Library

Webpage from Suntegrity Solar describing different backup power generator options to prepare for future power outages.

Study describing efforts and outcomes in developing color-pigmented roofing products with coatings to increase solar reflectance.

Checklist describing solar water heating recommendations per the DOE Zero Energy Ready Home program.

Article describing a case study in which a whole-house battery and PV system was tested in a home with cooling and refrigeration during a hurricane in Florida.

Fact sheet defining a grid-interactive efficient building and its benefits.

Report evaluating lighting and electronic building technologies based on their ability to provide grid services and the type of value provided, including efficiency, load shed, load shift, and modulation.

Report that describes BSC's Houses That Work II (HTWII) climate-specific technical resource, beginning with an overall HTWII introduction and four sections explaining the four most important hygro-thermal climate regions: Hot-Humid, Mixed-Humid, Cold, and Hot-Dry/Mixed-Dry.

Webpage from Boston Solar describing how solar plus storage options can be beneficial for maintaining electricity during power outages.

Large scale simulation study investigating the effects of cool roofs and walls on buildings of various vintages across the U.S., with special attention given to California.

Webpage describing the basics of solar plus storage operations on homes.

California Energy Commission report presenting the concept of cool walls and providing guidelines for their building- and climate-appropriate use to conserve energy and reduce emissions.