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Australian Government
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Webpage providing guidance on the use of thermal mass with passive heating and cooling strategies.
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Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Report about partnership to build three communities of net zero houses.
Organization(s)
J. Neymark & Associates,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Research study describing research underway to better understand building thermal energy modeling tools.
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DOE
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Description
Website with consumer information about various types of lighting.
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC,
American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
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Article describing the impact of increasingly stringent ventilation standards on multifamily buildings, highlighting the inefficiencies and challenges of exhaust-only ventilation in tightly sealed enclosures, the complications of achieving balanced ventilation, and the unintended consequences of...
Organization(s)
Florida Solar Energy Center,
FSEC,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL
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Report addressing the ever increasing percentage of whole house energy use that is attributable to miscellaneous electricity loads (MELs) and major appliances.
Organization(s)
Alliance for Residential Building Innovation,
ARBI,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
Davis Energy Group,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Research study comparing TRNSYS Type 604 pipe model against laboratory pipe heat loss test data and detailed field monitoring data.
Organization(s)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
NREL,
EnerNOC
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Description
Report discussing the measured variability in indoor space temperatures in a set of 60 homes located in Florida, New York, Oregon, and Washington.
Organization(s)
ASHRAE,
ANSI
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Description
Standard that defines the roles of and minimum requirements for mechanical and natural ventilation systems and the building envelope intended to provide acceptable indoor air quality in low-rise residential buildings. This version of the standard was published in the year 2013, and is available for...
Organization(s)
International Association of Certified Home Inspectors,
InterNACHI
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Document outlining important safety considerations of ventless fireplaces.
Organization(s)
Advanced Residential Integrated Energy Solutions,
ARIES,
Levy Partnership,
U.S. Department of Energy,
DOE
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Description
Research study developed and verified a fuel oil flow field measurement protocol that is cost effective and can be performed with little training for use by the BB program as well as other weatherization programs and building science researchers.
Organization(s)
VCE,
VT,
VSU
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Description
Report describing filtration, distillation, and disinfection methods of water treatment.
Organization(s)
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Center for Science Education
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Description
A heat map showing the average number of tornadoes per year across the United States
Organization(s)
Building Science Corporation,
BSC
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Description
Report detailing retrofit of two existing houses in the Wyandotte Neighborhood program.