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Battery Storage for Resilience

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Author(s)
Elgqvist Emma
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Organization(s)
NREL
Description
Fact sheet providing information on building-scale and utility-scale battery storage for disaster resistance.

Field and Laboratory Testing of Approaches to Smart Whole-House Mechanical Ventilation Control

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Author(s)
Martin Eric,
Fenaughty Karen,
Parker Danny S
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Organization(s)
Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction,
BA-PIRC,
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC
Description
Report outlining how Smart ventilation controls (SVC) balance energy consumption, comfort, and IAQ by optimizing mechanical ventilation operation to reduce the heating and/or cooling loads, improve management of indoor moisture, and maintain IAQ equivalence according to ASHRAE 62.2.