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Title: DOE ZERH Case Study: BPC Green Builders, Taft School, Watertown, CT

Abstract

Case study of a DOE 2015 Housing Innovation Award winning custom home in the cold climate that got a HERS 33 without PV or HERS -14 with PV, with 8.5” double 2x4 walls with 8.5” (R-32) blown cellulose plus R-6 rigid foam, basement with 3” ccsf on interior plus 2x4 stud walls with R-13 blown cellulose, with R-20 around slab, R-38 under slab; a vented attic with R-100 blown cellulose; a central heat pump; HRV; heat pump water heater; 100% LED; and Passive House Institute U.S.+, LEED platinum, and Living Building Challenge certifications.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building America)
OSTI Identifier:
1223624
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-113532
7198
Resource Type:
Program Document
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
Building America; Residential Construction; Home Builder; Zero Energy

Citation Formats

. DOE ZERH Case Study: BPC Green Builders, Taft School, Watertown, CT. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
. DOE ZERH Case Study: BPC Green Builders, Taft School, Watertown, CT. United States.
. 2015. "DOE ZERH Case Study: BPC Green Builders, Taft School, Watertown, CT". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1223624.
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year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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