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Community-Wide Zero Energy Ready Home Standard

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Author(s)
Herk Anastasia,
Beggs Timothy
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Organization(s)
Integrated Building and Construction Solutions,
IBACOS,
U.S. Department of Energy
Description
Report outlining the steps developers can take to create high-performance standards on a community-wide scale.

Public Housing: A Tailored Approach to Energy Retrofits

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Author(s)
Dentz Jordan,
et al.
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Organization(s)
Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions,
ARIES,
Levy Partnership,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
Description
Report presenting ways public housing authorities (PHAs) can develop packages of energy efficiency retrofit measures the PHAs can cost-effectively implement with their own staff in the normal course of housing operations at the time when units are refurbished between occupancies.

Revised Analysis of Efficiency Standards for Pool Pumps and Motors, and Spas

Publication Date
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Author(s)
Fischel Ben,
Steffensen Sean
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Organization(s)
California Energy Commission,
CEC
Description
This report discusses proposed updates to the pool pumps and motors, and portable electric spas standards in the Appliance Efficiency Regulations (California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 1601 to 1609). These proposed updates are part of the 2012 Appliance Efficiency Rulemaking, Phase I...