DOE Zero Energy Ready Home Case Study: Thrive Home Builders, Lowry Plan

Program Document · Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

OSTI ID:1413017

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Thrive Home Builders built this 4,119-ft2 home at the Lowry development in Denver, Colorado, to the high-performance criteria of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home Program. Despite the dense positioning of the homes, mono-plane roof designs afforded plenty of space for the 8.68 kW of photovoltaic panels. With the PV, the home achieves a Home Energy Rating System (HERS) score of 4 and the home owners should enjoy energy bills of about $-11 a year. Without the PV, the home would score a HERS 38 (far lower than the HERS 80 to 100 of typical new homes).

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
• OSTI ID: 1413017
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-129517; 7778
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office
Building America
Residential Construction
Thrive Home Builders
Zero Energy