings and Peak Demand Reduction of a SEER 21 Heat Pump vs. a SEER 13 Heat Pump with Attic and Indoor Duct Systems

2014

Cummings James B,

Withers Charles R

Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,

BA-PIRC,

Florida Solar Energy Center,

FSEC

Research study describing experiments run in an unoccupied 1600 square foot house to evaluate the delivered performance as well as the relative performance of a SEER 21 variable capacity heat pump versus a SEER 13 heat pump.

Geothermal (Ground-Source) Heat Pumps: Market Status, Barriers to Adoption, and Actions to Overcome Barriers

2008

Hughes Patrick J

Oak Ridge National Laboratory,

ORNL,

U.S. Department of Energy,

DOE

Report investigating the status of the geothermal heat pump (GHP) industry and technology in the United States, assembling GHP energy savings potential, identifying key barriers to application of GHPs, and identifying actions that could accelerate adoption of GHPs.

Laboratory Evaluation of Air Flow Measurement Methods for Residential HVAC Returns for New Instrument Standards

2014

Stratton Chris J,

Walker Iain S

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,

LBNL,

California Energy Commission,

CEC

Guidance on performance of current diagnostics as well as a draft test method for use in future air flow evaluations.

Mini-Split Heat Pumps Multifamily Retrofit Feasibility Study

2014

Dentz Jordan,

Henderson Hugh,

Podorson David

Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions,

ARIES,

Levy Partnership,

U.S. Department of Energy,

DOE,

National Renewable Energy Laboratory,

NREL

This report investigates whether mini-split heat pumps can live up to their potential for one market segment: multifamily retrofits.

Sensitivity Analysis of Installation Faults on Heat Pump Performance

2014

Piotr Domanski,

Hugh Henderson,

Payne W Vance

National Institute of Standards and Technology,

NIST

Technical study exploring the impact of different installation faults on heat pump performance in a single-family house.

Smart Water Heater Pilot

2014

Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance

NEEA

Website providing consumers with resources to find, select and install heat pump water heaters.

Suitability of foundation heat exchangers for ground source heat pump systems in European climates

2014

Cullin James R,

Spitler Jeffrey D,

Gehlin Signhild E A

Federation of European Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning Associations,

REHVA,

Oklahoma State University,

OSU,

Swedish Centre for Shallow Geothermal Energy

A research paper discussing the use of foundation heat exchangers for ground source heat pump systems in European climates.