Energy Retrofit Field Study and Best Practices in a Hot-Humid Climate

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1069164· OSTI ID:1069164

McIvaine, J; Sutherland, K; Martin, E

Energy efficiency improvement as a component of comprehensive renovation was investigated under U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding of the Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction (BA-PIRC). Researchers at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) worked with affordable housing partners renovating foreclosed homes built from the 1950's through the 2000's in the hot-humid climate (within the Southern census region), primarily in Florida. Researchers targeted a 30% improvement in whole-house energy efficiency along with the health and safety, durability, and comfort guidelines outlined in DOE's Builders Challenge Program (Version 1) Quality Criteria.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Building Technologies Program
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1069164
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102013-3896; KNDJ-0-40339-00
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Building America Partnership for Improved Residential Construction, Cocoa, Florida
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
HOT-HUMID CLIMATE
RETROFIT BEST PRACTICES
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
FORECLOSED HOMES
WHOLE-HOUSE ENERGY IMPROVEMENT
EXISTING HOMES
DEEP ENERGY RETROFIT
HUD
NSP CLASSIFICATION DESCRIPTION: HUMID
ACADEMIA/RESEARCHER
BUILDER/CONTRACTOR
ANALYSIS - DATA
ANALYSIS - MODELING
CLIMATE CATEGORY - HUMID
CODES/DESIGN STANDARDS
CONSTRUCTION - EXISTING HOMES
FIELD TEST RESULTS
ENERGY RATINGS
TESTING METHODS - FIELD
ENCLOSURE
SPACE CONDITIONING
HOT WATER
Electricity, Resources, and Buildings Systems
Buildings