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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.
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Brochure detailing the guidelines, recommendations, and preferences of the City of Burnsville for citizens installing solar photovoltaics.
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Web page providing information on the types of cool roofs and their benefits to consumers.
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Report providing a synopsis of a project to evaluate the performance of a roof-integrated solar water heating system.
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A document providing guidance on integrating a PV array with a roof system.
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Website with consumer and contractor information about building codes and regulations for solar water heating systems.
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Website article describing the advantages and disadvantages of AC and DC battery energy storage systems and inverters for solar power systems.
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Webinar describing technical solutions for integrating renewables in Zero Energy Ready Homes.
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Website tool intended to guide home builders in assessing whether a new home has the proper physical orientation to support a future installation of a solar energy system.
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Website article describing the way solar panels are coupled to AC and DC battery energy storage systems.
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A research paper exploring the design, installation, repair and maintenance of solar water and pool heating technologies.
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The 2017 publication update to the SEAOC Wind Committee and SEAOC Solar Photovoltaic Systems Sub-Committee's 2012 report.
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Guidelines to assist builders in designing and constructing homes equipped with a set of features that make the installation of solar energy systems after the completion of the home’s construction easier and less expensive.
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Webinar from Aric Saunders of Electriq Power on energy storage applications for residential customers. The webinar covers energy storage components, how to effectively use storage to lower electricity costs and carbon footprint while improving reliability. Free EEBA login required.
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Report describing the methods and results of a field evaluation of the energy performance of cellular shade window coverings.
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Case study describing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems in new construction.
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Report identifying the important aspects of building design and construction to enable installation of solar photovoltaic and heating systems at some time after the building is constructed.
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Study reporting the results of comparative testing of the effect of various roof types on cooling energy performance in a test facility.
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Website highlighting the DOE Building Technologies Office Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Initiative, including technical reports, other publications, resources, and presentations.
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.
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Outlines the minimum criteria for a solar water heating system installed by a Solar Water Heating Program trade ally under Energy Trust of Oregon’s Solar Water Heating Program.
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Research report anayzing the results of a large retrofit project, turining an old school into near zero energy consumption apartments in Greenfield MA.
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Report presenting construction methods, building products, appliances and equipment of four single-family houses that achieve dramatic energy reductions and approach “net zero energy” use.
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A report presenting alternative approaches for reducing the costs of roof-mounted, grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems.
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Study presenting generalized results regarding the effect of surface orientation on annual incident solar radiation for locations in the United States.
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The RERH specifications and checklists take a builder and a project design team through the steps of assessing a home’s solar resource potential and defining the minimum structural and system components needed to support a solar energy system.
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This report requires all elements of rooftop PV panel systems to be designed for component and cladding pressures per ASCE 7-10.
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Webinar from Zero Carbon LLC explaining how to conserve energy and reduce a home's carbon footprint through use of the 'fab four' residential energy efficiency upgrades: heat pumps, insulation, triple-glazed windows, and solar panels.